Kinesiology 2292F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Alberto Salazar, John Hoberman, Fluoxetine
31 Aug 2016
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Article review: listening to steroids - by: john hoberman. Use of banned substances or performance-enhancing technology in a sporting context. Deserved vs. given/awarded (is it athletes or scientists competing?) De-humanizing? (removes the human element, competitions b/w industries or nations) Help us strive and compete better, or make competition and striving irrelevant/enhance performance. Or remove the need for and meaning of it. Bringing athletes back to normal v. bringing them beyond their limits. Marathon runner having performance difficulties in competition after previously being successful. Returned to competitive success w/ aid of prozac. Caused controversy b/c questions if prozac was performance enhancing. Alberto was the subject of a 2015 journalistic investigation into doping allegations surrounding his current coaching practices. Contest won by superior ability of one athlete to endure pain or difficulty of competition or training. Consideration of individual competitor health should go above + beyond those of competitive balance. Beta blockers = banned substance according to olympic medical.
