A team from the University of Leiden pointed out that there have been no scientific studies examining EPO use in elite, professional cyclist. They concluded that this means that one can't assume a benefit in high-level sports - and they are wrong.
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For Anti-Doping Administrators, a Constant Battle Requiring Creativity & Strong Leadership
Chelsea LittleNovember 7, 2012
Note: For more on Professor Ljungqvist’s fight against doping in Sweden, and its effect on Scandinavian sport culture, you can read
“We have recently hypothesized that the optimal approach to altitude training would be to acclimatize to altitude, but train as close to sea level as possible thereby maximizing running speed and maintaining aerobic fitness,” Drs. Jim Stray-Gundersen and Benjamin Levine wrote in a landmark 1992 paper in the International Journal of Sports Medicine. The pair, who then worked at the University of Texas, were trying to answer the question of whether altitude training was truly...
CAS Overturns IOC’s Rule Against Dopers, Opens Door to Sochi for Yaroshenko, Matveeva, and Others
Chelsea LittleOctober 10, 2011
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) recently reached a decision which could drastically change the competitive landscape at the Sochi Olympics. “I can not describe in words how happy I will be able to defend the honor of Russia in Sochi,” Russian skier Natalia Matveeva told skisport.ru. Matveeva has stood on the World Cup podium ten times, and recently finished a two-year doping ban after testing positive for EPO. But even though she had...
A new trial brings up new details of extensive organized doping in Finland even before the 1997 World Championships in Trondheim.
Suspended Biathlete Yourieva Returns
Inge ScheveSeptember 29, 2010
Russian 2008 World Champion is warning of her comeback to biathlon.
According to media reports, three Russian cross-country skiers have tested positive for EPO. Two of the skiers were stars—Julia Tchepalova and Yevgeni Dementiev both have Olympic golds. According to Reuters, both of them had written to the president of the Russian cross country skiing federation announcing their retirement. The third skier, Nina Rysina, was requesting that her b-sample be analyzed. She is the reigning U-23 world champion in the sprint. Media outlets were reporting that...