‘’No negative’’ result of Paulo Garcés doping test.

After the sixth league day in the ‘’Campeonato Nacional’’ of Chile, when the team Deportes Antofagasta had to play against O’Higgins, one of the players gave ‘’no negative’’ results in a doping test. The protagonist of this story is Paulo Garcés, goalkeeper of the ‘’pumas’’, as usually is known his team, Deportes Antofagasta.

According to the goalkeeper, the substance is a pill that he consumed with the only aim to lose fat. That substance was autorized by the doctors of the team and is very known in in the world, but, nevertheless, they did not know that it is in the prohibited substances list. If you do not know anything about this team, you can see a video of a match:

Paulo Garcés talked with a local TV program called ‘’24 Horas Deportes’’, he said that he took a nutritional suplemment and informed of it to the medical team. He added that he was calmed, searching for the best defense to talk about that. Also, his wife, Joyce Castiblanco, wanted to give her opinion in the social media, saying that the club autorized him and the faimily is confident to the positive result of the case.

Nowadays, the goalkeeper can not play for his team becauses is suspended, and is waiting for the results.

What do you think about this type of doping? Do you think that Garcés should be suspended for a time or the medical team have the responsability?

Thanks for reading us,

Sergio Torreblanca.

Bibliography:

http://www.24horas.cl/deportes/futbol-nacional/paulo-garces-dio-positivo-en-control-antidopaje-en-partido-del-campeonato-nacional-2707055

http://www.24horas.cl/deportes/futbol-nacional/paulo-garces-rompe-el-silencio-tras-doping-positivo-no-tengo-nada-que-esconder-2708206

http://www.adnradio.cl/noticias/sociedad/joyce-castiblanco-por-doping-de-paulo-garces-fue-autorizado-por-el-doctor-del-club/20180510/nota/3748361.aspx

One of the sports with most cases of doping: football

Do you know which is one of the sport with most cases discovered of doping? Is the same that usually is named as ‘’The king of sports’’. Yes, it is football, and we can find more than 50 cases of doping.

Recognised players as Adrian Mutu, Pep Guardiola or Edgar Davids are in this list. Others as Dani Benitez or Paddy Kenny are less famous than the previous ones, but we can also find them in the same list. If you do not know any of these players, we are going to help you with a PowerPoint with pictures of them.

Pep Guardiola, who is one of the best coaches in the world, has also been accused of doping some years ago. Exactly, he was accused in 2001, when he was playing for Brescia. The test claimed that he took Nandrolone, which is used in anemias, cachexia (wasting syndrome), osteoporosis, breast cancer, etc. Becaouse of this, he had to pay 2.000€ and could not play for 4 months.

Another famous player in this list is Jaap Stam. The ex player of Manchester United, AC Milan and others clubs was surprised with a doping test in which he gave positive results in Nandrolone, as Guardiola. As penalty, he could not play for 4 months.

Recently, in 2014, one case appeared in Spain. He is not a famous player, but the new was known in every city of this country. Dani Benitez, ex player of Granada C.F. had to pass a doping test before the match between Granada C.F. and Betis. The test gave positive results in cocaine. After this, he could not play for 2 years, and then, he played for other teams as Alcorcon or Racing de Ferrol.

Do you know other football players that have used doping methods? Do you agree with the penalties?

Thanks for reading us,

Sergio Torreblanca.

Bibliography:

https://as.com/futbol/2002/02/08/mas_futbol/1013122836_850215.html

https://canales.okdiario.com/real-madrid/futbol/2017/01/11/sombra-del-dopaje-vuelve-salpicar-guardiola-manchester-city-acusado-violar-normas-antidoping-140918

https://www.sport.es/es/noticias/fuera-de-juego/el-otro-doping-de-mutu-780099

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/manchester-united/Sir_Alex_Ferguson/10397197/Rio-Ferdinands-brutal-eight-month-drug-ban-was-the-fault-of-incompetent-testers-according-to-Alex-Ferguson.html

A different type of doping for Samir Nasri

Ex-Arsenal F.C., Sevilla F. C., and Manchester City F. C. midfielder Samir Nasri has been accused last week because of doping by the WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency). 

Here you have a Youtube video of Nasri playing for Manchester City F. C: Samir Nasri
If you do not know what is the WADA, you can read our last post ;).

It seems that Samir Nasri, who is a famous football player, received a treatment when he was playing for Sevilla F. C.  A medical company called 'Drip Doctors' treats him with a drip intravenous vitamin treatment based on a high dose of vitamins B, C, Selenium and Zinc combined with others nutrients which help people to avoid viruses and other illnesses.

This is a metod that appear in the prohibited WADA list, so the CEDB (control, ethics and disciplinary body) decided to ban Nasri for 6 months. There is a limit of 50 millilitre for active athletes, but the footballer took 500 millilitres of this infusion.

In our opinion, athletes are not informed of this not usual doping methods They have to be careful because the penalties are harder than they think. In other way, it seems that this method do not improve the performance, but it could be a good option as recovery method between matches, for example.

Here you can see some slides with pictures about Nasri:

What do you think about this type of doping? Do you consider that it improves the performance as well as typical substances? 

We are waiting for your answers in the comments.

Thanks for reading us, see you soon,

Sergio Torreblanca.