Drugs in Pro Cycling

The only time that sport was thought to be truly pure was in early Greek. They were the only ones to follow the Olympic Ideals: excellence in oneself, respect to one another, balance of body and mind, and of course, joy in effort. Unfortunately, commercialization and professionalism led to corruption in sports (doping). In later ancient Greek times Olympic victory was worth a modern day equivalent of $500,000 to an athlete. Athletes used concoctions of mushrooms and plant seeds, consumed dog testicles, and ate bizarre diets of foods like dried figs and roots to gain an edge over their competitors. In ancient Rome, sports became a business. Athletes were payed and people payed to see them. The better an athlete was the larger his pay out would be. This desire to become the best athlete led the use of drugs to be stronger, faster, or have more endurance.

The first recorded doping death occurred in 188

There are several reasons that prohibited performance enhancing drugs are commonly used among professional athletes” Any way you look at it, doping is a major issue in our sport," says Kip Mikler, the editor of the cycling journal Velo News.. First, professional teams train or practice so frequently and hard that the athletes rarely get an adequate period to fully recover. Athletes who have this problem tend to lean towards the use of anabolic steroids to increase their rate of recovery and detecting use was difficult. It seems that detection methods have caught up to the drugs though.

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Another reason for the high rate of drug use among professional athletes is the commercialization of sports. Sports are a form of entertainment. Consumers seem to have an unlimited desire to always get the latest news on top sports. So many people having a daily interest in sports make it the ultimate advertisement for various and the core business of many media companies. This environment that where sports meet business creates intense competition for money among athletes in both sporting events and team selection. Athletes and teams are in the same race as they need to maintain their position in the market in order to stay in the spotlight, keep sponsors, and bring in adequate income. If they fail, others will take their place. Erythropoietin a man-made version of human erythropoietin is produced naturally in the body, mostly by the kidneys. It stimulates the bone marrow to produce red blood cells. The more red blood cells a person has the thinner their blood is. Thinner blood translates into higher aerobic capacities in endurance athletes. To understand the magnitude of even a 5% gain, consider first a hypothetical 45-mile time trial over flat ground

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