Is it possible for the "natural" athlete who competes withoutchemical assistance to achieve record-breaking performancesin sports requiring strength, power, speed, or endurance? Becausedoping tests are infrequently positive in international sports,it has been widely believed that the answer is yes — andthat few athletes competing in major sporting events, includingthe Olympic Games and the Tour de France, use performance-enhancingdrugs. But multiple sources of evidence, including personaltestimony1,2 and an ever-increasing incidence of doping scandals,suggest the opposite: that widespread use of performance-enhancingdrugs has fundamentally distorted the upper range of human athleticperformance.1,3,4,5 Unfortunately, . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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From the University of Cape Town/Medical Research Council Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Department of Human Biology, University of Cape Town, and the Sports Science Institute of South Africa, Newlands, South Africa.
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