World Anti-Doping Agency

their sport, even if that means taking illegal substances such as steroids or human growth hormones to get a head of the game. We know that Major League baseball has had a problem with the use of steroids. Even with the greatest athletes in the world. They will do anything to get that gold medal. The Olympics is notorious for having athletes test positive for steroid use. Every since the Greeks and the start of the Olympics athletes have used enhancers, the Greeks used sesame seeds.…

would still dope (reference 1). Possibly the biggest case of doping in not only the sport of cycling but world sport he had repeatedly said during his career that he did not take performance enhancing drugs but one of his most famous quotes that makes him look foolish now is “I have never had a single positive doping test, and I do not take performance- enhancing drugs” (reference 2) this was in part due to his team covering up positive doping tests and paying off or threatening testers ,…

Matthew Wood Rough Draft Gene doping is defined as “The transfer of polymers of nucleic acids or nucleic acid analogues” by the WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency). Essentially gene doping is modification of a person’s genes in order to improve how they perform. This can be done several ways, however the most common method is the use of a vector. The gene that is to be inserted into the host is placed inside the capsule of a virus. The virus is able to spread throughout the tissue to be…

The six scholarly sources examined for this paper mainly discuss and argue reasons for policy, how the anti-doping movement and sentiments evolved over the twentieth and early twenty-first century, as well as major events that changed the rules. In addition, most sources look at the time frame of anti-doping policy as a key issue that focuses the given research. While all the topics of the sources are similar, the scholars disagree about why policy was enacted, and also about how it evolved. In…

Drugs has been used in medical field to cure, diagnose, treat and prevent disease but athletes should be alert because certain drugs or performance - enhancing drugs (PED) may contains an illegal substance that had been ban by World-Anti Doping Agency (WADA). Pressure faced by the athletes to perform better than others lead them to use drugs in order to enhance their performance. WADA had published an annual List of Prohibited Substance and Method (list) including the substances and methods…

Gene doping is defined in the Oxford Dictionary as “the transfer of genes or genetically modified cells into an individual as a potential method for illicitly enhancing athletic performance.” It is is a relatively new method of modifying the human genome for the purpose of increasing athletic performance. Gene doping can be traced back to research presented in the late 1990’s concerning genetic modification of skeletal muscles (Barton-Davis et al., 1998; McPherron et al., 1997). The research…

drug abuse amongst athletes. Based on my findings in the Ancient Greek Olympics eating mushrooms and drinking a wine/brandy concoction altered your consciousness and enhanced your performance, this was one of the first methods of doping in ancient times. Even back then doping was known to be unethical and identified cheaters were sold into slavery, athletes are now being drug tested to make sure there are no drugs in their system but even with this method, individuals still tend to slip through…

suspicions of the public that there may other athletes who won due to the use of similar drugs. Winning in sport is very rewarding in modern day society due to the financial reward and the status boost in terms of fame they receive because they are a world champion. So it is easy to see why athletes would be tempted into using performance enhancing drugs. Within this group of society there are both sides of the argument for where the line should line. With an interview with BBC this year, former…

for years. Athletes who dope should have to forfeit their titles and medals because doping gives them an unfair advantage and enhances their abilities. Not to mention it is also illegal and can result in a ban from sports and even financial penalties. ("BBC Sport", 2016) There are many reasons as to why doping should have harsh punishments but to understand them, one must understand what doping actually is. Doping is when athletes take illegal substances to improve their performances and…

Eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao said he feels “vindicated” after reports went out that Floyd Mayweather Jr. illegally administered to himself an intravenous substance the day before their May 2nd “Fight of the Century.” Pacquiao texted fellow Filipino reporter Abac Cordero of the Philippine Star that “truth finally came out and I was vindicated,” as reported by Rappler. “Mayweather camp used to accused (sic) me of using PED. Now, look at what happened. I hope Floyd Mayweather would…