9PEA Case Study Analysis – Performance Enhancing Drug Use in Sport

Lance Armstrong in the Tour de France

Lance Armstrong is a famous cycler who won the tour 7 times and is responsible for one of the biggest lies
in sporting history he passed his drug tests he used, blood transfusions, testosterone and cortisone he
described the situation as one big lie that he has repeated.

During his interview with opera he came clean about taking drugs and how he carried away because of his
achievements. didn’t give proper answer as to how he did it or explain it and view the situation as a lie he
seems like he doesn’t feel guilty about it as he would do it again in the interview his showed little emotion
and said to himself was bully

Lance Armstrong had battled stage 3 testicular cancer that had spread to his brain, lungs doctors only said
there was a 40% chance of surviving but he battled and beated cancer abdomen and battled it and won

He a bully to others and apparently pressured his team mates into taking enhancements. He assisted
encouraged, covered it up

Lance Armstrong was stripped of his tittles and banned from cycling. He lost all his sponsors which was
worth 75 million

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Marion Jones – US Track & Field – 100m/200m Sprinter

Marion jones

when she confessed that she used sport enhancing drugs she was deeply ashamed as she had let herself
and her country down she was upset and guilty about the drug

Marion jones was in healthy condition but the steroids made her better in performance.

She said that har former coach gave it to her telling her it was flaxseed oil but later she realized it was
steroids and confessed.
Marion jones was sentenced to six months in prison tow years of probation and community service for lying
about drug use
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Maria Sharapova – Successful Russian Tennis Player

Maria Sharapova was described as a cold person who did not make any close friends or socialized
very much while being on tour in 2014 when she came out that she had taken confident she was
calm and took full responsibility

Maria claimed that she had been madrone to battle her magnesium deficiency, heart problems and
history of diabetes in her family she has said that she has used this drug for 10 years she since 2006
and was prescribed by her family doctor

What external pressures were placed on the athlete and/or playing group that contributed to their
cheating through PED use?
Her doctor had been prescribing her this drug for ten year a her doctor still prescribed it to her that year it
was banned

Her consequence was that she was banned for playing tennis for two years but now she’s back and playing
again
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Russia and the Olympics – Anti-Doping Scandal – Winter Olympics 2018

Russia is banned in the Olympics for drug. The anti-doping agency helped Russia get away with it they
would test athletes between their courses of taking drugs so samples would be negative and is there were
positive they would disappear. Some of them were unaware they were being drugged.

Ulia was taking enhancements and she is she listened to her coach she wouldn’t get suspended. But out of
nowhere she was suspended for taking it as they needed people found positive so she signed off
Russia was banned from the Olympics how ever some of the athletes had the option to represent
themselves in the Olympics so if they I first the Olympic anthem would play