Drugs in Sport

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Drugs in Sport

• Mr. P. Leighton
• Contemporary Sporting Issues
• Socio-Cultural Studies

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Todays Session

• Understand the reasons and consequences of drugs
  in sport.
• Discuss the possible solutions of drugs in sport.
• Look at some case studies of drugs in sport.
• Review some of the technological advances in
  sport and how they have impacted performance.

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Drugs at the Olympics

• In the name of all competitors, I promise that
  we shall take part in these Olympic Games without
  doping and without drugs in the true spirit of
  sportsmanship

• Not all Olympians, or sportsmen or women keep
  their promises.
• At the Athens Olympics 23 different athletes
  committed drugs offences- the most ever (to date)
• There is a covert, systematic and multi-million
  pound industry driven solely to enable sports men
  and women to illegally enhance their performance.
• Penalties are generally outweighed by the
  benefits and it is only now that authorities are
  getting tough on cheats.

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USA, The Olympics and Doping

• Stripped of their medals 10 years after they won
  them on the world stage.
• Antonio Pettigrew admitted he was taking HGH at
  the time.
• Michael Johnson gave his back stating he felt
  Cheated, betrayed and let down by his team
  mate.
• 2 of the other members of the team were banned
  later for similar offences.
• Marion Jones also confessed to taking drugs at
  the Olympics and served a prison sentence for
  this.

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What are the reasons for taking drugs in sport?

• The use of drugs in sport is now becoming an
  expensive and dangerous game of cat and mouse-
  why?
• As drugs become more detectable Masking agents
  are becoming more important to the cheats.
• The actual means of testing is at times corrupt
  meaning some innocent performers careers are in
  tatters whilst guilty competitors go free.

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• Dwayne Chambers, once one of the UKs most
  infamous drug cheats has today won Olympic Gold
  and broken Usain Bolts world record by 1 whole
  second. Elated, Chambers stated HGH got me the
  Gold!
• Bolt, who continued to run unaided despite the
  Olympic committees allowance of drugs in the
  Olympics, stated This sport is dead to me, I am
  a true athlete not a cheat

• LONDON 2012 SHOCK
• CHAMBERS CHAMPS AS BOLT CHOKES!

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Levelling the Playing Field

• Do you think that this would be a good idea?
• Would this make sport more entertaining?
• Lord Sebastian Coe, stated that this would be
  dire for Athletics and sport in general

"We could end up with a situation like WWE
wrestling where everyone knows it is fake and
they don't care.
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What are the reasons for using drugs in sport...
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Adrian Mutu

• Signed for 15.8m by Chelsea in 2003.
• Banned for 7 months and sacked for Cocaine use.
• Now has failed second anti-doping test- anti
  obesity drug!
• No concept of morality or uneducated?

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Who is involved in stopping Drugs and Doping in
sport?

• W.A.D.A
• Promotes, coordinates and monitors the fight
  against doping in sports at international level.

• 100 ME
• Promotes drug-free competitive sport throughout
  the UK.
• Provides high quality information and provides
  positive attitudes and values in sport.

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Technological Products in Sport

• Over the last 50 years in sport what has changed?

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Advances

• Lightweight trainers/spikes/boots.
• Better material for shirts.
• Compression vests/ under armour.
• 8 panel/6 panel/4 panel/1 panel balls.
• Photo finish technology.
• Replay techniques (TMO/Snick-o-meter).
• Goal line Technology?

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The Javelin Case study

• The World Record had crept up to a massive
  104.80m by 1986 thrown by Uwe Holn.
• Runners at this point were in danger of being
  speared on the other side of the track.
• Javelins are now harder to throw making the event
  more difficult.
• Conversions are made to compare old records to
  the new.
• Record currently stands at 94.48m thrown by Jan
  Zelezny.

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Key Impacts
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Work for you

• Separate into two sides Pro and Against
  allowing drugs in sport.
• Come up with one part of an argument for a debate
  next week to start the session
• www.soculleighton.wordpress.com for all notes and
  eventually exam style questions!

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Any Questions?