1. Performance Enhancing Drugs in Sport

2. Drugs in Sport

3. 'Doping' is the word used in sport when athletes use prohibited substances or methods to unfairly improve their sporting performance.
'Anti-doping' is the bid to eliminate doping from sport. 

4. Drugs and Sport A drug is any chemical substance
you take that effects the way that
your body works.
Doping means taking drugs to
improve sporting performance.
Performers take drugs for different reasons;
To improve performance
To stop pain so that they can keep training and performing.
To build muscles quicker than merely training
To decrease anxiety prior to sporting events.

5. Win at all costs: Gains are even greater today Endorsements
Sponsorship
Appearance fees
Win Bonuses
World Record Bonuses
Glory and adulation

6. Banned Substances There are now over 150 banned substances on the IOC’s list.
Anabolic steroids help athletes build muscle and to recover faster from training.  Improve body’s capacity to train and compete at the highest levels
Peptide hormones are substances that occur naturally in the body, but which produce similar effects to anabolic steroids.
Strong analgesic painkillers enable athletes to train whilst injured
Stimulants amphetamines and cocaine can raise the heart rate and may improve performance
Diuretics help body lose fluids – boxer/jockey losing weight to reach fight weight.  Masking agent for other substances.

7. Nandrolone
Steroid used in the treatment of major burns, malnutrition and
osteoporosis.
Taken by athletes to boost muscle growth and increase strength.
Beta-blockers
These slow down the rate of breathing and heart rate. These are tested
for only in certain sports (like archery, diving, shooting)
because they would severely impair performance in endurance sports.
Human Growth Hormone 
Hormone produced in the pituitary gland
Promotes the growth of bones, muscles and tissues.
Drug in vogue at the moment for which there is no test.

8. EPO - Erythropoietin stimulates the body to produce red blood cells.
Used in the treatment of anaemia.
Sportsmen realised it could boast red blood cells in healthy human.
Blood can carry more oxygen, therefore bodies can work harder for longer.
Used by endurance athletes.

9. Complications in testing
The strict enforcement of the rules can also throw up problems. Some
athletes who have tested positive for drugs and have been banned
from competing go to court to prove their innocence. They sometimes
claim that some of the urine samples could have been contaminated
before testing.
Andrea Raducan's gold medal for gymnastics at the Sydney Olympics
in 2000 was revoked because she had taken two painkillers for a cold.
Her low body weight meant that these drugs had a stronger effect and
showed up in a testing as being over the legal limit for analgesics.  

10. Doping This is not a banned drug, but a banned practice.
Blood doping is the removal of red blood then replaced weeks later to increase the number of cells in the bloodstream and therefore increase the amount of oxygen the body can carry.
It is of benefit in long distance races.
Doping practices are prohibited in sport
because they:
endanger the health of athletes
can artificially enhance sports performance
‘violate the spirit of sport’

13. The impact on sport of modern technology
Performance Enhancing Products
The impact on sport of modern technology
Modern technology has made an impact on sport:
Playing/track surfaces.
Clothing/footwear.
Swimwear.
Timing/photo-timing.
GPS/player monitoring.
Bicycle frames/helmets.
Sport vehicle design.
Computerisation of results/match stats.
Personal safety gear.
Stadium construction.
Biomechanical analysis.
Gym equipment.