| ▲ | wswope a day ago | |
Lest anyone take this seriously, these assertions are confidently-misinformed, conspiracy-minded thinking. No asthma medications whatsoever have utility as a chemical masking agent, nor are there any plausible mechanisms for that to happen. Beta agonists (mostly clenbuterol) have been abused independently in the past as a way to cut weight in weightlifting/cycling/etc., since they theoretically provide a marginal boost to overall metabolism - but the effects are marginal. They're de facto useless as a general PED. Widespread doping in high-level sports is absolutely commonplace, and it's very easy to not get caught - but asthma medications have absolutely nothing to do with that. See WADA masking agent list here: https://www.wada-ama.org/en/prohibited-list Well-informed paper about real evasion strategies available here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S03037... | ||
| ▲ | aucisson_masque a day ago | parent [-] | |
Took me quite some time to find back where I read about that. Check that out : https://inrng.com/2017/12/chris-froomes-salbutamol-case/ https://sportsscientists.com/2017/12/brief-thoughts-froomes-... The article you gave, they only state the principle of PEDS evasion tactics, some used a fake dick when it's time to urinate, some used compound modified, but it can't possibly tell every single way that scientists found to avoid detection. Froom is an actual athlete that got caught, that speak louder. Beside i heard it too in completely unrelated sport circle, running (sprint) and boxing from athlètes competing. | ||