Cases of Doping in CrossFit.

In a previous post, we show that doping are banned in Crossfit. If you haven´t ready it yet, below we leave the link to these post.

https://thehiddenfaceofperformance.blogspot.com.es/2018/05/are-drugs-prohibited-in-crossfit-games.html

Today we will show you some cases of doping that have ocurred in CrossFit. Acording to Crossfit rules about doping, this are the banned sustances:

• Anabolic Agents

• Street Drugs

• Diuretics and Other Masking Agents

• Peptide Hormones and Analogues

• Anti-Estrogens and Metabolic Modulators

• Beta-2 Agonists (permitted with prescription and TUE, and through inhalation only)

Some examples of these type of sustances are:

• Anabolic Agents (sometimes listed as a chemical formula, such as 3,6,17-androstenetrione): boldenone; clenbuterol; DHEA (7-Keto); nandrolone; stanozolol; testosterone; methasterone; androstenedione; norandrostenedione; methandienone; etiocholanolone; trenbolone; tibolone; zeranol; etc.

• Street Drugs: heroin; cocaine

• Diuretics and Other Masking Agents: bumetanide; chlorothiazide; desmopressin; furosemide; hydrochlorothiazide; probenecid; spironolactone (canrenone); triamterene; trichlormethiazide; etc.

• Peptide Hormones and Analogues: growth hormone (hGH); human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG); erythropoietin (EPO); growth factors and growth factor modulators; etc.

• Anti-Estrogens: anastrozole; tamoxifen; formestane; 3,17-dioxo-etiochol-1,4,6-triene (ATD); etc.

• Beta-2 Agonists: fenoterol; formoterol; salbutamol; salmeterol; etc.

Now, in this presentation, we will show some of the public cases of doping in CrossFit.

Thanks you for reading, see you on our next post, and don't forget to write us in comments what do you think about the post and what do you think about the question.

Bibliography:
http://golddumbbell.com/3-nuevos-casos-positivo-crossfit-2016/
https://www.hsnstore.com/blog/positivo-por-dopaje-en-crossfit-ricky-garard-pierde-su-tercer-puesto-en-los-games/

A hard reverse for Argentine cycling

Today, six Argentine cyclists have been accused of doping by the UCI (International Cycling Union) after the positive results in the tests which had been done on January and February, when the accused men were competing in the competitions ‘’Vuelta a San Juan’’ and ‘’Doble Bragado’’.

The UCI communicated to the media that Gonzalo Najar and Gastón Emiliano Javier gave positive results, three cyclists gave ‘’no-negative results’’ and another refused to do the test. The first of them tested positive for CERA (Continuous erythropoietin receptor activator), that had been used by others known athletes to improve their performance. Here you can see some of them:

The rider was surprised in a sample collected the first day of the race, when later, casually, he won the queen stage by nearly two minuts between the second rider and him. Also, his teammate Gastón has been suspended for a doping with Anabolic Androgenic Steroids. 

Both riders are now suspended, and their team, SEP de San Juan, is waiting for a decision from the UCI, that could decide the suspension from 15 to 45 days, as the Article 7.12.1 of the UCI Anti-Doping Rules says.

Article 7.12.1 UCI Anti-Doping Rules

Do you think that this is a hard reverse for Argentine cycling? Do you agree with the possible suspension?

Thanks for reading us,

Sergio Torreblanca.

Bibliography:

http://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/uci-confirms-vuelta-san-juan-winner-gonzalo-najars-positive-test-cera-378965

https://www.infobae.com/deportes-2/2018/05/08/se-confirmaron-seis-casos-de-doping-en-el-ciclismo-argentino/

https://www.clarin.com/deportes/polideportivo/noticia-durisima-ciclismo-argentino_0_SJzWBpa6z.html

https://tn.com.ar/sociedad/ciclismo-argentino-se-confirmaron-seis-casos-de-doping-en-deportistas-nacionales_867515

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuous_erythropoietin_receptor_activator
http://www.uci.ch

What's doping?

Hi everyone, today I will talk about doping, specifically about the most commonly used methods of doping. In the next presentation I will do a little presentation of these methods of doping, the uses and the hide effects of these.





I hope you enjoyed this presentation. We would appreciate if you left us in the comments that you thought the presentation and what you would like to see in the next post.

Thanks for watching, see you in the next post.

Doping in Andalusians gyms

10 people were arrested (4 of them, younger than 18), 41 more investigated, and 1.336 dose of medicines intervened. This is the ‘Zute’ operation, by the Spanish ‘Guardia Civil’, in Granada, Spain. That network used to get the medicines to dope people who go to the gymnasium in this city and others like Málaga or Jaen.

