Many sports cheats barred from Vancouver Olympics
According to a confirmation by the World Anti-Doping Agency, more than thirty athletes have been barred from competing at the Winter Olympics.
The World Anti-Doping Agency president, John Fahey, said that Olympic drug cheats are now more likely to be caught than ever before.
From Guardian.co.uk:
The World Anti-Doping Agency has confirmed that more than 30 athletes have [...]
Eddy Hellebuyck admits doping during career
Eddy Hellebuyck, the American runner and Olympian, recently admitted that he indulged into doping during his career as per a report by Runner’s World magazine.
Hellebuyck was handed over a ban of two years in 2004 after he tested positive for EPO in an out-of-competition drug test.
From Timeslive.co.za:
In a story on the magazine’s website, Hellebuyck says [...]
US judge quashes appeal by Doug Barron
Doug Barron, who became the first golfer to be banned for using performance enhancing drugs, has received another jolt when his appeal to quash the ban was rejected by a US federal judge. It was ruled out the judge that it would not be fair on other players trying to qualify for [...]
Past glory retained by body muscles
A physiologist at the University of Oslo in Norway, Kristian Gundersen, said that muscles of the body have the ability to retain a memory of past fitness as DNA-containing nuclei that could proliferate when a muscle is exercised.
It was remarked by Gundersen that the finding highlights the fact that exercising, early [...]
The “Unspoken” truth about steroid testing
Hearing news about a professional sportsmen or celebrity using steroids for attaining lean muscle mass and staying ahead of the competition is nothing new.
The changing times and popularity of steroids has clearly suggested that sporting events and stardom is living under a dark cloud of steroids despite claims from doping officials that much has been [...]
Geochemical technique found to be useful in steroid testing
Hydropyrolysis, a geochemical technique used to trace and determine possible oil presence in the ocean bed, is now being developed to be used for steroid anti-doping tests. This process, used to identify chemical structures, is recently being developed and in the process of being refined by a group of researchers from the University of Nottingham. [...]