TalkScience@BL - Doping in sport: fair game?
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Channel: British Library · 2016 · Education
At the 33rd event in the British Library’s TalkScience series we discussed the issue of performance enhancement in sport. If sport is about pushing the limits of human potential, are drugs an inescapable and integral part of athletics? Or do performance enhancing drugs devalue sporting achievement and deprive athletes of a level playing field? How widespread is doping in professional sports and what impact does this have on amateur athletes and young sportspeople? What are the long term effects of doping on athletes’ physical and mental wellbeing? Our expert panel included Professor Andy Miah (University of Salford), Nicole Sapstead (UK Anti-Doping), and Professor Chris Cooper (University of Essex). The event was chaired by Owen Gibson (the Guardian).
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