Dope Research Paper
Arion 1 Anthony Arion
Marketing
Prof.
29 August 2016
The Real ?dope? about Performing Enhancing Drugs Qualifying to represent your country in the Olympics is arguable the greatest achievement one can obtain as an Athlete. They dedicated hours upon hours of blood sweat and tears to get to this point in their careers, through all the trial and error and stress that can put on one?s body it is no wonder how some athletes would like to take a short cut and cheat their way to gold. Performance-enhancing drugs (PED) were actually present in 100 AD and discovered to be used by athletes in the Olympics of 1904. ?The International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF), the governing body for the sport of track and field, became the first …show more content…
Some of these athletes have been caught more than one time. The big topic regarding PED?s for the Olympics revolved a lot with Russia and its athletes. The Russians were accused of having their athlete?s blood dope. Blood doping is an illegal way that athletes can get more oxygen into the muscle resulting in enhanced performance. Basically there are three ways to get increased oxygen into the blood and then into the muscles: transfusions?autologous (using athletes own blood which is drawn and saved for later injection) and homologous (using a donor?s blood with the same blood type); EPO injections (EPO is a hormone produced by the kidneys); and Synthetic Oxygen Carriers. In medical conditions blood transfusions are given to patients with low red blood cell counts due to loss of blood resulting in anemia. Kidney failure can also cause low red blood cell counts. EPO injections are given to patients in the medical setting to aid the body in producing more red blood cells and Synthetic Oxygen Carriers which are chemicals that carry oxygen to the blood when someone is in need of a blood transfusion but the blood type is unknown, there is risk of tainted blood or there simply is no human blood available. In all of these cases, an athlete will use these methods to increase the red blood count which will introduce more red blood cells into the muscles resulting in enhanced performance.
Marketing
Prof.
29 August 2016
The Real ?dope? about Performing Enhancing Drugs Qualifying to represent your country in the Olympics is arguable the greatest achievement one can obtain as an Athlete. They dedicated hours upon hours of blood sweat and tears to get to this point in their careers, through all the trial and error and stress that can put on one?s body it is no wonder how some athletes would like to take a short cut and cheat their way to gold. Performance-enhancing drugs (PED) were actually present in 100 AD and discovered to be used by athletes in the Olympics of 1904. ?The International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF), the governing body for the sport of track and field, became the first …show more content…
Some of these athletes have been caught more than one time. The big topic regarding PED?s for the Olympics revolved a lot with Russia and its athletes. The Russians were accused of having their athlete?s blood dope. Blood doping is an illegal way that athletes can get more oxygen into the muscle resulting in enhanced performance. Basically there are three ways to get increased oxygen into the blood and then into the muscles: transfusions?autologous (using athletes own blood which is drawn and saved for later injection) and homologous (using a donor?s blood with the same blood type); EPO injections (EPO is a hormone produced by the kidneys); and Synthetic Oxygen Carriers. In medical conditions blood transfusions are given to patients with low red blood cell counts due to loss of blood resulting in anemia. Kidney failure can also cause low red blood cell counts. EPO injections are given to patients in the medical setting to aid the body in producing more red blood cells and Synthetic Oxygen Carriers which are chemicals that carry oxygen to the blood when someone is in need of a blood transfusion but the blood type is unknown, there is risk of tainted blood or there simply is no human blood available. In all of these cases, an athlete will use these methods to increase the red blood count which will introduce more red blood cells into the muscles resulting in enhanced performance.