“Unified Anti-Doping Agency”

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“Unified Anti-Doping Agency”
Nowadays is more common to see super athletes failing a drug test, because of the intake of prohibited substances; such as Lance Armstrong, Alex Rodriguez, Sammy Sosa and many others. The requirements for any sport have raised a lot, making this the main reason for drug consumption. Even though there’s a firm known as WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency), many sports are not directly affiliated or have their own Anti-Doping agency. As a result of this, sport’s fans, athletes, and trainers claim for a unified Anti-Doping Agency based on three main reasons: sanctions are not fair, independent agencies don’t have the same technology for detection as WADA, and the complete unification will give more benefits besides the decrement of drug consumption by athletes.
By not having a universal anti-doping agency, sanctions vary among sports. For example, in 2010, Alberto Contador failed a drug test. The substance found was Clenbuterol, leading to a ban for 2 years. Clenbuterol is a substance used on cattle, as a bronchodilator or muscle relaxant, making the cattle to grow and fatten faster. Contador claims that he may ingest contaminated beef, making him failing the drug test. In 2011, the same substance appeared on five drug tests from the Mexican soccer national team, and these five players were banned from playing indefinitely. After 2 weeks the agency concluded that Clenbuterol appeared on the drug test, as a result of the consumption of contaminated food. Even though the quantities of Clenbuterol were greater on the soccer players, they didn´t received a sanction. This is one of the main controversies that make indispensable the unification of an anti-doping agency.
Every day, new substances for improving the ph...

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...ace in search of the citius, altius and fortius (strongest, fastest, and tallest). Nowadays we know these competitions are known as the Olympics. The essence of the Olympics or any sport is to see who the best in each discipline is. In taking prohibited substances it’s having an advantage over all the other contenders, which of course is not fair. There’s no point to keep passion about a sport, if the essence of the discipline is just gone. A unified agency or the unified WADA must emerge for the benefit of the sports. Sports fans like to render tribute to the best athletes, but we hate to be deceived.

Works Cited

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Anti-Doping_Agency http://theconversation.com/alberto-contador-banned-for-doping-but-what-is-clenbuterol-5246 http://espn.go.com/sports/soccer/news/_/id/6645794/positive-tests-oust-five-mexicans-soccer-players-gold-cup

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