WADA to close a big doping loophole

A major loophole is about to be closed in the fight against drugs in sports.

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About 400 blood tests searching for the illegal use of CERA, a new version of the endurance-enhancing hormone EPO, will be conducted at World Anti-Doping Agency-accredited laboratories in Paris and Lausanne, Switzerland.

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"We will probably start after Christmas and have the results maybe at the end of the first quarter of 2009," IOC medical director Patrick Schamasch told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

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I've worked with a lot of people, but Lance Armstrong is somebody that brings in all kinds of extra questions and issues. You have got to be prepared for that.

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The IAAF, the governing body of world athletics, has imposed two-year doping bans on eight Russian athletes for testing positive a varied of substances, including the banned blood-booster EPO.

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Why Marion Jones Should Stay Away. For Good (11)

Story by Eric. This is the 11th of a very long series titled, "Why You Shouldn't Believe Marion Jones." This series bears facts and truths which Marion Jones has been too ashamed and/or unwilling to reveal on her own accord.

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Why Marion Jones Should Stay Away. For Good (9)

Story by Eric This is the ninth segment in a long series, titled, "Why You Shouldn't Believe Marion Jones." Sections 10 and beyond will reveal who Marion Jones was as an athlete, who she is as a person, and why any of it matters both on and off the field.

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Why Marion Jones Should Stay Away. For Good (7)

Story by Eric. (This is the seventh installment in a long series, titled, "Why You Should Not Believe Marion Jones". This section contains Marion Jones's confession letter and her subsequent news statement on the matter.) "Dear family and close friends,

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Why Marion Jones Should Stay Away. For Good (4)

Story by Eric. (This is the fourth installment in a long series on Marion Jones, titled: "Why You Shouldn't Believe Marion Jones").

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Olympic athletes are already canvassing the latest ways to cheat: tattooing their drugs of choice under the skin, procuring the fourth generation of erythropoietin (EPO) or popping Viagra mixed with gulps of laughing gas.

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Athletes who want to cheat by injecting themselves with a performance-enhancing drug that boosts their blood cell count can do so with little risk of getting caught, a new study indicates, possibly exposing another flaw in what is regarded as the world's toughest anti-doping pr …

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IBU: Kaisa Varis B-sample reveals doping use

Finnish biathlon skier Kaisa Varis was suspected for using doping in Oberhof World Cup, 6. January 2008. Now after Kaisa Varis B-sample was found positive, she will have to face the second doping penalty.

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Kaisa Varis is suspected for doping - again

Finnish skier Kaisa Varis is suspected for doping according to International Biathlon Union. Investigation related to cas is continuing.

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A nice recap of the drug issues facing the Tour de France.

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From the article: The confessions keep coming. Former Tour de France winner Bjarne Riis admitted on Friday to having taken the performance enhancing drug EPO. He's the seventh professional rider this week to come clean.

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The European Patent Office (EPO) has revoked a patent owned by global agricultural giant Monsanto for the genetic modification (GM) of soybeans, saying the technique it approved 13 years ago lacked "novelty".

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Any riders implicated in last year's Spanish 'Operation Puerto' anti-doping investigation will not be welcome to compete at the Tour de France.

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A Congressional committee has begun an inquiry into the marketing and regulation of widely used anemia drugs that have recently raised safety concerns.

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Organizers of the Tour of California, boasted after last year's race that no riders tested positive for banned substances, yet during a review of last year's event, it became apparent that the daily tests of riders did not include screening for EPO - the sport's most abused …

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Many endurance athletes utilize altitude training. While it was once a controversial topic, researchers now universally agree that when done correctly altitude training offers many benefits.

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Some officials at the Euro Meeting believe that Marion Jones and other athletes connected to coach Trevor Graham are bad for track and field's reputation as a sport and don't want to get tangled up in their alleged performance-enhancing drug fiasco.

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World records in sports are broken by better athletes, better training methods, better nutrition or new drugs. Drugs appear to be the cause of many recent records in sports requiring strength and speed.

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The IAAF is pleased to report that all doping control tests conducted at the recently completed IAAF World Road Running Championships in Debrecen, Hungary [October 8, 2006] have returned negative results. The IAAF completed a large testing programme at the Championships with a t …

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"Just as he is nearing the end of a two-year suspension for blood-doping, American Tyler Hamilton is back in the news after a Spanish newspaper charged Monday that he had worked with Spanish doctor Eufemiano Fuentes between 2002 and 2004."

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"In addition to sworn testimony to the contrary by others present, the panel (and the insurance company) were provided certified copies of all medical records by the Indiana cancer hospital.

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Now will Lemond, L'Equipe, the Tour De France Organizers and all the others stop trying to discredit him? Probably not.

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