Olivier Magne, the French flanker, has remarked that he suspected rugby players of using drugs and appreciated the decision of the World Cup organizers to begin testing for THG.
Oone of the game’s best openside flankers, Magne said, “I have a suspicion, but for the time being I prefer to go no further.”
From Independent.ie:
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May 19, 2011 | Posted in
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The drugs crisis in athletics deepened when America’s Olympic and world gold medallist, Calvin Harrison, joined Britain’s Dwain Chambers in testing positive for a banned drug.
Like Chambers, Harrison is coached by the Ukrainian Remi Korchemny.
From Independent.ie:
Harrison tested positive for the stimulant modafinil when scientists reviewed 350 samples taken at the United States Championships in [...]
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Crystal Cox, a member of the victorious US 4×400m women’s relay squad at the 2004 Athens Olympics, has been banned for a period of four years after found doping.
The star athlete admitted to doping from late 2001 through 2004 and used anabolic agents and hormones, according to a statement by USADA.
From TheAustralian.com.au:
“Ms Cox clearly competed [...]
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Andy Parkinson, acting head of anti-doping at UK Sport, has expressed deep concerns that young athletes might be tempted to use drugs by the prospect of competing in the home Olympics.
British sport faces an unprecedented threat from the easy availability of performance enhancing drugs in the run-up to London 2012 Games.
From Guardian.co.uk:
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February 14, 2011 | Posted in
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A court appearance in San Francisco of Dwain Chambers‘ coach Remi Korchemny on charges of distributing performance enhancing drugs added further to the suspicion that his rival had not acted alone. Darren Campbell, Britain’s highest-ranked sprinter at one time, was left surprised by the move.
The silver medalist in the 200 meters in Sydney said, “Whether [...]
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Disgraced athlete, Marion Jones, was under suspicion for using performance enhancing drugs from 2000 onwards according to a senior official.
The officer made the statement after the sprinter was sentenced to six months in prison for perjury.
From Guardian.co.uk:
Marion Jones was under suspicion for using performance-enhancing drugs from 2000 onwards, a senior athletics official admitted after [...]
January 12, 2011 | Posted in
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Dwain Chambers who became the first athlete from Britain to test positive to performance enhancing drugs, will be welcomed back into the British team, the new national head coach said.
Chambers is more than welcome back in the team after serving his sentence for being a very good athlete, Dutchman Charles van Commenee told [...]
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The obsession of raw power is one of the biggest reasons that “motivate” sportsmen to take on anabolic steroids such as Tetrahydrogestrinone (THG). The growing popularity of steroids in gymnasiums and sports grounds is a worrying factor as most steroid users make use of steroids in an indiscriminate manner leading to steroid abuse.
According to a [...]
May 20, 2010 | Posted in
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A spent syringe having an undetectable anabolic steroid that was provided to the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), and the contents delivered to the research team in Los Angeles has been identified. This newly discovered drug is tetrahydrogestrinone (THG).
The details of this research were published in an issue of Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry.
From News-Medical.Net:
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Recently, a new synthetic designer steroid was discovered by researchers working at the UCLA Olympic Analytical Laboratory in Los Angeles. The steroid has been identified by the researchers as tetrahydrogestrinone (THG) and effective plans to curb its usage in sports have already been initiated after plans to develop an accurate urine detection test were put [...]
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