LO2 - Performace Enhancing Drugs

Question 1

What is a recreational drug

Answer 1

A drug people use in their free time. These may be legal or illegal, for example alcohol and cigarettes (legal) or heroin and cocaine (illegal).

Question 2

What is a performance enhancing drug (PED)

Answer 2

A banned substance used to improve performance. Athlete which use PEDs are cheating.

Question 3

How are drugs tested in sport - UKAD

Answer 3

Anytime, anywhere
Notification
ID-passport
Urine sample, nail sample, hair or blood sample

Question 4

Reasons why athletes use PEDs

Answer 4

Pressure to succeed as an individual 
Train harder and longer
Preferred body image 
Other people taking them 
Sponsorship
Pressure to succeed as a nation
Fame and money

Question 5

Reasons against use of PEDs

Answer 5

Against morals and values of sport 
Long term I’ll health 
Consequences when guilty - fine, prison, ban, disgrace to nation
U fair advantage 
Cheating

Question 6

What is the “whereabouts” rule

Answer 6

It is where top athletes are responsible for informing their sports governing body of where they will be at all times when out of season.

Question 7

Examples of people who used PEDs.

Answer 7

Justin Gatlin - sprinter who beat Bolt in 100m in 2017. Banned twice for using PEDs in his career.
Lance Armstrong - cyclist who won 7 Tour de France but were stripped away from him. Found guilty for taking a number of PEDs.