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Record 1 2010-11-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Drugs and Drug Addiction
  • Injections, Tubing and Transfusions (Medicine)
  • Sports (General)
DEF

The practice [of] withdraw[ing] blood from an athlete well in advance of a competition and returning it just before the event in order to improve his/her performance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Drogues et toxicomanie
  • Injections, tubages et transfusions (Médecine)
  • Sports (Généralités)
CONT

Contrôle antidopage. [L'EPO comme drogue augmentant l'endurance]. Contrôle anti-doping à Atlanta 96. [...] L'érithropoiétine, ou EPO, est une autre hormone très populaire. Elle a remplacé la technique de dopage par ajout de sang. Auparavant, l'athlète conservait une dose de son propre sang qu'il se réinjectait juste avant la compétition [doping sanguin], l'ajout de globules rouges ayant pour effet d'oxygéner le sang et d'augmenter sa résistance.

Spanish

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