Few years ago Cycling Champion was banned for CLENBUTEROL!
After a drawn-out and controversial case, Spanish professional cyclist Alberto Contador has been found guilty of doping and banned from the sport for two years.
Contador was stripped of his victories at the 2010 Tour de France, the 2011 Giro d'Italia and a raft of other races after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) brought its nearly-two-year investigation to a close.
A sample of Contador’s urine, taken during a rest day in the 2010 Tour de France, contained traces of clenbuterol – a banned substance in cycling and many other sports. Contador claims the clenbuterol in his body was the result of eating contaminated Spanish beef.
So what is clenbuterol? How does it work? And would the amount detected in Contador’s body have had any effect on his performance?
Clenbuterol itself is not approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and has been banned by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) because of its potentially performance-enhancing effects.
As well as being an effective bronchodilator, clenbuterol can have a range of other effects, including an increase in:
1) aerobic capacity (the amount of oxygen the body can use during physical exercise)
2) the body’s ability to transport oxygen, and
3) the body’s ability to metabolise fat.
This final property leads some people to use it as a potential weight-loss aid and to increase lean muscle mass.
http://theconversation.com/alberto-c...enbuterol-5246
After a drawn-out and controversial case, Spanish professional cyclist Alberto Contador has been found guilty of doping and banned from the sport for two years.
Contador was stripped of his victories at the 2010 Tour de France, the 2011 Giro d'Italia and a raft of other races after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) brought its nearly-two-year investigation to a close.
A sample of Contador’s urine, taken during a rest day in the 2010 Tour de France, contained traces of clenbuterol – a banned substance in cycling and many other sports. Contador claims the clenbuterol in his body was the result of eating contaminated Spanish beef.
So what is clenbuterol? How does it work? And would the amount detected in Contador’s body have had any effect on his performance?
Clenbuterol itself is not approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and has been banned by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) because of its potentially performance-enhancing effects.
As well as being an effective bronchodilator, clenbuterol can have a range of other effects, including an increase in:
1) aerobic capacity (the amount of oxygen the body can use during physical exercise)
2) the body’s ability to transport oxygen, and
3) the body’s ability to metabolise fat.
This final property leads some people to use it as a potential weight-loss aid and to increase lean muscle mass.
http://theconversation.com/alberto-c...enbuterol-5246
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