Health Street (August 2014) | Page 4

Performance Enhancing Drugs (PEDs) have always been a debatable thing in sports-related events, such as the Olympics or competitions. Sad to say, some champions in certain sports only won because of their use of steroids, among many other PEDs. The famous Lance Armstrong, a seven Tour de France title champion cyclist, admitted to doping, which involves extracting blood from the athlete, storing it in a freezer, and injecting it once the competition is near or even on the day of the competition. This helps greatly in performance because the blood injected back to the athlete contains more oxygen, proven to be a cause of heightened aerobic capacity and endurance, which is usually needed by cyclists, hence the common users of blood doping are cyclists.

The photo on top symbolizes the winners, who are in the form of syringes, taking PEDs. This implies the lack of personal skills of these athletes, which makes their victory useless, since it was not them who attained it, but the drugs that they use. The photo below is pertaining to doping.