Doping in other sports

[AndyRM]

I've been saying for years that they should have two categories for competitive sports, one in which PEDs are permitted with no limits and one for the purists. After a couple of decades the long term affects of unlimited PEDs will be known and possibly frowned upon, despite the short term gains.

Just got a year to wait until The Enhanced Games.

 

[Beebo]

I think they should get rid of rules as well. Or laws for those sports that like to call the rules laws.

Yeah, why even bother with the starting gun. Just go whenever you feel like it.

 

[Drago]

Just got a year to wait until The Enhanced Games.

Linford Christie is coming out of retirement especially for the inaugural event.

 

[Milzy]

Just got a year to wait until The Enhanced Games.

What ever next? Clean cycling?

 

[Gweeds]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/articles/c8rpnj078pyo

Ruth Chepngetich, the women's marathon world record holder, has been provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for a banned substance.

The diuretic hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) was detected in a sample collected from Kenyan Chepngetich on 14 March, the AIU said in a statement., external

Chepngetich, 30, broke the world record to win the Chicago Marathon in October 2024, clocking a time of two hours, nine minutes and 56 seconds.

HCTZ is used clinically to treat fluid retention and hypertension and is a prohibited at all times under the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) Code.

Chepngetich's time in Chicago surpassed Ethiopian Tigst Assefa's previous record set at the 2023 Berlin Marathon by nearly two minutes.

Used commonly as a masking agent, HCTZ has a minimum reporting level of 20 nanograms per millilitre (ng/mL) in urine. Chepngetich's sample showed 3,800 ng/mL.

 

[johnblack]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/articles/c8rpnj078pyo

Ruth Chepngetich, the women's marathon world record holder, has been provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for a banned substance.

The diuretic hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) was detected in a sample collected from Kenyan Chepngetich on 14 March, the AIU said in a statement., external

Chepngetich, 30, broke the world record to win the Chicago Marathon in October 2024, clocking a time of two hours, nine minutes and 56 seconds.

HCTZ is used clinically to treat fluid retention and hypertension and is a prohibited at all times under the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) Code.

Chepngetich's time in Chicago surpassed Ethiopian Tigst Assefa's previous record set at the 2023 Berlin Marathon by nearly two minutes.

Used commonly as a masking agent, HCTZ has a minimum reporting level of 20 nanograms per millilitre (ng/mL) in urine. Chepngetich's sample showed 3,800 ng/mL.

There was a fair drop of it in her !

 

[Gweeds]

And begs the question what the drug she used was, as they only found a masking agent.....

 

[Milzy]

And begs the question what the drug she used was, as they only found a masking agent.....

Can you mask EPO like that? It still must be the king substance to use.

 

[mjr]

There was a fair drop of it in her !

The reason hydrochlorothiazide has a minimum reporting level is that it has been found as a contaminant in other cases. This is much more, though. It'll be interesting to see what the defence is, if any.