THE NATURE OF THINGS
Dope: Scientists and Sleuths Battle for the Soul of Sport.
Aired Tuesday, August 10 at 9pm
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In this original animated feature, Zoe and Dr. Lino will teach you about Gas Chromatography and how it's used to test for foreign substances in urine and blood.
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Spiridon “Spiros” Louis (right) became the hero of the
1896 Olympics by unexpectedly winning the first ever marathon. The
story goes that this underdog visited a local inn along the course,
drank a glass of wine while asking about the leading runners, declared
he’d win the race, and was off
to victory.
In fact, the lesser-known part of that year's marathon story was that all three medal
winners were Greek until a much less famous "Spiros", Spiridon Belokas, was stripped
of his bronze medal for cheating. He wasn't caught doping, something Spiros Louis
might have been nabbed for today (alcohol use prohibited in some sports by the World
Anti-Doping Agency), but Belokas' performance in the race had been enhanced by a
short carriage ride that helped him cover part of
the distance.
Cheating has come a long way, indeed. Are the Athens 2004 games
poised to be more Survivor than sport? Has our desire to uphold
the adage 'bigger, faster, stronger, better' changed honourable
sport into cheapened spectacle?
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ANY ATHLETE WHO TAKES A VITAMIN, MINERAL, HERB, AMINO ACID
OR OTHER DIETARY SUPPLEMENT DOES SO AT HIS OR HER OWN RISK OF
COMMITTING A DOPING VIOLATION.
SUMMATION OF THE DEFINITION OF DOPING (ACCORDING TO THE World
Anti-Doping Agency)
An athlete is charged with DOPING if one or more of
the following criteria are deemed true:
- A prohibited
substance, as defined the 2004 World Anti- doping code,
or metabolites or markers of that substance is detected in the
athlete’s bodily specimen.
- A prohibited substance was used or there
was an attempt made to use the substance, regardless of success
or failure of the action.
- An athlete refuses or fails without compelling
justification to submit a sample or evading collection.
- An athlete is unavailable for out-of-competition
testing and fails to provide whereabouts information.
- An athlete tampers or attempts to tamper
with any part of the doping control process.
- An athlete is found in possession of a prohibited
substance or method.
- An athlete is trafficking any prohibited
substance or method.
- An athlete administers or attempts to administer
a prohibited substance or method. Assisting, encouraging, aiding,
abetting, covering up or any other type of complicity involving
an anti-doping rule violation or attempted violation.
Additionally:
It is added that while athletes may accidentally or unknowingly
take a substance – it does not appear on the label of an over
the counter or Internet sold substance – they are still responsible
if a prohibited substance is detected.
View
full list of Prohibited Substances
View
full list of Prohibited Methods
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