First, they paid until 400€ to farmacist to get every recipe. Then, they sold them in the different gyms of the nearest provinces. Some of the medicines were Testex prolongatum, Proviron, Winstrol, Femara, Decadurabolin, Arimidex, Gonal and Trakimazin.

The ‘Guardia Civil’ have told that this network has used more than 400 recipes to provide the medicines. They acted from 2015 to 2017, when they were discovered. This medicines, for example, are used by menopausal women, and they costed to the pharmacies a total of 5.800€. This is an example of the increasing of illegal substances in people that do not compete, they only practice sports to improve their health. A new horizon for the doping.

What do you think about this topic? Do you consider it more dangerous than the doping in professionals athletes?

Thanks for reading us,

Sergio Torreblanca.

Bibliography:

http://www.lavanguardia.com/local/sevilla/20180417/442647131170/red-compra-medicamentos-dopaje-deporte-granada.html

https://www.elespanol.com/espana/20180417/golpe-dopaje-gimnasios-andaluces-detenidos-dosis-intervenidas/300470416_0.html

The Kings of Doping: Russia

The last years, Russia has been appeared as the country with the largest number of doped athletes: more than 1,000 athletes and 29 olympic medallists have been accused. ‘An unprecedented fraud’ according to the WADA.

Grigori Rodchenov, who had been worked for the RUSADA (Russian Antidoping Agency) between 2006 and 2011, used anabolic agents. He has the aim to get many medals in the Olympic Winter Games of Sochi 2014, because 4 years before Russia only was the 6th country in the medals classification.

Rodchenov decided to tell the truth to the WADA some years later and uncover this story. It was a systematic plan of many years, when, for example, two female urine were discovered as male urine.

The plan had two phases. The first one was to avoid the doping control: all the athletes knew how to avoid them and what they had to do. The second one was to avoid this controls during the competition, but it was more difficult because of the WADA, but the RUSADA constructed a building near the sport facilities where they can avoid this controls. There, they had two bottles: one where they should urine and other where there were the false urine.

Nevertheless, there was a problem. One of the Russian athletes, Yuliya Stepanova, and his boyfriend, Vitaly Stepanov, picked up some tests about the plan. They sent to the AMA 200 mails that included all that Rodchenkov was doing. In 2014, all the world discovered the truth with a documentary film in the German television about the Russian doping, where Stepanova and another athlete, Liliya Shobukhova, confirmed the suspicion. They related that they had to pay 450.000 € to convert a positive test doping to negative. In 2015, Rodchenkov ran away to United States of America.

In the Olympic Games of 2016, 111 athletes were removed because of previous doping by the COI, and in 2017, they removed all the athletes for the Olympic Winter Games of 2018. Then, in 2018, before the Olympic Games, the penalty was changed and the Russian athletes could participated in this competition.

Here you can see a video that resume the Russian doping plan.

Thanks for coming,

Sergio Torreblanca.

Bibliography:

http://www.superdeporte.es/olimpiadas/2016/07/21/cronologia-escandalo-dopaje-deporte-rusia/304380.html

http://www.xlsemanal.com/conocer/20170124/dopaje-rusia-deportes-doping.html

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dopaje_en_Rusia

http://www.bbc.com/sport/winter-sports/42674331

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/02/icarus-documentary-nominee-doping

The end of Ben Johnson's career.

Ben Johnson (born on December 30, 1961) was a canadian athlete known fot his disqualification for doping after winning the Olympic final of 100 meters in the Seoul Olympic Games in 1988.

Born in Falmouth, Jamaica, Johnson emigrated to Canada in 1976. He made his debut at the Word Athletics Championships in 1983 and was defeated in the semifinals.


At 1988, the great referent of athletics was Carl Lewis, who had won the 100 meters in the Olympic final of Los Ángeles, where Ben was in third place, proposing to beat Carl in the following Olympic Games.


On September 24, 1988, the one known as "The race of the century" took place. It was the first time in the history of athletics in which four athletes dropped 10 seconds in the 100 meters, being the winner Ben Johnson.

Below we can see the video of the race:

From that moment, Ben Johnson becomes the first globally, being the great defeated Carl Lewis. Nevertheless, 48 hours later, it became official that Ben has given positive in doping control for stanozolol. an anabolic that promotes the development of muscle mass.

After several theories about a possible plot, Johnson finally confessed he had doped, being stripped of the gold medal, and, therefore, of the world record. He was suspended for two years, and after trying to return to racing, was suspended from lifetime to give back positive in another control anti-doping.