olympic dopping info

Kristine Toohey and J.J.Veal The Olympic Games: A Social Sciencd Perspective. 2007: Biddles Ltd, Kings's Lynn, Norfolk.  (Chapter8 - Doping and the Olympics)

1. constant advantage sought by Olympians since early history  - sketch the most bizarre of them?  wrestlers ate 10 pounds of meat per day to increase strength (sketch or purchase 10 pounds of meat?)
2. sesame seeds thought to give increased endurance
3. Olympic horses given 'hydromel' oats honey and water to increase staying power
4. heroin and cocain in 1865 Dutch canal swimmers
5. First death reported of a cyclist from doping in 1886 when Arthur Linton died from stimulant trimethyl (Parisotto, 2006)
6. 19th century -  caffeine tablets (FR) breathing oxygen and taking cocaine (British)  (Goldman and Klatz, 1992)
7. What is fair and what unfair in enhancing peak fitness.  IDEA SCALES WITH BALANCED DRUG RELATED ARTICLES  (this ready-made could be sculptural and interactive - to further the discussion)(see page pg 174 )

for: doctors therefore fewer deaths or side effects could advise on drugs safe to take and prevent black market inferior quality drugs. Level playing field less advantage for drug takers or at least acknowledged.  Rich countries can afford the drugs.  Sport records would continue to improve and drugs would be safer due to pressure to develop safe drugs and the goal of catching all cheaters is unattainable

against: essence of sport and philosophy of the Olympics emphasis fair and equal competition, difficult to monitor rates or dosages, some countries could not afford ever escalating prices of sophistocated drugs, some athletes do not know they are getting drugs so dehumanising and damaging and long term effects still not known.

IDEA - PRINTED POSTER ADVERTISING DRUGS WITH SEPARATE OVERLAPING SCREEN PRINT IMAGES OF THIRD WORLD ATHLETES AND  TYPES OF DRUGS AND DOPING USED BLOOD DOPING SHOWN. (Use friends to model as the athletes and newspaper headlines or web site photos collaged onto the print)