Belarusian shot putter Nadzeya Ostapchuk was stripped of her gold medal for winning the women’s shot put at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. The results of anti-doping tests containing the steroid positive arrived shortly after the two-week Olympic games concluded. Ostapchuk was the first Olympic medalist to test positive for a banned performance-enhancing drug (PED). [Read more…]
Aug
14
Malcolm Gladwell Disappoints in Latest Steroid Discussion
Malcolm Gladwell, the best-selling author of The Tipping Point and Outliers, provided an uncharacteristically disappointing discussion of anabolic steroids in sports with Nicholas Thompson for the New Yorker Magazine. Gladwell and Thompson chatted about various sports issues during the 2012 London Olympics. Both Gladwell and Thompson suggested that doping was not an issue for endurance sports and that steroid use was likely limited to shorter sprint events. [Read more…]
Aug
13
Chinese Swimmer Points to Racism in Steroid Accusations
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…]
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
08
Brain Research in Teenage Steroid Users
Leslie Henderson and Ann Clark, professors at the Giesel School of Medicine in Dartmouth, are concerned that teenagers who use anabolic steroids may not be aware of the effects of steroids on the brain. Most people have heard about aggression as a possible side effect of steroid use. Stories of “roid rage” have appeared regularly in the news. But according to Henderson and Clark, teenage steroid users may face something more serious than the short-term prospect of steroid-induced aggression. [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…]
