Comments on: What is EPO?

By: Olympic Athletes Will Have Blood Samples Retested for Steroids @ Run to Win

Olympic Athletes Will Have Blood Samples Retested for Steroids @ Run to Win — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:53:01 +0000

[...] games in the wake of the positive tests found by the Tour de France for the latest version of EPO, Continuous Erythropoiesis Receptor Activator. CERA is a stamina boosting drug which was not [...]

By: This Week Last Year: IAAF World Championships & Trail Running @ Run to Win

This Week Last Year: IAAF World Championships & Trail Running @ Run to Win — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:04:38 +0000

[...] week three years ago, I also talked about doping by explaining what EPO was after the furor with Lance Armstrong brought it to attention. Kenenisa Bekele also set the 10k [...]

By: Lance Armstrong’s name is cleared « Run to Win »

Lance Armstrong’s name is cleared « Run to Win » — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 01:49:27 +0000

[...] doping in the 1999 Tour de France. French newspaper L’Equipe accused Lance Armstrong of using EPO, an illegal steroid. A Dutch anti-doping agency has exhonerated Lance Armstrong and claims that not [...]

By: NFL improves steroids testing « Run to Win »

NFL improves steroids testing « Run to Win » — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 18:18:04 +0000

[...] Players will also be tested for EPO and will automatically forfeit a percentage of their signing bonus if they test positive. The NFL will be donating $500,000 to improve the testing for HGH and will use carbon isotope ratio testing on random samples; currently, they only use carbon isotope ratio testing to confirm positive tests. [...]

By: Lance Armstrong accused (again) of doping « Run to Win »

Lance Armstrong accused (again) of doping « Run to Win » — Sat, 24 Jun 2006 01:50:29 +0000

[...] This time, Le Monde cycling magazine has reported leaked court testimony alleging that Lance Armstrong admitted to his doctors while he was going through chemotherapy in 1996 that he used EPO. [...]

By: Run to Win » Bode Miller supports EPO in competitive skiing

Run to Win » Bode Miller supports EPO in competitive skiing — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 14:59:35 +0000

[...] Bode Miller came out publicly supporting EPO on Wednesday, according to Ski Racing Magazine. �I�m surprised it�s illegal,� Miller said, �because in our sport, it would be pretty minimal health risks, and it would actually make it safer for the athletes, because you�d have less chance of making a mistake at the bottom and killing yourself…You have to make four or five decisions every second in skiing, every turn…[These are] conscious decisions, plus there�s another hundred that are instinct. And when your brain starts to slow down, as if you�re holding your breath for two minutes, it makes it damn hard to make those decisions.� [...]