1. PHED 3 Contemporary Issues in Sport Drugs in Sport
A2 PE
PHED 3
Contemporary Issues in Sport
Drugs in Sport

2. Drugs in Sport
A2 PE

3. Sporting examples Marion Jones

4. Ben Johnson ran a record 9
Ben Johnson ran a record 9.79 seconds to win the 100-meter gold at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, then tested positive for the steroid stanozolol and was stripped of his medal and time.
Manchester City defender Kolo Toure was suspended after testing positive for a specified substance.
Rio Ferdinand got an eight month ban and £50,000 fine for failing to take a drugs test

5. Drugs in Sport
Aim – to consider the health and social consequences of using drugs in sport
Objectives
Define the term ‘Doping’ and identify types of drugs in sport.
Discuss and Outline issues of performance enhancing substances.

6. Drugs in Sport What is meant by the term drugs in sport?
dop·ing (d p ng) n.
The use of an illegal drug or blood product to improve athletic performance.
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7. Why do some performers take performance enhancing drugs

8. Why do some performers take performance enhancing drugs?
To build muscle /
Increase energy
To mask or recover from injury / reduce pain

9. Steady nerves, control arousal, increase concentration, confidence
pressure to win
/ from coaches, peers, media
to look good / aesthetic reasons

10. reward / money/ fame/
win at all cost ethics / fear of losing
lack of education /
unaware of dangers
belief that every one else is doing it / level playing field
poor deterrents / ineffective testing / belief they will get away with it

12. Why are performance enhancing drugs banned by International Sports Federations and Governing Bodies?
Cheating / rule breaking is wrong / legality
Unfair advantage / poor win ethic / immoral to take drugs to enhance performance
Dangerous to health
Lowers status of sport
Negative role models /
bad example to young people

13. Doping class
Effect on performance
Dangerous side-effects
Stimulants
Make athletes more alert and mask fatigue
Can cause heart failure, addictive
Anabolic
agents
- steroids
Help athletes to train harder and build muscle
Increased aggression and kidney damage
Diuretics
Remove fluid from the body. Used
to make the weight, eg in boxing
to hide other drug use
Causes severe dehydration
Narcotic
analgesics
Mask pain caused by injury or fatigue which can make the injury worse
Addictive
Peptides and hormones
EPO (Erythropoietin) red blood cells - gives more energy
HGH (Human Growth Hormone) - build muscle
EPO - risk of stroke or heart problems.
HGH - abnormal growth, heart disease, diabetes, arthritis etc

14. Drugs in Sport
Blood doping is injecting blood that has been removed from the body a few days earlier, enabling the blood to carry more oxygen. It is banned as it's a form of cheating. It can cause kidney and heart failure.
Beta blockers are banned in archery and shooting as they keep the heart rate low and reduce tremble in the hands.

15. Chambers was banned for two
years but has consistently
denied willfully taking anything
to boost his performance.
Linford Christie, who tested
positive for the anabolic
steroid nandrolone in 1999.

16. East German athletes
Doubled their Olympic output from 20 to 40 gold medals in just four years
East Germans became a sporting powerhouse in the 1970s and 80s rivalling the much larger USA and Soviet Union
Many athletes thought they were simply taking vitamins…instead they were given steroids
Negative health side effects included liver cancer, organ damage, hormonal changes and infertility

17. What measures are being or could be taken to solve the continuing problems of drugs and sport?
Ban for a period of time
Educate / promote health / morality aspects of the issue / positive role models
Stricter more rigorous testing / random testing

18. Research / investment into increasingly efficient and
effective testing
Legalise performance
enhancing drugs / levelling
the playing field
Return of medals / financial
support
Imposing fines

19. Drug Testing
The Drug Testing Process

20. Should ‘doping’ be made
Drugs in Sport
Task
Should ‘doping’ be made
legal in sport?