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(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Researchers from the University Adelaide’s School of Medical Sciences collated sporting records (including Olympic and world records) of male and female athletes across 26 sports, between 1886 and 2012.
Comparisons were made between pre-1932 records (when steroids became available) and post, and it was found that the times, distances and other results did not improve as expected in the doping era.
“The effects of doping in modern sports are far and widespread, encompassing not only the athletes and sporting teams involved, but also sponsors and fans,” says Dr Aaron Hermann, lead author on the paper.
“This research looked at 26 of the most controlled and some of the most popular sports, including various track and field events like 100 metre sprints, hurdles, high jump, long jump and shot-put, as well as some winter sports like speed skating and ski jumping.
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