Not all people know about the used of doping but it seems to be used nationwide and it is many reasons why athletes tend to use it. Each year over 300,000 athletes worldwide test over positive over banned substances. For every sport you know of, some athletes from the field has been caught using drugs. I read about the International Olympic Committee banned Russia for taking the national team to the February 2018 winter games in South Korea. This part reveals on how this is a nationwide thing. I believe that Russia let their fans down and many more. The big question is, whether the usage of performance-enhancing drugs should be allowed in sports in some form. Steroids was the first drug that I have ever heard that athletes were using. I believe many athletes use this drug so that they can beat their opponent. I can guess that so many athletes are getting caught using a specific drug is because you can see the difference level in their performance. Many players want to stand out so this is a reason many athletes enhance drugs. The better the player the more in earning that player will make. In professional leagues their is so much competition between each other and many athletes will take the shortcut for an typical advantage. Dr. Gary I. Walder said athletes live in the world of invincibility and denial. I think he means that usually athletes hide the fact that they are using drugs and when the caught using the drug they have many explanations. The athletes usually say they were not using the drug or they were using the drug for their health issue. I was surprise about the fact on the total amount of athletes that were test positive. Another surprise to me is knowing that many athletes are enhancing doping at this moment right now. Every athlete wants to be the winner but cheaters never win.
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