Another Chinese swimmer has set a world record at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. And another Chinese swimmer has been accused of using anabolic steroids or performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs). Sun Yang wonders why amazing performances by Chinese swimmers raise suspicion but those of American swimmers don’t. [Read more…]
Steroids in Sports
Aug
12
Baseball Hall of Fame Loses Credibility If Steroid Users Not Included
Rafael Palmeiro thinks that the Baseball Hall of Fame loses credibility if it fails to include two baseball players linked to anabolic steroids. Palmeiro would consider it a great honor if he were elected to the Hall of Fame but he has accepted that he will likely never be inducted into Cooperstown because of his positive steroid test for Winstrol. But he thinks that two players, who were also linked to steroids, played on an entirely different level than he did. And they should be inducted, steroids or not. [Read more…]
Aug
11
Chinese Steroid Doctor Suspects Michael Phelps Used Steroids
Chen Zhanghao, a former top physician for the Chinese Olympic team, told the international press that he has long suspected Michael Phelps of using anabolic steroids. But given the complete lack of evidence support such a suspicion, he has kept quiet until now. Zhanghao decided to break his silence after 16-year old Chinese swimming prodigy Ye Shewin was accused of steroid use by a prominent American swimming coach. [Read more…]
Aug
10
Carl Lewis Says Only Fools Wouldn’t Suspect Usain Bolt of Using Steroids
Carl Lewis, the former 100-meter champion and multiple Olympic gold medalist, expressed his skepticism about the performances of Usain Bolt four years ago at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He made thinly veiled accusations that Bolt was doping with steroids or some other performance-enhancing drug (PED) in an interview with the British newspaper The Telegraph. Lewis told the newspaper that only “fools” wouldn’t suspect Bolt of using steroids. [Read more…]
Aug
09
Rafael “I Have Never Used Steroids” Palmeiro Inducted Into the Hall of Fame
Former Major League Baseball player Rafael Palmeiro was inducted into the Hall of Fame on July 27, 2012 – in Mississippi. He was one of six former sports stars added to the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and perhaps not only the most famous but also the infamous due to his steroid links. [Read more…]
Aug
07
Victor Conte Returns to Summer Olympics as Anti-Steroid Advocate
Victor Conte has traveled to London for the 2012 Summer Olympics. The last time he went to the Olympics, he was to help provide anabolic steroids to some of the top American athletes. This time he is at the Olympics for an entirely different purpose. While he will still support American athletes in general and provide support for one American in particular, his support does not include providing undetectable, banned performance-enhancing steroids to Olympians. Conte has become an anti-doping advocate who wants to help officials eliminate steroids from the Olympics. [Read more…]
Aug
06
2012 London Olympics Dirty Little Secret – Anti-Doping Program Sucks
Alan Abramson recently penned an article that questioned the credibility of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) steroid testing program. WADA may be administering more and more anti-doping tests every year. And the 2012 Summer Olympics in London may set a new record for the number of athletes and the number of drug tests. But this is meaningless if the anti-doping protocols are ineffective at catching athletes using prohibited performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs). [Read more…]
Aug
04
Human Growth Hormone Testing at the 2012 London Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics in London has been billed as the “the most tested Games in Olympic history”. The real question has always been how effective are the anti-doping tests? It appears that at least one anti-doping test will be vastly improved. But will it be enough to catch anyone other than “dopey” athletes? [Read more…]
Aug
02
Baseball Players Who Use Steroids Are Not Cheaters Says Dan Serafini
Dan Serafini, a former Major League Baseball pitcher, doesn’t believe that baseball players who use anabolic steroids or human growth hormone (hGH) are cheating other players or cheating the game. In an interview with Tom Verducci of Sports Illustrated, Serafini doesn’t see anything wrong with steroid use in baseball. [Read more…]
Aug
01
American Swim Coach Accuses Chinese Swimmer of Doping
John Leonard, a top American swimming coach and the current executive director of the World Swimming Coaches Association, did everything he could to suggest that a new 16-year old swimming sensation from China was guilty of doping with banned performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs). Chinese swimmer Ye Shewin won the gold medal in the 400-meter individual medley (in a world record time) and the 200-meter individual medley at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Her performances shocked the world. [Read more…]
