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The Marion Jones chess game: Secretly moved to San Francisco for…
Steroid Nation | August 26th 2008 by Gary G
In a very interesting revelation, the New York Times today says that Marion Jones occupied a fine suite in the federal pen near San Francisco, just in case she was called on to testify in the spring Trevor Graham trial. Queen to King's pawn. Marion J read more
USA government hands off Marion Jones from a Fort Worth prison to…
Steroid Nation | August 22nd 2008 by Gary G
Marion Jones is being relayed from the federal pen in Fort Worth to a more community based center in San Antonio. Interesting that Jones's transfer occurs during the last few days of the 2008 Olympics. Existentialists may reflect on the paradox that read more
Next Generation Performancing Enhancing Drugs for Bodybuilders
MESO-Rx Steroid Blog | August 21st 2008 by Millard Baker
Wired Magazine identifies promising medical and pharmaceutical candidates that may represent the next generation of performance enhancement for Olympic athletes. As with any performance enhancing drug, bodybuilders are always the first guinea pigs to read more
Was Olympic race walking medal tainted?
Steroid Nation | August 17th 2008 by Gary G
We reported -- from other media -- that Russian race walkers stayed home due to positive doping tests. However it seems Valery Borchin flew to Beijing, and walked away with the gold medal. This didn't please other competitors in the event. To the Ind read more
How To Detect Olympic Cheats
Impact Lab | August 13th 2008
Athletes using performance-enhancing drugs can’t stay ahead of detection methods for very long. Athletes aren’t the only ones racing against the clock this week in Beijing. A team of skilled scientists is working 24 hours a day at a dr read more
Morning Steroids Dose: Olympics, Mayo, Bulgarian lifters
Steroid Nation | August 13th 2008 by Gary G
1. Jamaican sprinters needled by number of dope tests. (Canadian Press) 2. Spanish cyclist Iban Mayo banned 2 years for doping. (Ottawa Citizen) 3. The world misses those Bulgarian lifting champions who tested positive for steroids. (PR-Inside) Missi read more
Working list of doping-banned athletes Pre-Olympics 2008
Steroid Nation | August 12th 2008 by Gary G
Steroid Nation presents the unofficial working list of elite athletes banned from the 2008 Olympics due to doping. We compiled the list from a number of sources which we will credit soon (such as the IAAF site for track and field). Such a list is imp read more
Monday 11-August steroid booster: Olympics information overload
Steroid Nation | August 11th 2008 by Gary G
Too much information 1. The Wall Street Journal discovered gene doping. 2. Tim Layden and SI on how swimming records tumble daily -- and no one pays attention. 3. Katerina Thanou makes this list of darkest Olympic moments. 4. The New York Times says read more
Spanish cyclist Maribel Moreno tests positive at Olympics
Steroid Nation | August 11th 2008 by Gary G
Spanish cyclists Maria Isabel Moreno tested positive for EPO at the 2008 Olympics, thus making her the first official Beijing positive dope test. The Guardian carries the story. No word whether this is CERA EPO or not. Spanish cyclist Maria Isabel Mo read more
Saturday morning steroid dose: More Russians and Emanuele Sella
Steroid Nation | August 9th 2008 by Gary G
1. The Globe and Mail (and an older NY Times) says the Russians hold the early lead in doping. The Independent adds one more name to the banned list. 2. Non-Olympian Italian Cyclist Emanuele Sella admits to CERA EPO to the Italian Olympic Committee. read more
More Olympic doping violations II: Russian race-walkers and cycli…
Steroid Nation | August 6th 2008 by Gary G
The Mail On-line looks at the most recent Russian doping suspensions: 1. Russian cyclist Vladimir Gusev 2. Race walkers Vladimir Kanaikin and Valery Borchin tested positive for the banned drug EPO in out-of -competition tests in April, it was reveale read more
Daily Steroid Dose: Shane Mosely, Systematic Russian Doping, etc.
Steroid Nation | August 6th 2008 by Gary G
1. Shane Mosley initiates defamation suit against Victor Conte. Remember how far that got Marion Jones? (NY Daily News) 2. Lewis Black examines steroids and breast inplants. Why is this news? (M and C) 3. Horses, races, demanding schedules, and recov read more
Educando al Soberano: Muerte Súbita.
No Mas Cristianos En El Fútbol | August 5th 2008 by Joey Joe-Joe Junior Shabadoo
“…Sam Okwaraji, (1964-1989)…” “…Cada día aparecen nuevos medicamentos y drogas que ponen en riesgo la vida del futbolista…” Desde 1889 hasta la actualidad se registran más de 80 muertes de futbolistas read more
Motionscykelløb i Oregon: I ulige kamp mod skolebørn og kornfed…
Forfatteren Peter H. Fogtdal | August 3rd 2008 by Peter H. Fogtdal
Det var ikke Tour de France, men det lignede.Det var Portland's Bridge Pedal - Oregons største motionscykelløb med 25.000 cyklister, der skulle passere byens ti broer en tidlig søndag morgen, mens vejret ikke var for hedt.Vi mødtes nede ved flode read more
Tipped off: Were Russian track athletes tracking the dope tests?
