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its gained popularity to the point WADA looked at it further and decided it was being taken to increase performance. Probably a good idea to ban it IMO given its clearly being taken for non-medical reasons
I've always found a good feed of carbohydrates the night before helps my energy levels for exercise the next day. WADA should look into banning spaghetti.
 

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I've always found a good feed of carbohydrates the night before helps my energy levels for exercise the next day. WADA should look into banning spaghetti.
Ben Bans Beetroot
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2016/03/a...he-beetroot-as-an-effective-workout-enhancer/

Australian Scientists Show Beetroot Is An Effective Workout Enhancer
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Nitrate-rich beetroot juice might enhance performance among top level athletes, according to a joint study from The University of Western Australia, the Western Australian Institute of Sport and the Australian Institute of Sport.

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Dr Peter Peeling from UWA’s School of Sport Science, Exercise and Health at UWA was one of the scientists who looked at the influence beetroot supplements had on physiological and performance outcomes in elite kayakers.

The research saw six national-level male and five international-level female kayakers take part in a two-part study at the Western Australian Institute of Sport and the National Regatta Centre in Penrith.

“We looked at the difference that the use of a commercially available 70ml beetroot shot made to the time-trial performance and paddling economy of the athletes involved,” Dr Peeling said.

“In laboratory-based four minute ergometer tests, the beetroot supplement had a small effect on the distance covered, but was effective in improving the task economy of the male kayakers. When we used a greater volume of beetroot juice (140ml) among our female participants during a field-based 500m kayaking time-trial, we found there was a meaningful performance improvement of 1.7 per cent.”

“Given that the margin between gold and silver medals in the Men’s K1-1000m and the Women’s K1-500m races at the 2012 London Olympic Games was 0.3 per cent and 1.0 per cent respectively, the relatively small performance changes that we recorded are clearly relevant.”
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She's unlucky I'm not working at WADA, i'd let that off. Damn!
Haven't you read the HTB? Cheating by teh drugzzz is a heinous and most despicable crime that must be punished.

That being said, if Maria provided a seafood dinner and a 6 pack of Blue Moon followed by a ripstart I'd make it go away for her.
 

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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-03-...mits-failed-drug-test-australian-open/7228312

"She had been taking Mildronate since 2006, but it was added to WADA's banned list this year. She said she did not look at the updated ban list before taking the drug."


So now she's banned from playing Tennis lol.
So it hasn't been a performance enhancing substance for 9 years but this year WADA have decided that it is performance enhancing.

The blood transfusion for soft tissue injuries that Hawthorn is using was banned but now it is not.

Actovegin is not banned despite being a treatment for soft tissues injuries which is derived from calfs blood but TB4 which is from the same source and for the same purpose is banned.

In the racing industry, common sense prevails and trainers and vets are informed of substances that they are considering banning usually with warnings applied for a few months on introduction.
 
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Not even a fan of sharapova, but on the surface this seems rough. Plays her whole career using this medication/drug, then bang they ban it and in her first and only tournament since the drug is now banned, she tests positive for it. There is something fishy going on.

Wada have long wanted a big scalp in tennis, I just find it interesting that out of all the top make and female players of the past 10 years, it's sharapova who is the one caught out. Forget about the 3 males who can compete in 5 hour matches back to back in a grand slam with less than 2 days recovery or the 1 female who id's the size of a brick shithouse and once avoided a drug test at home.

Hopefully sharapova gets no longer than 3 months.
Sorry - I know the thread is EFC only and I was only lurking, but Peter Korda had his title wiped and you almost never hear any commentator refer to him etc. so while this is massive (and trust me, her marketing potential far outweighs Korda) it's not a first big scalp in tennis.

Sorry guys - carry on. I promise once the season starts I'll have less time to intrude. Hell, I don't really have it now to be honest
 

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Sharapova tested positive at Aus open.

I think it was meldonium which yaco55 I think you have brought up a few times?
Yeah - Something is going wrong when there are 10+ positives with more to follow - And this is from a variety of sports and countries - I suspect that either WADA has been LAX in disseminating information or the substance stays in the body for weeks at a time - I base this on the facts that athletes and their support staff are fantastic cheats and its inconceivable that so many GOT IT WRONG.
 

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Well it wasn't a deflection, given I answered your post first. But righto.

Assumption in the absence of facts. Regarding the Essendon players, a LOT has come out. Re Sharapova at the time of my post, basically nothing had come out. To try and compare the two in that sense is ludicrous. You're basically implying I don't think Sharapova is guilty. She obviously is. I don't even get what point you're trying to make anymore actually.
Hey - As Mercurial pointed out earlier, I've posted a couple of times in this thread about Meldonium positives - To say you had done little research before your first post re Sharapova's positive test is surprising.
 
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