Drugs In Sport Keywords

Question 1

Doping

Answer 1

In competitive sports, doping refers to the use of banned performance-enhancing drugs by athletic competitors

Question 2

Stimulants

Answer 2

Drugs that induce a temporary improvement in mental and physical function (e.g increase alertness and awareness)

Question 3

Erythropoietin (EPO)

Answer 3

A hormone which is naturally produced by the kidneys but can also be artificially produced to increase performance in endurance athletes such as long-distance cyclists

Question 4

Tetrahydrogestrinone (THG)

Answer 4

A banned steroid used to increase power which was tweaked by chemists to make it undetectable by ‘normal tests’

Question 5

BALCO

Answer 5

The ‘Bay Area Laboratory Cooperative’ which was behind one of the biggest scandals in drugs history as the source of THG, with several athletes implicated and subsequently banned from sport, including sprinters Dwain Chambers and Marion Jones

Question 6

Whereabouts system

Answer 6

A system designed to support out of competition testing which requires athletes to supply the details of their whereabouts so that they can be located at any time and anywhere for testing, without advance notice

Question 7

WADA (the World Anti-Doping Agency)

Answer 7

A foundation created in 1999 through a collective initiative led by the IOC to promote, coordinate and monitor the fight against drugs in sport