Almighty Coach

Many people have the misunderstanding that stimulants are instant, and they can run faster and jump higher if they are used before a competition.

In fact, with the development of science and technology today, the use of stimulants is more like taking drugs to treat chronic diseases. Athletes use them every day, and the amount used every day is only a little, and the body will quickly metabolize and consume them.

Doping is no longer a period of time that directly affects the competition process, but the entire process from training to competition. For example, if you use some stimulants before training, you will feel less tired during training, and the training time will be longer, and the training effect will become better. The effect of daily training is very good. Over the years, the personal level of the athletes will naturally be significantly improved.

This is like losing weight. As long as you lose a little bit every day, after a long period of accumulation, you will lose a lot of weight.

When the International Olympic Committee first started anti-doping, doping was classified into four categories. With the advancement of technology, the types of doping are also increasing, and now it has reached seven categories.

The earliest stimulants were stimulants, and they were also stimulants in the most primitive sense. This type of stimulant can really stimulate the nervous system or muscles, thereby improving the performance of athletes. Caffeine, amphetamines, and ephedrine are all stimulants.

This type of stimulant basically has a half-life, as long as it is within the half-life, it can be easily detected with test strips. For example, the half-life of amphetamine is from 2 hours to 24 hours. This time fluctuates greatly, mainly because everyone has different metabolic speeds, different dosages, and different half-lives.

In the last century, some domestic athletes used this type of stimulant. In order to avoid being detected, they would eat watermelon and drink water to promote urination, speed up the metabolism of physical fitness, and let the stimulant be excreted as soon as possible. in vitro. At that time, many melon farmers were dedicated to delivering watermelons to sports teams. A sports team with more people could solve the livelihood problems of many melon farmers.

With the advancement of science and technology, this kind of stimulant is more and more easily detected, so the stimulant has become the lowest level of excitement. Nowadays, few high-level athletes are stupid enough to use stimulants.

The second type of stimulant is narcotic analgesics, such as morphine, heroin, codeine, etc. These things are already drugs, and even normal people should stay away from them, let alone athletes. Moreover, there is no official channel to buy such things, so athletes will not use them.

The third type of stimulant is the diuretic. In fact, the diuretic does not excite the nerves or muscles of the human body. At most, it can quickly excrete water from the body and reduce weight. However, diuretics can speed up metabolism and reduce the metabolites of other stimulants in the body, thereby enabling athletes to evade drug testing, so diuretics are used together with other stimulants.

The fourth is the B-blocker, which can selectively bind to the B adrenaline group, thereby stimulating the body. More than ten years ago, B-blockers were used less in sports, but later more and more athletes began to use it, because B-blockers can treat high blood pressure and arrhythmia, as long as athletes take out A medical certificate for heart problems can apply to the International Olympic Organizing Committee for the legal use of drugs containing B-blockers in the name of treating heart disease.

The fifth category is endogenous peptide hormones, such as human growth hormone, insulin, erythropoietin, androgen, etc. These hormones are hormones secreted by the human body itself. Since they already exist in the body, if the dosage is not large, It is impossible to be detected. However, if the dose is insufficient, this type of hormone will not produce a stimulant effect. So this type of stimulant must be used a lot to be useful, which also makes it easier to be detected.

The sixth type of doping is blood doping, which can also be called blood red blood cell reinfusion technology. Its principle is to transfuse blood to athletes to increase the number of red blood cells in the body, thereby enhancing the blood's ability to carry oxygen. In the 1980s and 1990s, there was a golden age of sprinters. The world records for sprinting were constantly being refreshed, and excellent sprinters continued to appear. At that time, many athletes used this technique.

The seventh category of stimulants is anabolic steroids, which are currently the most diverse, most widely used, most frequently used, have the highest technological content, and are also the most difficult to detect. Nine out of ten athletes who use this kind of doping are athletes from developed countries with biotechnology, such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, etc. Those countries with relatively backward technology cannot develop high-level doping at all.

It's this type of excitement that Justin Alexander used before.

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"Are you telling the truth? You mean those well-known track and field coaches are actually doping athletes?" Dai Li had an incredulous expression on his face.

"Is it strange? Not only the United States, but many countries in the world." Blake said calmly.

"Of course it's strange. I used to be a track and field coach, and I was in our country's national team. At least at that time, I didn't find any coach who used doping." Dai Li said.

Blake smiled slightly: "I think it is the gap in technological level. The technological level of the United States is the top in the world. In terms of research on doping, many American technology companies and scientific laboratories often play some "edge balls", and more What’s more, it uses its own technological advantages to create a time difference.”

"For example, in a biological laboratory, their technological level is ahead of the Anti-Doping Committee. They can take advantage of this leadership to continuously provide athletes with new products. However, due to backward technology, the Anti-Doping Committee cannot detect the latest Doping, there is no way to detect athletes using doping.”

Blake's subtext is that China's technological level is too low to be able to develop the kind of doping that will not be detected by the Anti-Doping Commission.

"Perhaps the system is another reason." Li Dai then added: "The coaches in our country are supported by the government and are public officials. They have stable jobs, stable wages, and stable benefits. It’s not good enough, and they don’t have to worry about losing their jobs. At most, they have less bonuses and fewer promotion channels. Although the situation of stimulants cannot be completely avoided, there are still relatively few people who take risks in front of the iron rice bowl.”

