BALCO founder Victor Conte recently claimed that all eight sprinters in the 100 meter final at the 2000 Sydney Olympics were guilty of using anabolic steroids. Conte made the allegations in an interview with the Agence France-Presse (AFP). Maurice Greene, Ato Boldon, Obadele Thompson, Darren Campbell, Dwain Chambers, Aziz Zakari, Jon Drummond and Kim Collins were the finalist in that event. [Read more…]
Steroids in Athletics
Oct
18
Super Granny Banned for Anabolic Steroid Use
The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has banned 68-year old grandmother Kathy Jager for two years. The popular masters track star tested positive to for anabolic steroids during a doping control at the 2011 USA National Masters Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Berea, Ohio on July 28, 2011. She will not be eligible to compete again until she reaches 70 years of age. [Read more…]
Oct
07
Steroid Use Won’t Keep LaShawn Merritt Out of the Olympics
The International Olympic Committee wanted to permanently keep steroid users, who have served bans greater than 6-months, out of the Olympic Games. However, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled that the IOC’s so-called “six-month rule” was “invalid and unenforceable” and violated the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) rules. [Read more…]
Oct
06
Masters Shotputter Banned from Track for Using Steroids
A 63-year old master athletes was banned for using anabolic steroids at the USA Masters Track & Field Championship on July 28, 2011. Stephen Craig Shumaker, competing for the Long and Strong Throwers Club, tested positive for exogenous testosterone. [Read more…]
Aug
16
Track Star Fights Olympic Ineligibility from Use of ExtenZe
American track sprinter LaShawn Merritt completed his suspension for a doping violation in July 20111 but the International Olympic Committee still wants to prevent him for competing at the 2012 London Olympics. The International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) “six-month rule” prohibits athletes from competing in the Olympic Games after serving suspensions exceeding six months. [Read more…]
Jul
28
Jamaica’s Usain Bolt Gets His Anabolic Steroids from Yams!
Errol Morrison, M.D., Ph.D., the president of the University of Technology in Jamaica, believes that naturally-occurring steroids in the yellow yam contribute to the success of sprinters like Olympic champion Usain “Lightning” Bolt. Bolt is currently considered the “world’s fastest man” having set current world records in the 100 meters and 200 meters with times of 9.58 seconds and 19.19 seconds, respectively. [Read more…]
Jul
04
Female Athletes on Anabolic Steroids in India
A major doping scandal has engulfed the Indian National Team as eight athletes have tested positive for the use of performance-enhancing drugs over the past few weeks. What is even more surprising is that seven of the eight athletes testing positive for anabolic steroids were women. [Read more…]
Jun
24
World Anti-Doping Agency Falsely Accused Athletes of Using Steroids
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) determined that the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has falsely accused athletes of using anabolic steroids due to errors by one of its formerly accredited worldwide laboratories. The Malaysia lab has since been removed from WADA’s list of accredited labs. [Read more…]
Jun
05
Justin Gatlin Will Admit Using Steroids in Exchange for a Hug
What’s wrong with Justin Gatlin? Hasn’t he read the script to be followed by professional athletes caught doping with anabolic steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs? Redemption doesn’t come automatically to athletes that serve a four-year ban after failing a drug test for exogenous testosterone. The key to being accepted back into the sport is to publicly admit using steroids, to acknowledge that you made a mistake and to apologize profusely (preferably with tears). [Read more…]
May
01
USA Track and Field Doesn’t Support Banned Athletes Making a Comeback
USA Track & Field (USATF), the national organization governing track and field, running and race walking, generally does not support athletes who attempt a comeback to the sport after serving a ban for using performance-enhancing drugs according to USATF spokesperson Jill Greer. “We would essentially ignore them and pretend they didn’t exist,” Greer told the New York Times in an interview regarding the return of American sprinter Justin Gatlin. [Read more…]
