Drug Abuse In Sport

trash American Games in 1983. IOC included testifyosterone in the censor add up in 1983 and it was the basic endogenous bosom to be tried and true at that time. The test was based on measuring the testosterone to epitestosterone (T/E) ratio. The source medicate exam for steroids was at the junk America Games in Caracas and Venezuela in 1983. Around 15 athletes were caught at these lames. Jeff Michaels, the American weightlifter, and Guy Greavette, the Canadian weightlifter, were well-tried substantiative for steroids. They returned their medals and be suspend for 2 years. some(prenominal) athletes of the U.S track-and-field squad withdrew from the game rather than being captured. 3. Ben Johnsons scandal. In 1988, the Canadian Ben Johnson was stripped of his metallic medal at 100 meters by and by he has been tried official for the anabolic steroid stanozolol at Seoul majestics. Johnson has been proscribed from tilt for 2 years. 4. Michelle Smith: the Irish nata tor. In 1998, the Olympic champion blowmer Michelle Smith was well-tried supportive for banned substance at her home by out-of-competition testing. The test was positive for inebriant in an amount that would be fatal if interpreted by an athlete. So FINA, the international establishment body for move, reason out that the urine hear was treated with alcohol as a masking doer and Smith has been hang up for four years. \nThe Chinese national swim team has been utilise anabolic steroids, erythropoietin and compassionate growth ductless gland in the refinement 15 years. In 1992 Barcelona Olympics and 1994 institution championships, mainland China won a high build of gold medals. In world swimming championships, a world records was set by women swimmers, and this causes suspect that they were victimisation do dosess. In 1994 at Asian Games, eleven athletes were caught as drug abusers for dihydrotestosterone. Since 1990, everywhere 40 Chinese swimmers were tested posi tive for ab utilise drugs and at that time china reached the peak for drug abuse over the swimming countries. \n6. tour de France. Doping by cyclists arises since 1967 later Simpson death at disco biscuit de France collectible to amphetamine misuse. medicine abuse by cyclists continues and in summertime 1998, the Festina cycling team was pushed out from the competition at Tour de France after the french Officials found EPO in their masseurs car. After investigations, sextette of Festinas nine riders confessed that they had taken abused drugs. after on, the leader as well as has failed drug tests for anabolic steroids. excessively in 2002, Stefano Garzelli, the leader of the Vini Caldirola team, has failed drug test for probenecid, a diuretic which is used as a masking agent. Also in the homogeneous year at Tour de France, the Spanish cyclist Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano, was tested positive for anti-asthmatic drug. In January 2004, two cyclists in the Cofidis team, which is o ne of the pass teams in france, were caught as drug abusers for EPO and amphetamines. \n