"extraordinary extent of cheating" by athletes at the world's biggest events.

[TightEnd]

 The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) says it is "very alarmed" after fresh allegations of suspected doping emerged in a leak of test data.

The Sunday Times  and German broadcaster ARD/WDR have obtained access to the results of 12,000 blood tests from 5,000 athletes between 2001 and 2012.

 According to the experts, the database reveals:

    A third of medals (146, including 55 golds) in endurance events at the Olympics and World Championships between 2001 and 2012 were won by athletes who have recorded suspicious tests. It is claimed none of these athletes have been stripped of their medals.
    More than 800 athletes - one in seven of those named in the files - have recorded blood tests described by one of the experts as "highly suggestive of doping or at the very least abnormal".
    A top UK athlete is among seven Britons with suspicious blood scores.
    British athletes - including Olympic champion heptathlete Jessica Ennis-Hill - have lost out in major events to competitors who were under suspicion.
    Ten medals at London 2012 were won by athletes who have dubious test results.
    In some finals, every athlete in the three medal positions had recorded a suspicious blood test.
    Russia emerges as "the blood testing epicentre of the world" with more than 80% of the country's medals won by suspicious athletes, while Kenya had 18 medals won by suspicious athletes.
    Stars such as Britain's Mo Farah and Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt recorded no abnormal results.
    Athletes are increasingly using blood transfusions and EPO micro-doses to boost the red cell count.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/athletics/33749208

[arbboy]

The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) says it is "very alarmed" after fresh allegations of suspected doping emerged in a leak of test data.

The Sunday Times  and German broadcaster ARD/WDR have obtained access to the results of 12,000 blood tests from 5,000 athletes between 2001 and 2012.

 According to the experts, the database reveals:

    A third of medals (146, including 55 golds) in endurance events at the Olympics and World Championships between 2001 and 2012 were won by athletes who have recorded suspicious tests. It is claimed none of these athletes have been stripped of their medals.
    More than 800 athletes - one in seven of those named in the files - have recorded blood tests described by one of the experts as "highly suggestive of doping or at the very least abnormal".
    A top UK athlete is among seven Britons with suspicious blood scores.
    British athletes - including Olympic champion heptathlete Jessica Ennis-Hill - have lost out in major events to competitors who were under suspicion.
    Ten medals at London 2012 were won by athletes who have dubious test results.
    In some finals, every athlete in the three medal positions had recorded a suspicious blood test.
    Russia emerges as "the blood testing epicentre of the world" with more than 80% of the country's medals won by suspicious athletes, while Kenya had 18 medals won by suspicious athletes.
    Stars such as Britain's Mo Farah and Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt recorded no abnormal results.
    Athletes are increasingly using blood transfusions and EPO micro-doses to boost the red cell count.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/athletics/33749208

Only thing that surprises me is that people are actually surprised.

[Ant040689]

The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) says it is "very alarmed" after fresh allegations of suspected doping emerged in a leak of test data.

The Sunday Times  and German broadcaster ARD/WDR have obtained access to the results of 12,000 blood tests from 5,000 athletes between 2001 and 2012.

 According to the experts, the database reveals:

    A third of medals (146, including 55 golds) in endurance events at the Olympics and World Championships between 2001 and 2012 were won by athletes who have recorded suspicious tests. It is claimed none of these athletes have been stripped of their medals.
    More than 800 athletes - one in seven of those named in the files - have recorded blood tests described by one of the experts as "highly suggestive of doping or at the very least abnormal".
    A top UK athlete is among seven Britons with suspicious blood scores.
    British athletes - including Olympic champion heptathlete Jessica Ennis-Hill - have lost out in major events to competitors who were under suspicion.
    Ten medals at London 2012 were won by athletes who have dubious test results.
    In some finals, every athlete in the three medal positions had recorded a suspicious blood test.
    Russia emerges as "the blood testing epicentre of the world" with more than 80% of the country's medals won by suspicious athletes, while Kenya had 18 medals won by suspicious athletes.
    Stars such as Britain's Mo Farah and Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt recorded no abnormal results.
    Athletes are increasingly using blood transfusions and EPO micro-doses to boost the red cell count.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/athletics/33749208

Only thing that surprises me is that people are actually surprised.

What are the regulations like for football, and the likelihood players in the game are abusing performance enhancing drugs? Are the guidelines and enforcement of such relatively lax so you can always find a way around them?

Always intrigued me that there is not much talk of performance enhancing drugs in football when it would make a lot of sense if it was rife.

[JohnCharver]

Either shame them or stfu imo. Its unfair on every clean athlete to have a question mark next to them. They know people with elevated blood oxygen levels are cheating either ban them or stop wasting money checking them.

[swinebag22]

The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) says it is "very alarmed" after fresh allegations of suspected doping emerged in a leak of test data.

The Sunday Times  and German broadcaster ARD/WDR have obtained access to the results of 12,000 blood tests from 5,000 athletes between 2001 and 2012.

 According to the experts, the database reveals:

    A third of medals (146, including 55 golds) in endurance events at the Olympics and World Championships between 2001 and 2012 were won by athletes who have recorded suspicious tests. It is claimed none of these athletes have been stripped of their medals.
    More than 800 athletes - one in seven of those named in the files - have recorded blood tests described by one of the experts as "highly suggestive of doping or at the very least abnormal".
    A top UK athlete is among seven Britons with suspicious blood scores.
    British athletes - including Olympic champion heptathlete Jessica Ennis-Hill - have lost out in major events to competitors who were under suspicion.
    Ten medals at London 2012 were won by athletes who have dubious test results.
    In some finals, every athlete in the three medal positions had recorded a suspicious blood test.
    Russia emerges as "the blood testing epicentre of the world" with more than 80% of the country's medals won by suspicious athletes, while Kenya had 18 medals won by suspicious athletes.
    Stars such as Britain's Mo Farah and Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt recorded no abnormal results.
    Athletes are increasingly using blood transfusions and EPO micro-doses to boost the red cell count.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/athletics/33749208

Only thing that surprises me is that people are actually surprised.

What are the regulations like for football, and the likelihood players in the game are abusing performance enhancing drugs? Are the guidelines and enforcement of such relatively lax so you can always find a way around them?

Always intrigued me that there is not much talk of performance enhancing drugs in football when it would make a lot of sense if it was rife.

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2013/jan/29/operation-puerto-doctor-footballers-fuentes

And no one seems to want to go anything about doping in football. The way the physical appearance of some elite footballers has changed, (especially Spanish based) should raise eyebrows but nothing is done.

[nellberg]

operation puerto implicated top Spanish clubs, but nothing got done about it. They had fridge fulls of blood kept for transfusions and links with EPO, and the judge of the court case just said to chuck it out without finding out who's it was. Absolute madness. Some of Milan's teams which were chock full of over-30's had me questioning their "methods".

[samurai]

It would be interesting to know who the top British athlete implicated in this is, and whether it's the same person who was mentioned in the previous whistleblowing episode in December. I had imagined it was Mo but it seems not.

It seems naive in the extreme to imagine that football is immune from doping, it always seems that England are always out on their feet and clinging on in the second half, extra time etc etc in World Cups and European Championships in recent years, always assumed it was the result of our long domestic season, no winter break and the myriad of other excuses given. Maybe there is more to it, or perhaps just wishful thinking and we are less fit than our opponents and crap.