drugs in sport

Question 1

Agencies to stop doping

Answer 1

• World anti doping agency (WADA)
• Uk anti doping agency (UKAD)

Question 2

social reasons for taking drugs

Answer 2

• Win at all costs mentality
• Fame and fortune , attached to success at the elite level
• High pressure levels to win from a variety of sources (family, coach, media… etc)
• A lack of effective deterrents and belief they will get away with it
• Poor role models

Question 3

physiological reasons for taking drugs

Answer 3

• Use of beta blockers to calm nerves down where fine motor control is required
• Use of anabolic steroids where aggression and high contact is n element of their sport
• Use of stimulants to raise their confidence before performing

Question 4

anabolic steriods

Answer 4

• Anabolic steroids
• A01
• Artificially produced hormones
• THG
• A02
• Storage of protein
• Promote muscle growth
• Less fat in muscle
• Train for longer and harder
• power athletes
• A03
• liver damage
• heart and immune system problems
• behaviour problems

Question 5

beta blockers

Answer 5

• Beta blockers
• A01
• Calms an individual down
• Decreases anxiety
• A02
• improves accuracy and precision
• keeps HR low
• widens the arteries
• archery
• snooker
• golf
• A03
• tiredness - low BP
• slow HR will affect aerobic capacity

Question 6

EPO

Answer 6

• EPO
• A01
• Naturally produced, but can be made artificially
• A02
• stimulates red blood cell production
• endurance athletes
• A03
• blood clotting
• strokes
• rare cases - death

Question 7

implications to the sport and performer of drug taking

Answer 7

• Damages the reputation of the sport
• Threatens the spirit and integrity of the sport
• Negative role models for younger athletes
• Health problems
• Social consequences (booed every time they come out)
• Loss of sponsorship deals (Lance Armstrong lost 75% of his fortune)
• It can bring ‘fame and fortune’ for those who manage to avoid detection and win events

Question 8

UKAD stategies for eliminating PEDs in sport

Answer 8

• United Kingdom Anti Doping (A01)
• Administers testing programmes for over 40 sports
• Has a number of anti doping strategies
• Works with athletes and support staff to increase knowledge of the dangers
• ‘100% me’ programme, school games - elite athletes
• Investment in drug detection technology
• Works with WADA (world anti doping agency) and NGB’s

Question 9

WADA strategies to elimiate PED’s in sport

Answer 9

• (world anti doping agency)
• ‘The whereabouts programme’ - where they can ask where you are or do checks to check for doping
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Question 10

punishments once detected

Answer 10

• Long or lifetime bans
• Return of career earnings and sponsorship earnings
• Named and shamed
• Needs to be consistent between different countries
• Unified system - it possible bc of corruption , money

Question 11

problems faced by anti doping agencies

Answer 11

• Can be difficult to gain immediate access to athletes who train abroad
• Development of drug masking agents (plasma infusions), which keep those who take drugs a step ahead of the testers
• Some drugs can be taken accidently, claiming their innocence (medication when ill)
• Different regulations and testing procedures
• Difficult to get a unified approach to eliminate doping

Question 12

DOPING

Answer 12

• Drugs free culture created by education programmes (100% me)
• Organisations need to work together
• Punishments need to be harsher
• Investments required for new testing programmes
• Name and shame negative role models
• Guilty lose finding/sponsorship dealS

Question 13

for taking drugs in sport

Answer 13

• The battle against drugs is expensive and time consuming
• Easy to access, difficult to eliminate - money spent of testing could be spent elsewhere in sport
• Detection is not always effective - testers are always one step behind masking agents
• Can be difficult what is a drug, compared to a legal supplement - other technology is not regulated such as oxygen tents
• Drugs can be taken accidentally (stimulants for cold cures, skier alain baxter)
• Personal choice made by performer
• If everyone takes the drugs, it levels the playing field
• If properly monitored, health risks may be lessened
• Athletes do not ask to be role models , they have the right to choose what they do

Question 14

against taking drugs in sport

Answer 14

• There can be health risks and danger side effects (heart condition)
• Creates negative role models, young people want to follow in their footsteps
• Gives the sport a negative image (weight lifting, cycling, athletics)
• Pressure from coaches and peers who take drugs
• Success in sport should be about hard work and natural talent
• Give an unfair advantage and are immoral
• It is cheating, it is illegal
• Only wealthier countries can afford them
• Negative consequences (loss of sponsorships)