Category: Doping
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Xenon: the EPO boosting Next Big Thing in ‘legal’ doping?
Read The Economist via road.cc According to an article in The Economist, Russia has been using xenon as a performance-enhancer for a few years now. A 2010 document produced by the State Research Institute of the Ministry of Defence advises on how to use the gas. Before competition it can help with listlessness and sleep…
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Mads Glæsner wins doping appeal against FINA, reinstated as 2012 World Champ in the 1500 free
See press release on fina.org Following the decision of the FINA Doping Panel on June 14, 2013 (see FINA Press Release 47/2013) on the case Mads Glaesner (DEN), the swimmer filed an appeal to the CAS (Court of Arbitration for Sport). The decision of the CAS, issued on January 31, 2014 stipulates that only the…
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FINA provisionally suspends Russian swimmers Yuliya Efimova and Sergey Makov
See fina.org Provisional Suspension – Yuliya Efimova (RUS) On October 31, 2013 a swimmer Yuliya Efimova (RUS) was tested positive to the substance 7-keto-DHEA (Class S.1.1.b Endogenous Anabolic Androgenic Steroids) with the occasion of the FINA out-of-competition doping control test in Los Angeles (USA). Following the results management process and in accordance with the FINA DC Rule 7.1.11, the…
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Former Russia Head Coach Andrei Vorontsov reacts to Efimova’s positive doping test
Read SwimVortex Heavy in heart, Dr. Vorontsov writes to SwimVortex.com of the sorrow he feels over Efimova’s case. He rejects the notion that Efimova may have cheated deliberately; regrets that she did not ask for advise; defends US coach Dave Salo in the Russia-USA divide; points a cautious finger at land-training ‘gurus’; and looks forward…
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Yuliya Efimova’s medical advisor reacts to her positive doping test
See DAASM Yuliya Efimova’s Medical Advisor and Conditioning Coach about Substance Abuse Dr. Dr. Homayun Gharavi, medical advisor and conditioning coach in professional Sports, on the breaking news about Yuliya Efimova’s positive doping test DAASM: You have been working with Ms. Efimova’s as her personal physician and conditioning coach for a few years now. What…
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Yuliya Efimova tests positive for doping
According to sovsport.ru (and originally Vedomosti), Russian breaststroker Yuliya Efimova tested positive for dehydroepiandrosterone in an unannounced test in October, while preparing for a FINA meet. Dehydroepiandrosterone is a natural steroid found in dietary supplements, that apparently is used to normalize body weight and balance hormones. According to sovsport.ru, the B-sample has not yet been…
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Mark Foster Talks About Pushing The Olympic Legacy Through Dance
Former Olympic swimmer Mark Foster talks about his new fitness-dance programme Fit Steps, a merge of the London 2012 Olympics and Strictly Come Dancing.
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SwimmingWorld and SwimVortex launch petition asking FINA to recognize all victims during during the DDR Olympic Reign
See open letter and petition on change.org, plus articles on SwimmingWorld and SwimVortex On behalf of the swimming community worldwide, we are calling on FINA to recognize all victims during this dark period in Olympic history and to lobby the International Olympic Committee to take similar action. When Nelson Mandela passed away of late, his story reminded us all…
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New Methods for Detecting Anabolic Steroids Lead to Hundreds of Positive Doping Tests
Read PR Newswire and ARD In recent months, two European doping control laboratories have – largely unnoticed – discovered an alarmingly high number of doping cases using improved detection methods. Based on information from the editorial staff who work on doping at the German public television broadcaster ARD, the laboratories in Cologne and Moscow have…