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Stimulant drugs are banned by the International Olympics Committee (IOC) and... 

In this competitive world, especially in the sports field, athletes try their best to outperform each other. Unfortunately, some athletes resort to the use of performance-enhancing drugs to attain a competitive edge. Table 11.2 is a list of banned performance-enhancing drugs published by the World Anti-Doping Association (WADA) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC). This list is effective from January 1,2007. 

In 1992, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) produced a list of approximately 500 banned substances that can be classified into four categories of molecules stimulants, analgesics-narcotics, anabolic steroids and beta-blockers. Several of these active molecules can only be detected by their metabolites in urine. ... 

International Olympic Committee (IOC) announces that 15-20% of the approximately 600 nutritional supplements the agency tested were adulterated with substances that could lead to positive doping tests. 

National Football League (NFL) joins the National College Athletic Association (NCAA) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in issuing a ban on ephedrine use. The NFL ban on ephedrine prohibits NFL players and teams from endorsing products containing ephedrine or companies that sell or distribute those products. 

Because creatine is regulated by the FDA as a dietary supplement and not a drug, the purity of the product is a concern. A test of 100 popular nutritional supplements conducted by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at the German Sports University in Cologne found that 16 were adulterated with nandrolone, a steroid. Nandrolone was not a listed ingredient on the product label, and most of the creatine products tested originated in the United States. 

The Paralympics are also not immune to cases of doping. The IPC, the International Paralympic Committee that oversees the event, uses the same list of banned substances as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). In fact, two powerlifters tested positive for diuretics in out-of-competition tests before the 2000 Sydney Paralympics, and were banned from those games. However, depending on their medical needs, disabled athletes may successfully apply to therapeutically use certain listed drugs, including diuretics. 

Ben Johnson, Steve Vezina, Eric Lamaze—all of these athletes tested positive for performanceenhancing substances that are banned by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Who conducts the tests for these substances Meet Dr. Christiane Ayotte, head of Canada s Doping Control Laboratory since 1991. 

There follow illustrations of the mechanisms by which drugs can enhance performance in various sports naturally, these are proscribed by the authorities (International Olympic Committee (IOC) Medical Commission, and the governing bodies of individual sports). 

Laboratory performance studies are organised by private or public entities. Participation can be done on a voluntary basis (e.g. by subscription). It may be mandatory when the laboratory seeks for a special recognition or social status e.g. accreditation. The number of participants may vary from some 20 e.g. for some very specialised measurements such as doping control laboratories of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to nearly hundred or more, e.g. in the case of the QUASI M EM E project described in section 12.5.6. 

Anabolic steroids, which are related in structure and activity to testosterone, are used to improve muscle mass and to accelerate recovery times from exercises. The use of anabolic steroids by athletes during competition and training was forbidden by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Anabolic steroids have been abused not only by humans, but also for sporting purposes such as horse racing.For doping control in sports, urine samples are mostly tested. The most often used anabolic steroids are androgens, such as testosterone. " It is not easy to detect parent compounds except for oxandrolone and testosterone, because the steroids are extensively metabolized. Before derivatization, urine samples are passed through a... 

Known as The Clear , it was supplied by BALCO (the Californian Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative) to chosen athletes. The leading drug tester, Don Catlin, is reported to have examined some 20 urine samples that tested positive for THG. Athletes known to have taken it include the British sprinter Dwain Chambers and a number of Americans, including the sprinter Kelli White and middle-distance runner Reginajacobs. Marionjones, who won three gold medals and two bronze medals at the Sydney Olympics in 2000, admitted THG use in 2007 and was stripped of these medals by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Association of Athletics Federations (lAAF). 

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