WADA widens net on performance-enhancing drugs

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WADA widens net on performance-enhancing drugs
By STEPHEN WILSON, AP Sports Writer Stephen Wilson, Ap Sports Writer –

LONDON – The World Anti-Doping Agency has widened the net on performance-enhancing drugs by creating a new class of banned substances that includes drugs sold on the black market before approval by the pharmaceutical industry.

 

[python]

more importantly imo is that wada has taken platelet therapy off the banned list (often confused w/blood transfusions)

http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?ArticleId=632758.

i was expecting caffeine being banned again and glad it did not happen.

in a celebration i just doped with some fine espresso.

 

[JPM London]

in a celebration i just doped with some fine espresso.

I'll join you with a meticulously caressed french press...

 

[Ney the Viking]

i was expecting caffeine being banned again and glad it did not happen.

Me as well, if caffeine came back on the list I think Voigt would retire immediatly, and it just wouldnt be a good TdF without him.

 

[theswordsman]

It's a step in the right direction, but how do they police it? If police caught someone in possession of the stuff, that's one thing. But to come up with a test for things that might not even get approved in the future? They said CERA was around since 2005. There were substances one expert suspected were used at the 2009 Tour de France. He said they could tell there was something, but they didn't have a test for it. Hopefully they'll come up with something.

Sorry, I'm not a coffee drinker.

 

[forty four]

It's a step in the right direction, but how do they police it? If police caught someone in possession of the stuff, that's one thing. But to come up with a test for things that might not even get approved in the future? They said CERA was around since 2005. There were substances one expert suspected were used at the 2009 Tour de France. He said they could tell there was something, but they didn't have a test for it. Hopefully they'll come up with something.

Sorry, I'm not a coffee drinker.

too bad it improves performance in endurance sports. i think when it was banned it was for single dosages over 600 milligrams thats quite a bit i dont think it was ever completely banned to hard to control.

 

[Oldman]

It's a step in the right direction, but how do they police it? If police caught someone in possession of the stuff, that's one thing. But to come up with a test for things that might not even get approved in the future? They said CERA was around since 2005. There were substances one expert suspected were used at the 2009 Tour de France. He said they could tell there was something, but they didn't have a test for it. Hopefully they'll come up with something.

Sorry, I'm not a coffee drinker.

We're entering the era of retroactive testing, to be sure. If we get a real, credible governing test agency the possibility of rider samples exposing previously unknown PEDs could be a decent deterrent.

 

[JPM London]

We're entering the era of retroactive testing, to be sure. If we get a real, credible governing test agency the possibility of rider samples exposing previously unknown PEDs could be a decent deterrent.

Ditto! I think that's a really strong thing - keeping the samples and testing later on when something can be found, looking at the passport and going back to suspicious periods.

 

[Benotti69]

Ditto! I think that's a really strong thing - keeping the samples and testing later on when something can be found, looking at the passport and going back to suspicious periods.

it needs to have serious ramifications though, no good having a rider get tested retrospectively and the records show you're still the winner! need financial or jail time to go with it.

is it possible to test all the samples of a rider retrospectively, ie in Ricco's case every sample they have?

 

[Oldman]

it needs to have serious ramifications though, no good having a rider get tested retrospectively and the records show you're still the winner! need financial or jail time to go with it.

is it possible to test all the samples of a rider retrospectively, ie in Ricco's case every sample they have?

Organizational jurisdictions that exist now have been seemingly reluctant because of litigation costs. If a WADA or other respected agency were given that authority a line could be drawn in the sand, Now. That said we would still have the unsavory situation of prior cheaters profitting. At some point the sport will have to turn the page and ignore the past for practical purposes. The sooner an agency has that authority the better and I would look to the rider's Union to press that point if they want future credibility. After all, it's their income and future endorsements at stake.
Wouldn't that establish a unique precedent in sport...where the participants actually press for uniform testing? I'm not holding my breath.

 

[L29205]

Good step in the right direction. I also think there needs to be a formal statement on retroactive testing. Something along the lines of a positive retro test voids all results for the time frame in question and the athlete is liable for any awards and prize money (good luck getting back money already spent IMO) won during the time frame.