Articles about Performance Enhancing Drugs. Steroids in Sports News. Biogenesis founder Anthony Bosch: I personally injected A-Rod with PEDs. Posted January 13, 2014 Tony Bosch spoke out about his former client, Alex Rodriguez, for the first time Sunday night.
(Patrick Smith/Getty Images) Anthony Bosch, the founder of the former Florida clinic Biogenesis, said in an interview on CBS’ “60 Minutes” Sunday night that he injected New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez with performance-enhancing drugs. It was the first time Bosch has spoken publicly about his clients at Biogenesis, 14 of whom have been suspended for using PEDs, including Rodriguez. Bosch told CBS’ Scott Pelley that he personally injected Rodriguez with drugs because he was “scared of needles.” Should Doping Be Allowed in Sports? - Room for Debate. David Guttenfelder/Associated PressThe defending 50k Olympic race walk champion Alex Schwazer, above during the 2007 World Athletics Championships, tested positive this week for a banned blood booster.
This week a judo fighter became the first athlete to be expelled from the Olympics for failing an in-competition doping test, in his case, for marijuana. And on Tuesday, it was announced that the defending 50k Olympic race walk champion, Alex Schwazer, was expelled after testing positive for the blood booster erythropoietin, or EPO.
Meanwhile, the “unbelievable” times of one swimmer have raised suspicions of doping. But has doping become so common that we shouldn’t even bother with testing, or are the dangers to athletes and fair competition so great that enforcement must continue?