Lallukka denies having used HGH
Finnish cross-country skier Juha Lallukka, who is presently under suspicion of a doping violation, has denied having used the forbidden human growth hormone.
The manager of Lallukka, Juha Vanhanen, said in the Finnish commercial television channel MTV3’s sports newscast Tulosruutu that the growth hormone detected in Lallukka’s A-sample originates from the [...]
Custom figures reflect increase in steroid abuse
The amount of steroids being smuggled into Australia at airports and through the postal system has more than doubled in the past five years, as per customs figures.
Customs made 2695 seizures of steroids and growth hormone in the year to July 2010, which highlighted a 155 per cent increase on the 1054 seizures [...]
Names of officers and firefighters on steroids sought
An officer in the Passaic County Sheriff’s Department, Rafael Galan, is facing criminal charge of official misconduct after he allegedly tipped off the subject of a drug investigation.
This charge was dropped later and he was reinstated earlier this year.
From NJ.com:
Federal prosecutors have issued a subpoena seeking the names of hundreds of law [...]
Sport cheats go online to make blood doping viral
The world witnessed Ben Johnson fall to disgrace two decades ago and the yellow-eyed, shame-faced and seemingly faster than light Johnson presented an image for the public perception of a drug cheat. Things have changed now and Johnson model is close to obsolete today.
Now, anti-doping officials share unanimity about what the [...]
Physical performance not stimulated by growth hormone
According to a dissertation from the Sahlgrenska Academy at Göteborg University in Sweden, people making use of growth hormone (GH) in a bid to build solid muscles and enhance performance do not find any benefit.
The fact that GH use brings an instant effect that can be felt by users is not [...]