Steroid Nation | August 2nd 2008 by Gary G
A report from the BBC claims the suspended Russian track athletes including world record holder and super-woman Yelena Soboleva received inside tip on the dates of dope testing. Perhaps that's why the athletes peed scented pristine urine. Seven Russi read more
Daily Steroids ban: Olympics gone wild
Steroid Nation | August 1st 2008 by Gary G
1. Italian fancer Andrea Baldini tested positive for furoside, a diuretic that is counted as a masking agent. (RTE Sport) 2. Azerbijian wants the Spanish field hockey team kicked out of the Olympics. (SI) Azerbaijan asked the Olympics' arbitration co read more
Comments of an EPO cheat: Romanian 1500M runner Cristina Vasiloiu
Steroid Nation | July 31st 2008 by Gary G
Romanian middle distance runner Cristina Vasiloiu brust into the track scene last year when she won the 1500. Using EPO must realy give a runner a huge kick. Wonder how the defeated athletes feel now that Vasiloiu is revealed as a drug-cheat? We go t read more
More on the Pre-Olympic doping suspensions in Russia and Romania…
Steroid Nation | July 31st 2008 by Gary G
1. Reports say Romanian female middle-long distance runners Elena Antoci and Cristina Vasiloiu (left) go down to doping suspensions as we noted earlier. The substance found in the tests, revealed now was EPO. (IHT) (Our story on Vasiloiu here) Middle read more
Wednesday evening steroid booster
Steroid Nation | July 30th 2008 by Gary G
Way too much going on these days. Trying to catch up here. 1. Riccardo Ricco admitted to doping with EPO. This deserves a write up...sorry. (VeloNews) 2. Bulgarian tennis player Sesil Karatantcheva is back after steroid suspension. (That's her tattoo read more
Reports say Austrian triathlete Lisa Huetthaler tried to bribe la…
Steroid Nation | July 30th 2008 by Gary G
Lisa Huetthaler, Triathlon, Track, Cycling, Swimming, Olympics, EPO, Cheating, Bribery read more
Danish mountain biker banned from Beijing Olympics
Beijing Olympics | July 28th 2008 by Mike
Danish mountain biker Peter Riis Andersen, 28 tested positive for erythropoietin. At least he admitted to actually taking the drug and said he was feeling the pressure to perform better. “All I could think about was that I had to raise my leve read more
And another one gone: Danish Olympian cross-country mountain bike…
Steroid Nation | July 28th 2008 by Gary G
How many days to the Olympics? And how many athletes will be staying home because they were dope(r)s? Today word comes form beautiful Scandinavian that Danish champion cross-country mountain bike champion Peter Riis Andersen goes down to a EPO positi read more
Saturday evening steroids posts
Steroid Nation | July 26th 2008 by Gary G
1. Young athletes more interested in clean baseball? (Sporting News) 2. Jonathon Vaughters(Team Garmin-Chipotle) fighting the impossible fight? Doping in Cycling? (Times Online) 3. Should Olympic sport be a drug free-for-all? (Stuff.CO.NZ) 4. New dev read more
No stealth molecule in CERA EPO: Roche denies WADA claim
Steroid Nation | July 24th 2008 by Gary G
Apparently WADA didn't understand the science, or WADA president John Fahey misspoke. Roche, the manufacturer of the new CERA variety of EPO. (Science Blogs) Roche Holding, which makes a version of a stamina-building drug illegally used by some athle read more
Daily Steroid Dose
Steroid Nation | July 24th 2008 by Gary G
1. How will the MLB Hall of Fame look after the Steroid Era? (The Guardian) 2. Who is trustworthy in sports today? (Sun-Sentinel) 3. Coaches in Louisiana want control over their high school players to keep them away from 'roids. (Daily World) 4. New read more
Afternoon Steroids Injections
Steroid Nation | July 23rd 2008 by Gary G
1. 'WADA' scientists working on HGH urine test. Pisses off some. (USA Today) 2. The Italian Olympic authority will schedule a hearing for Ricco and Piepoli (Canadian Press) 3. Why do cyclists dope? Maybe to win? (AP) 4. Mark Spitz was not on steroids read more
Roche Pharmaceuticals Adds Secret Molecules to Drugs in Anti-Dopi…
Steroid Report | July 23rd 2008 by Millard Baker
John Fahey, president of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), has revealed they are cooperating with Roche Pharmaceuticals to secretly add a “traceable molecule” to drugs likely to have performance enhancing effects in athletes. This was read more
WADA traps Tour de France drug cheats with stealth EPO/CERA molec…
Steroid Nation | July 23rd 2008 by Gary G
Shhhhhhhhhhhhh, WADA is lips sealed on this, but leaks say that Tour de France EPO drug cheat Riccardo Ricco fell to a stealth molecule attached to the drug by the manufacturer (Roche). The new EPO preparation -- CERA, a pegylated version of EPO -- a read more
Blood Booster EPO Only the Tip of the Iceberg in Cycling
Steroid Report | July 23rd 2008 by Millard Baker
Widespread doping continues in cycling despite recent proclamations by Olivier Rabin, the science director for World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), and Pierre Bordry, the head of the French Anti-Doping Agency (AFLD), that they are on the verge of elimina read more
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