July 24, 2008 at 10:57 pm | 2008 Beijing Olympics, Steroids and Swimming, Steroids in Sports
- Posted by Millard Baker |
U.S. Olympic swimmer Jessica Hardy tested positive for the asthma medication Clenbuterol in both A and B samples at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska on July 1st and July 4, 2008. Clenbuterol is a bronchodilator belonging to a class of drugs known as beta-2 adrenergic agonists or long-acting beta-2 adrenergic agonist (LABA) . Clenbuterol is similar to Albuterol and Salmeterol which are also LABAs.
It is well-known that a high percentage of elite swimmers have exercise-induced asthma. It is also known that most asthmatic swimmers competing in the Olympics have therapeutic use exemptions (TUEs) to use beta-2 agonists like albuterol, formoterol, salbutamol, salmeterol and terbutaline for therapeutic purposes.
The amazing swimmer Dara Torres makes no secret of her use of albuterol and formoterol; these are two different beta-2 agonists (LABAs). She probably tests positive for these substances on a regular basis too since United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) tests her frequently due to her participation in Project Believe. Read the rest of this entry »
April 22, 2008 at 10:41 am | Steroid History, Steroids and Track
- Posted by Millard Baker |
April 17, 2008 at 11:26 am | Steroid History, Steroids and Cycling, Steroids and Track
- Posted by Millard Baker |
The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has been conducting a formerly secret pilot program for longitudinal testing for anabolic steroids and other performance enhancing drugs. USADA recruited twelve U.S. athletes for voluntary participation in “Project Believe.” News of the anti-doping program was leaked when decathlon champion Brian Clay and runner Allyson Felix discussed it at a press conference possibly violating USADA’s code of secrecy on the program (“US sports stars try to dim doping fears with ‘Project Believe’,” April 17).
“I may get in trouble for talking about it but I want people to know I’m doing everything in my power to stay clean,” said Clay, who began having extra tests done before last month’s world indoor championships.
In spite of Clay’s concerns, it is unlikely that Clay or Felix will face any sanctions by USADA for revealing the existence of “Project Believe” prior to its official launch. Read the rest of this entry »
March 31, 2008 at 8:01 pm | Steroid Commentary, Steroids in Sports
- Posted by Millard Baker |
Victor Conte’s autobiographical account of the BALCO steroid scandal will hit bookstores in September 2008 (“BALCO founder Victor Conte has tell-all book ready,” March 30).
Slated for publication in September under the Skyhorse imprint, the book’s working title is “BALCO: The Straight Dope on Barry Bonds, Marion Jones and What We Can Do To Save Sports.” Conte, in conjunction with co-author Nathan Jendrick, promises to share “the dirt, the drugs, the doses, the names, dates and places, and a ‘prescription’ for a brighter future.”
He promises the “complete truth in its honest, unadulterated and raw form” and says he is “ready to tell the world everything.”
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March 19, 2008 at 4:55 pm | Steroid Law, Steroids and Cycling
- Posted by Millard Baker |
Source: Wikipedia
The Floyd Landis hearing before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) began today in Manhattan; for an excellent overview as usual see TBV. The five day appeal hearing is the last remedy in the appeal process for Floyd’s doping case involving positive testosterone test (“Landis, Stripped of Tour Title, Begins Final Appeal,” March 19).
Landis, 32, has spent millions of dollars on a defense that tried to cast doubt on the scientific validity of doping tests and the procedures followed at antidoping labs. But last September, in a 2-to-1 ruling, a United States Anti-Doping Agency arbitration panel concluded that Landis had used synthetic testosterone to achieve his comeback win at the 2006 Tour. As a result, he was barred from racing until January 2009….
In its 84-page ruling last year, the United States Anti-Doping Agency panel accepted Landis’s argument that the French antidoping lab that tested his urine samples from the Tour was sloppy in some of its operating procedures, and in how it documented its work. But the panel also found that a more sophisticated second test, conducted after the initial screening proved positive, was accurate.
