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Doping in Sports: Contemporary Issues in Sports

   

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Running head: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN SPORTSContemporary Issues in SportsName of the Student:Name of the University:Author’s Note:
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1CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN SPORTSThesis Statement- In this essay, the effect of the contemporary issue of doping on performance ofsportsmen is critically analyzed.IntroductionDoping, the term is derived from dope, which is an expression that was used to refer to analcoholic drink which was used to stimulate dancers of South Africa; this term was laterextended to modern day doping. Athletes use banned substance to improve their performance insports. This is called doping. The International Olympic Committee and the International SportsAuthorities and Federation have listed, identified and accepted some doping substances. Thedoping substances are stimulants,analogues, peptide,narcotic analgesics, diuretics andglycoprotein hormones and anabolic agents. This list is continuously updated by the major sportsorganizations like the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International SportsAuthorities. Doping methods can be of various types like physical manipulation, blood doping,chemical manipulation and pharmacological manipulation (Angelo et al., 2013). There are drugslike alcohol, beta-blockers, anesthetics, marijuana; corticosteroidsare subjected to restrictions byorganizations like International Olympic Committee (IOC). Some medical requirement can makeit necessary to consume such drugs but without a proper medical ground. An athlete whoconsumes any of these substances or adopts this kind of doping methods is subjected todisqualification by governing organizations of sports (Alexander, 2014).DiscussionAccording to O'Leary (2013), Doping has detrimental effects on athletes and it posesthreat to fair competition in sports. In endurance sports like cycling, rowing, swimming, cross-country and skiing, athletes make use of drugs to enhance their performance. One such drug is
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2CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN SPORTSerythropoietin which is consumed by athletes who play endurance sports. Erythropoietin leads toa higher level of red blood cells which can make the blood of athletes more oxygenated and thusincrease their performance in endurance sports. Thus doping should be avoided as it leads tounfair competition. It has been criticized that sports like football and soccer are not doing muchto resolve the issue of doping. However, according to Yar (2014), it can be alternatively beargued that doping should be legalized in athletes. The zero-tolerance against doping is notworking. If the blood data is non-suspicious, it does not prove that no doping substances areused. It only means that doping substances in blood of athletes did not exceed the range. It isknown that athletes are subjected to doping but the organizations of sports are unable to clearlyidentify the athletes who have made use of doping substances. Thus, high-performance ofathletes are subjected to suspicion and many athletes face harassments even if they do not makeuse of doping substances just because they have delivered high performance. For instance,cyclist Chris Froome and his teammates delivered high performance in Tour de France and wassubjected to physical violence. Justin Gatlin has complained that bans related to doping have ledto unfair and biased coverage of his performance (O'Leary, 2013).Key findings and Application of Social theory and InterventionsThe Athlete Biological passport is the fundamental principle which can be utilized formonitoring the specified biological variables over time that can reflect indirectly the effects ofdoping rather than to make an attempt to detect the doping substance or the doping method itself.The robust framework of the anti-doping program can be integrated into the Athlete Biologicalpassport by the anti-doping organizations for identification and target of athletes who can besubjected to specific analytical testing by making use of intelligent methods for interpreting theirpassport data on time. WADA is the international independent organization which is responsible
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