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**giftplas** · 08-13-2012, 04:58 PM

How long as doping gone on?

This Wikipedia article has some interesting facts abut the history of doping.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_of_...drugs_in_sport

The father of anabolic steroids in the United States was John Ziegler (1917–2000), a physician for the U.S. weightlifting team in the mid-twentieth century. Ziegler learned from his Russian days that the Soviet weightlifting team's success was due to their use of performance-enhancing drugs. Deciding that U.S. athletes needed chemical assistance to remain competitive, Ziegler worked with the CIBA Pharmaceutical Company to develop an oral anabolic steroid. This resulted in the creation of methandrostenolone, which appeared on the market in 1960. Thomas Hicks, an American born in England on January 7, 1875, won the Olympic marathon in 1904. He crossed the line behind a fellow American, Fred Lorz, whose concept of marathon-running extended to riding half the way in a car thereby disqualifying him. However, Hicks was also aided by outside help. His trainer, Charles Lucas, pulled out a hypodermic and came to his aid as his runner began to struggle.

“I therefore decided to inject him with a milligram of sulphate of strychnine and to make him drink a large glass brimming with brandy. He set off again as best he could [but] he needed another injection four miles from the end to give him a semblance of speed and to get him to the finish. A questionnaire was circulated to the athletes at the 1972 Olympics. 61% said that they had taken anabolic steroids in the previous six months. (32% said that they hadn’t

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The paragraph on cycling asserts that a race like the tour de France is so grueling that it is not possible to complete the course without the help of drugs.

I did not know jail time was done by anyone. I think the jail sentences are for perjury. You can use drugs but you can''t lie to a grand jury and say you didn't.

08-13-2012, 04:58 PM	#13
giftplas Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 390 Senior Member	How long as doping gone on? This Wikipedia article has some interesting facts abut the history of doping. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_of_...drugs_in_sport The father of anabolic steroids in the United States was John Ziegler (1917–2000), a physician for the U.S. weightlifting team in the mid-twentieth century. Ziegler learned from his Russian days that the Soviet weightlifting team's success was due to their use of performance-enhancing drugs. Deciding that U.S. athletes needed chemical assistance to remain competitive, Ziegler worked with the CIBA Pharmaceutical Company to develop an oral anabolic steroid. This resulted in the creation of methandrostenolone, which appeared on the market in 1960. Thomas Hicks, an American born in England on January 7, 1875, won the Olympic marathon in 1904. He crossed the line behind a fellow American, Fred Lorz, whose concept of marathon-running extended to riding half the way in a car thereby disqualifying him. However, Hicks was also aided by outside help. His trainer, Charles Lucas, pulled out a hypodermic and came to his aid as his runner began to struggle. “I therefore decided to inject him with a milligram of sulphate of strychnine and to make him drink a large glass brimming with brandy. He set off again as best he could [but] he needed another injection four miles from the end to give him a semblance of speed and to get him to the finish. A questionnaire was circulated to the athletes at the 1972 Olympics. 61% said that they had taken anabolic steroids in the previous six months. (32% said that they hadn’t ) The paragraph on cycling asserts that a race like the tour de France is so grueling that it is not possible to complete the course without the help of drugs. I did not know jail time was done by anyone. I think the jail sentences are for perjury. You can use drugs but you can''t lie to a grand jury and say you didn't.
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