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    Doping in sport Question 2 1. Not at all, all athletes are aware that taking performance-enhancing drugs is illegal and morally incorrect. There is an obligation when competing at high level events that each athlete when asked by officials, is required to…

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    media attention and a worldwide following. After seven consecutive wins at the Tour de France, he was outed for his long-time doping use and in 2012 was stripped of all titles, and banned for life from competitive cycling. (Emily Kendy). Doping was the reason Mr. Armstrong had all of his success in competitive cycling. He was so successful with his career and his doping he had got a nike sponsorship for his achievement.I feel that he saw that he needed to dope in order to achieve not only his…

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    negative value cheating. Cheating is defined as the act of violating rules [9] as a mean to benefit off it. The use of performance enhancement drug in sport allow one to have an advantage over others in achieving success. In other words, athlete whom are doping are more likely of achieving first place than those who did not dope. This essentially means that students who are doing…

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    In the professional sporting industry top athletes are often awarded high value prizes for winning specific events. If an athlete is doping it is much easier for them to be the best in their respective sport and therefore in these top competitions they will be awarded the prize money unfairly. Drug testing identifies whether an athlete is doping and if tests are positive the athlete can be prevented from competing in events. This allows the sport industry to remain unbiased and intact.…

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    described elsewhere [21]. CdO thin films with different Cr- doping concentrations were deposited on ultrasonically cleaned microscopic glass substrates. The appropriate quantity of cadmium acetate dihydrate {(CH3 COO)2 •Cd•2H2O} was measured to make a 0.05 M solution by dissolving in 50 ml of deionised water and methanol in 1: 1 ration. The required amount of Chromium trichloride hexahydrate (CrCl3 • 6H2O), depending on the desired doping concentrations (0.25 wt. %, 0.50 wt. %, 0.75 wt. %, and…

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    The use of anabolic-androgenic steroids in professional sports and in general is wrong. There are several health and reputational risks involved in taking these drugs. Everyday more and more teenagers are caught using these substances for their own purposes. Professional athletes and anyone else who uses them need to find a way to stop using anabolic-androgenic steroids. Anabolic-androgenic steroids include the male sex hormone testosterone and many of its synthetic derivatives (Harmer, 2010,…

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    It did not matter if you were black or white, male or female, everyone was backing him. This brought the whole country together. When Cameron won and broke the world record, the whole country was in celebrations. Doping in Sport 2.1 No as rules have to be kept and the only way athletes will not dope is if there is drug testing at sporting events however, it could be a violation as Many athletes contend that the system does not guarantee enough freedom from testers…

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    For a long time, in the world of sports, the use of the illegal substance also known as performance enhanced drugs is commonly known as doping and steroid use. There is a major concern all around the world about the issue at hand when it comes to doping, or the use of performance enhancing drugs. The history behind the use of performance enhanced drug is to get stronger, faster, and it builds a person’s muscle, tone up to five times faster than a normal human body can give out to their own…

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    Drugs and sports the reason they use some drugs is cause they want to get buff aka muscle growth. See doping is used for the muscle growth, which you shouldn’t use because if you use it to much it could mess you body up. Steroids are the drugs you need to stay away from because you will want to keep on using it and then you will get to big and that is not good. A Lot of banned substances and procedures were originally developed to help people with diseases such as leukemia. The ACC has…

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    scientifically optimized training, and novel equipment, so why ban drugs, or, in Lance’s case, bags of whole blood? Aren’t they all just technologies intended to produce outstanding performances? In some sports in some eras, nearly every competitor was doping: how else could…

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