Anti-doping measures just for show, study finds
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July 27, 2013, Saturday
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CURRENT controls on drug use in sport are doomed to fail and performed largely for show, according to researchers on a new study produced in Australia.
The University of Adelaide study - 'Anti-doping systems in sports are doomed to fail: a probability and cost analysis' - examining worldwide data of positive doping tests from 93 different sports, found that single, random drug tests caught drug cheats just 2.9 percent of the time. For a 100 percent strike rate, every athlete in the world would need to be drug tested up to 50 times a year.
"The current system of anti-doping testing is inadequate to eliminate doping," study co-author professor Maciej Henneberg said in a statement yesterday. "It appears that anti-doping policies are in place more for perception, to show that the right thing is being done.
"In practice ... the anti-doping system is doomed to fail."
Henneberg said if athletes were tested 12 times a year, their odds of being caught were 33 percent - if they used a banned substance continuously.
The University of Adelaide study - 'Anti-doping systems in sports are doomed to fail: a probability and cost analysis' - examining worldwide data of positive doping tests from 93 different sports, found that single, random drug tests caught drug cheats just 2.9 percent of the time. For a 100 percent strike rate, every athlete in the world would need to be drug tested up to 50 times a year.
"The current system of anti-doping testing is inadequate to eliminate doping," study co-author professor Maciej Henneberg said in a statement yesterday. "It appears that anti-doping policies are in place more for perception, to show that the right thing is being done.
"In practice ... the anti-doping system is doomed to fail."
Henneberg said if athletes were tested 12 times a year, their odds of being caught were 33 percent - if they used a banned substance continuously.
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