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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 competitive sports, doping is the use of banned athletic performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) by athletes, as a way of cheating.As stated in the World Anti-Doping Code by WADA, doping is defined as the occurrence of one or more of the anti-doping rule violations outlined in Article 2.1 through Article 2.11 of the Code. [1]
The resulting unnatural level of red blood cells improves oxygen transport and athletic endurance; thus, it is prohibited in most events. It is often used in extreme sports like cycling, snowboarding, and skiing where endurance is highly valued. The most famous example of this type of doping is Lance Armstrong's performance in the Tour de ...
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) says US agency USADA broke the global code by letting several athletes it had caught between 2011 and 2014 violating drugs rules go undercover and keep on ...
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.
According to a 2024 peer-reviewed study published in the journal of Sports Medicine, between 6.5 and 9.2% of US athletes self-reported using one or more prohibited methods in a survey. [3] A 2024 study from the University of Chicago reported a 2.2% doping prevalence rate for use of anabolic steroids, peptide hormones, and blood manipulation.
An Olympic equestrian athlete had his results from the Paris Olympics thrown out after he inadvertently tested positive for a banned substance after giving his sick dog eye drops.
For this topic in relation to sports in general, please use Category:Doping cases in sport. People entered in this category have either Been suspended by a sporting body (the IAAF , the IOC , or one of their national federations) for illegal performance-enhancing drug use.