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Icarus is a 2017 American documentary film by Bryan Fogel.It was an initial attempt by Fogel to expose the inadequacy of existing policies and procedures to catch athletes who use banned performance-enhancing substances.
Pages in category "Films about doping" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. F. Fair Play (2014 film) I.
Pink Floyd The Wall (1982) – hashish; this film is often considered a drug-induced movie (LSD, psychedelics) Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999) – cannabis, LSD; The Place Beyond the Pines (2012) - cannabis, MDMA, oxycontin; Platoon (1986) – cannabis, and opium; Platoon Leader (1988) – heroin; Playing God (1997) – fentanyl, morphine and ...
The Armstrong Lie is a 2013 American documentary film directed by Alex Gibney about the cyclist Lance Armstrong.Originally begun as a project titled The Road Back [3] about Armstrong's return to competitive cycling in 2009, the film's subject shifted in light of renewed allegations of doping against Armstrong.
The use of performance-enhancing drugs (doping in sport) is prohibited within the sport of athletics.Athletes who are found to have used such banned substances, whether through a positive drugs test, the biological passport system, an investigation or public admission, may receive a competition ban for a length of time which reflects the severity of the infraction.
In June 2013, professional cyclist Nikita Novikov was provisionally suspended after a possible breach of anti-doping rules, due to a positive A-sample result for enobosarm. [ 75 ] UFC Fighter Tim Means was pulled from a fight in February 2017 after testing positive for enobosarm in a pre-fight drug screening administered by USADA.
Blood doping is a form of doping in which the number of red blood cells in the bloodstream is boosted in order to enhance athletic performance. Because such blood cells carry oxygen from the lungs to the muscles , a higher concentration in the blood can improve an athlete's aerobic capacity (VO 2 max) and endurance . [ 1 ]
In one mechanism of the oxidative reaction, holes react with the moisture present on the surface and produce a hydroxyl radical. The reaction starts by photo-induced exciton generation in the metal oxide (MO) surface by photon (hv) absorption: MO + hν → MO (h + + e −) Oxidative reactions due to photocatalytic effect: h + + H 2 O → H ...