"Yes, doping is still risky. The detection technology of the Anti-Doping Committee is also constantly improving. A technical upgrade is likely to detect a large number of athletes who are doping or suspected of doping. It also forces those laboratories to continuously develop new products. Four years ago, Justin Alexander was found to be doping because of a technical upgrade by the Anti-Doping Commission. The Anti-Doping Commission suddenly improved THG's detection technology, And Alexander obviously didn't know it, and continued to use THG, but he stepped on the thunder."

"It's like a game where you chase after me. The Tao is one foot tall, and the devil is one foot high." Dai Li sighed, but he suddenly thought of another question.

"By the way, what about the re-examination of bottle B? The specimens of bottle B have to be preserved for more than eight years. With the current speed of technological development, even the top biological laboratory will not be able to deal with the anti-doping committee. It is impossible to have an eight-year technological advantage." Dai Li asked.

The urine samples of athletes in international competitions are advertised to be divided into AB bottles, A bottle is the test specimen, and B bottle is the reserved specimen. The athletes were not detected to be doping at the time of the competition, but after a few years, the detection technology of the Anti-Doping Committee With the upgrade, it is possible to detect the doping ingredients in the reserved sample of bottle B.

"Eight years is a long time. For an athlete, that may be his entire career. For an athlete, doping at the peak of his career and earning millions is enough for him to live through it." For the rest of their lives, even being found out by the Anti-Doping Committee is worthwhile, not to mention being found out is only a 'possibility', and they may not be found out." Blake explained.

The career of an athlete is very short. After eight years of re-examination, the athlete may have retired, or is close to retirement. At this time, the athlete has already gained both fame and fortune, and has earned all the money that should be earned. Then he was found out for doping , At most, it is to deprive the past honors, which is no substantial loss to the athletes. Athletes can sincerely apologize, express their willingness to turn over a new leaf, and then continue to live a life of debauchery with the money they earned before.

I only heard Blake go on to say: "In addition, athletes still have legal ways to use drugs, which can circumvent many types of doping."

"Are you talking about the exemption from therapeutic drugs?" Dai Li asked.

"Yes, when Alexander was found to be using doping for the first time, didn't he justify it as treating ADHD? Of course, many athletes really use drugs to treat diseases. For example, it is well known that swimming is very effective in treating asthma. It is effective, so many people practice swimming for the treatment of asthma, and eventually become athletes. However, the drugs for the treatment of asthma contain stimulants, so a large number of swimmers will apply for therapeutic drug exemption."

Blake paused, and then said: "Many athletes will take advantage of the therapeutic drug exemption and use doping drugs under the pretext of treating diseases. I don't know the exact number. But I can give you a statistic. There are about 700 athletes who apply for therapeutic drug exemption, and the number of Americans participating in the previous Olympic Games is only about 500. You can compare it. It can be said that more than 70% of those athletes who need to go abroad to participate in competitions will apply to the International Olympic Games. The committee applied for a therapeutic use exemption."

"So much?" Dai Li was surprised.

The United States is the number one sports power in the world, and the level of American athletes is also number one in the world. Athletes who can break through the US domestic trials and enter the international stage must be selected from the best, and many of them are the world's top. athletes.

It is normal for such high-level athletes to suffer from diseases, but it is obviously impossible for more than 70% of them to be "sick". Is it possible that "sick" athletes are much better than normal athletes? So they can beat normal people to qualify, which is obviously not established physiologically.

In other words, the physical fitness of the American people is very poor, and they are generally "sick people", so the athletes who appear in the trials are also "sick people", but how does this explain that the United States is the world's number one sports power? People in the world's most powerful sports country have this disease and that disease, so why do they engage in sports?

The only answer is that they are using the rules to rationally use doping.

However, there are many people on the Internet defending American athletes, saying that they really want to cure their diseases. In fact, they can get an answer after careful analysis with their brains. If those outstanding athletes are all sick and need to take medicine to treat their diseases, And why can it become the top in the world? I really thought that the American athletes practiced the "Sunflower Book", and they would be invincible in the world with one click.

I only heard Blake continue to say: "Of course, not all of these 700 people can pass, and about one-third of them can't get the right to exempt from therapeutic use. But what I can be sure of is that the athletes of track and field events are absolutely has the most therapeutic use exemptions."

Dai Li took a deep breath and said softly, "You mean, most track and field athletes are actually using doping?"

"And it's exhausting all means." Blake then added: "I say this in the hope that you can understand that what you are going to face next is an unfair competition. I know that you There is a high level of training, but the level of other coaches is not too bad, not to mention your opponents, they are very likely to use doping."

"Do you think I can't beat those 'pharmacist coaches'?" Dai Li asked.

"It's hard. To be honest, I really don't like you." Blake shook his head: "Before the ban, Alexander was the 'second fastest man in the world', second only to Gitel, and his comeback is destined to be widely known. Focus, if his comeback results are bad this time, there will inevitably be a lot of voices of doubt, which will also affect the reputation of our training center and your personal reputation."

When Blake said this, he looked at Dai Li, only to find that Dai Li had a confident smile on his face, and his eyes showed a strong fighting spirit, as if victory was in sight.

"Isn't it fair competition? Other coaches have stimulants, but I have systematic bonuses. Is this really too unfair to them!" Dai Li thought to himself.