Drugs and Doping in Swimming
The insidious use of performance enhancing substances in sport at all levels and ages, beginner to Olympic, is a fact. How does doping occur in swimming and what can swimmers, parents, and coaches do about the use of performance enhancing drugs in swimming?
Information on doping and drugs and their effect on sporting performances - and their effect on athletes, from the About.com Sports Medicine guide.
References to doping in another Olympic sport from the About.com's Track and Field guide. Amazingly similar abuse occurs in this sport, too.
The About Swimming links to sports supplements.
"Lowlights" from Karin Helmstaedt on the "product and victim of the East German swimming machine" Brigit Heukrodt.
Information for USA swimmers on drug tests, doping regulations, and more.
What if the suspected drug-enhanced performances were wiped from the record books? They might look like this arbitrary list of "Clean World Records" from ASCA.
USA Swimming's drug and doping information section, including allowable medications and a drug declaration form for National competitions.
Are there things that you can use to legally improve your speed, strength, and stamina?
A listing of swimmers who have tested positive for banned substances and more.
These are the FINA doping control rules, enforced from 11 Septmeber 2003.
Karin Helmstaedt discusses more of the East German use of drugs in athletes; From ASCA.
The NCAA Drug-Testing Program was created to protect the health and safety of student-athletes and to ensure that no one participant might have an artificially induced advantage or be pressured to use chemical substances.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has partially admitted the appeal filed by the International Swimming Federation (FINA) against the decision of the Disciplinary Commission of the Tunisian Swimming Federation (FTN), rendered on 8 March 2007 which imposed a reprimand and a warning on the swimmer.
The WADA Prohibited Substance List is the list of drugs or substances that athletes should not touch. These will get an athlete suspended or banned for doping.
