Pound, Richard W.; Clarke, Kerwin --- "Doping in Sport" [2011] ELECD 815; in Nafziger, A.R. James; Ross, F. Stephen (eds), "Handbook on International Sports Law" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2011)

Book Title: Handbook on International Sports Law

Editor(s): Nafziger, A.R. James; Ross, F. Stephen

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781847206336

Section: Chapter 6

Section Title: Doping in Sport

Author(s): Pound, Richard W.; Clarke, Kerwin

Number of pages: 29

Extract:

6 Doping in sport
Richard W. Pound, Q.C. and Kerwin Clarke



A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF DOPING IN SPORT
Doping is the term used to describe the prohibited practices within sport relating to
substances and methods used with the objective of enhancing performance. The term has
been developed to distinguish sport-related activity from what is often referred to as social
or recreational drug use as well as to incorporate expansion of the concept from the use of
prohibited substances to include certain methods and manipulations.
The purpose of this chapter is to provide a brief historical review of the context of
doping in sport, the establishment, legitimacy and extent of the applicable anti-doping
rules, their enforcement within national and international theatres and the resolution of
disputes arising from application of the rules.
Doping, as a concept in sport, is relatively recent. Sport as an organized activity is
governed by rules which are accepted by participants. Without the agreed-upon rules, the
activity does not constitute sport. The rules define the sport or game, describe the field of
play, determine the extent of the game or contest, establish the scoring parameters,
prescribe the equipment to be used, provide penalties for rule infractions; in short,
identify everything the participants need to know in order to practice the sport.
For centuries there have been stories of athletes who have lived on special diets, taken
drugs and used other substances with the objective of improving their performances.
Some undoubtedly had no effect ...