But make no mistake about it, this isn’t just about Floyd Landis. It is also about the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), the anti-doping organization and program that is held as the model for drug testing around the world. poker software developertexas hold em gametexas hold em tipvideo poker gamepai gow pokervideo poker machinefree online poker,free online holdem poker,free online texas hold em pokerholdem money play poker texasfun game home play poker,play money poker,play pokerfree online 7 card stud7 card stud hi lowno limit texas holdem ruleplaying poker onlinepoker freewin 7 card studholdem pokermultiplayer poker onlinecrazy game of pokerpoker card game rule,roberts rule of poker,poker rulelearn how to play texas holdem,play texas holdem,play texas holdem online freeonline poker sitefree video poker gamepoker download,full tilt poker download,online poker no downloadlearn how to play poker7 card stud highpoker gambling gamehow to win at pokermultiplayer video pokerstrip poker downloadvideo poker downloadtexas hold em poker onlinefun game home play pokerplay money pokerinternet casino pokerfree online video poker gameofficial texas holdem rulefree poker game downloadonline poker 7 card studplay texas holdem onlinepoker videoonline poker for funfree texas holdem poker game,texas holdem poker game,texas holdem tv poker gamepoker moneyfree poker,free texas holdem poker download,free texas hold em poker7 card stud softwareplay texas holdem online free,free texas holdem poker play,play texas holdem freecard chase credit online paymentzero apr credit card,zero percent apr credit cardlow balance transfer credit cardcard credit sears
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March 18, 2008 at 12:20 am | Steroid Commentary, Steroid Law, Steroids and Cycling
- Posted by Millard Baker |
The press appears to be upset with Floyd Landis for defending himself and forcing USADA to waste taxpayer funds (“Landis Case Costs US Taxpayers,” March 15).
The 2006 Tour de France winner, who was stripped of his victory last year, seeks to have his title restored by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. It’s the final step in a series of appeals that have cost upward of $2 million, a good portion of which has been paid for with federal funds…
But it will still be costly, and a good chunk of the cost will be footed by USADA, which gets about 70 percent of its $12 million annual budget from the federal government, and the rest from the U.S. Olympic Committee.
Some newspapers, like the Akron Beacon Journal, have redistributed the aforementioned Associated Press news article only to change the title and imply that U.S. taxpayers are also paying for Floyd Landis’ defense Read the rest of this entry »
January 24, 2008 at 12:33 pm | Steroid Commentary, Steroids in Sports
- Posted by Millard Baker |
Russia has funded the new Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RusADA) with new equipment and $5 million. RusADA is an independent agency created to test athletes for anabolic steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs. Representatives from RusADA are visiting the United States to learn more about the U.S. doping control program – United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) – and strengthen relationships with their U.S. counterparts. Read the rest of this entry »
December 17, 2007 at 2:35 pm | Steroid Commentary, Steroid Law, Steroids and Baseball, Steroids in Sports
- Posted by Millard Baker |
The Mitchell Report made some nice weekend reading; it was a good piece of investigative journalism on the history of steroid use in professional baseball. I’ve offered my criticism of the Mitchell Report as being an overpriced review of secondary sources that was extensively documented elsewhere. But I must admit there was a good amount of primary source reporting in the testimony of Kirk Radomski and Brian McNamee (thanks to the U.S. Justice Department).
The allegations and naming of specific baseball players was the sensationalistic information that the public eagerly consumed. Some news organizations dismissed all of this as “hearsay.” This is incorrect. Willamette law professor Jeffrey Standen offers an excellent clarification: Read the rest of this entry »
December 6, 2007 at 2:28 pm | Steroid Commentary, Steroid Health, Steroids in Sports
- Posted by Millard Baker |
A recent study revealed approximately 25% of popular dietary supplements in the U.S. were contaminated with low levels of steroids; 11% of supplements were contaminated with stimulants, most commonly ephedrine. These steroidal and stimulant ingredients were not declared on the product label.
The study was done by Informed Choice, a nonprofit coalition of dietary supplements, and the analysis was conducted by the British company, HFL, to investigate levels of steroid and stimulant contamination in popular supplements available on the US market. The names of the supplements that were tested were not identified. This is most likely out of fear of legal action against them by any company should it be named in the study results. Read the rest of this entry »
