British sprinter loses appeal
Wyberton’s Team GB sprinter Bernice Wilson has failed in her appeal against a four-year suspension after a positive drugs test in June 2011.
The 27-year-old sprinter broke into the British team last year and competed at the European Indoor Championships and tested positive for two anabolic steroids.
From Spaldingtoday.co.uk:
Wilson had blamed a contaminated sample for [...]
Braun rejects all steroid allegations
Maintaining his innocence, Milwaukee leftfielder Ryan Braun disputed allegations that he took performance-enhancing substances when accepting his National League MVP.
“I always believed that a person’s character is revealed in those moments of adversity,” he said. “I have so much respect for the game of baseball. Everything I’ve done in my career has been [...]
MLB warns over deer antler spray
Baseball players in both the major and minor leagues have been warned to stop ingesting deer-antler spray, according to a story first reported by Sports Illustrated and confirmed by the New York Times.
The spray includes “potentially contaminated nutritional supplements” and has been added to MLB’s list of cautionary substances.
From Cbc.ca:
Velvet from immature deer [...]
Police report disclose steroid use in Belgium
An increase in the amount of steroids seized in 2010 has been revealed by a report by the Belgian report that also provided details of two cycling-related incidents.
“In 2009 the use of anabolic steroids has overtaken that of all other illegal performance-enhancing drugs,” Francis Clarysse, the Ghent public prosecutor and coordinator of the [...]
Weight loss improves testosterone levels
Obese men who lose weight could secrete more of testosterone, the primary male sex hormone, as per a latest research.
“Morbidly obese men have a high prevalence of hypotestosteronenemia, or low testosterone, and of sexual dysfunction,” said study co-author Jean-Paul Thissen, professor at the University of Louvain in Brussels.
From Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com:
This study included 75 obese men who [...]
Scandal hits school rugby
According to the results of a recently concluded survey, schoolboy rugby players are using illegal anabolic steroids.
The survey results followed tests conducted on pupils at 18 of the top schools of the country in which 21 out of 130 pupils - or roughly one in six - tested positive for a variety of [...]
Murray Inquiry adjourned by NSW Stewards
According to the Greyhound Racing NSW Stewards, the stewards inquiries into positives swab found in two greyhounds trained by New South Wales greyhound trainer Tim Murray has been adjourned.
The inquiries were set down after both Knocka Who and Solitary Sam returned positives swabs to an anabolic steroid metabolite.
From Australianracinggreyhound.com:
According to the analysts report [...]
Angelo Galati faces drug charges
Angelo Galati, 42, of Bentleigh East, a weightlifting champion known as “Mr Bench” is facing charges of steroid possession.
The weightlifter appeared at Moorabbin Magistrates’ Court on January 14 after being charged with possessing anabolic steroids.
From Bayside-leader.whereilive.com.au:
Galati has five Mr Australia titles to his name and is a world record bench presser.
Police prosecutor Leading Sen-Constable Adrian [...]
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 [...]
Surf lifesaving athlete banned
Peter Atkins, the surf lifesaving athlete from Australia, has been banned from the sport for two years for using a banned substance.
The Currumbin Barbarians surf boat crew member was banned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) after he tested positive for the steroid stanozolol in an in-competition test in March.
From Dailytelegraph.com.au:
AUSTRALIAN [...]