Doping: "Dark side of the sports"

"Sport is man's phenomenal activity. It brings him a feeling of satisfaction, self-realization and strengthens his health" (Antidoping, 2004, § 1). But sportsmen and women very often use pharmaceutical substances and methods to make the best possible result. A lot of those substances and methods are prohibited, so they are classified as doping. As reported in Antidoping (2004) doping is defined as breaking one or more antidoping rules introduced in § 2.1 - 2.8 of the …

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