Re:Tracing doping use by amateur athletes from wastewater
by notatoad on Friday April 06, 2018 @04:07PM
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super rare. race organizers hate paying for anything they don't absolutely have to, and the national anti-doping organizations don't test amateurs. The rules packets for most amateur races say no doping allowed, and threaten random testing, but in reality it never happens.
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Re:Tracing doping use by amateur athletes from wastewater
by jburgess777 on Saturday April 07, 2018 @12:23PM
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I know for a fact that an amateur cyclist in the UK was banned for 2 years for testing positive for EPO after taking part in a race. I believe he had been deliberately targeted for testing because of suspicions about his performance.
The race organiser does not pay for the testing directly. British Cycling takes a small levy for every rider taking part in a race and I imagine this goes towards paying for the random testing.
The UK anti-doping website has a list of all current and historical bans for drug test rule violations covering a wide range of sports:
https://www.ukad.org.uk/anti-doping-rule-violations/current-...