Title Drugs in sport / editor Kaye Healey

Published Balmain, N.S.W. : Spinney Press, 1999

Copies

Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
MELB	362.2908876 Hea/Dis	106	AVAILABLE
W'PONDS	362.2908876 Hea/Dis	106	AVAILABLE

Description 44 pages ; 30 cm Series Issues in society ; v. 106 Issues in society (Balmain, N.S.W.) ; v. 106 Contents Chapter 1. Sport in Australia: Sport - an Australian tradition; Participation in sport and physical activities; Australian Institute of Sport; Youngsters lose in adult games; Sports scale new heights; Race of good sports? Not half; Sporting chance the kids get hurt; The high price of winning; Not child's play; The fine line of heartbreak high. -- Chapter 2. Drug Use in Sport: The history of drug use in sport; The use of performance enhancing drugs in sport; Prohibited classes of substances and prohibited methods; Swifter, stronger - and sneakier; Race to condemn a fix for our woes; Drugs can bring game into repute; Adverse consequences of anabolic steroid use and abuse; Australia a 'steroid factory'; Catching the cheats - the new drug tests depend on dollars; Incoherence still confounds the IOC on drugs; Fiddling with games to steal gold in 2000 Summary As the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games draw nearer the spotlight is on competitive sports and the use of performance enhancing drugs. Looks at the types and level of physical activities and sports played in Australia; violence in school and professional sports; the social, financial and competitive pressures to succeed in elite sport; performance enhancing drugs in sport - who takes them and why? What types of banned performance enhancing drugs are being used, what are their side-effects and how are they tested? Analysis Anabolic steroids Drug use and abuse History Pharmaceuticals Sports Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 42) and index Audience Secondary and tertiary students and teachers Subject Athletes -- Drug use -- Australia. Doping in sports -- Australia. Athletes -- Drug use -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- Australia. Athletes -- Drug use -- Australia. Doping in sports -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- Australia. Doping in sports -- Australia. Doping in sports. Author Healey, Kaye. ISBN 1876811153

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