Athletes thinking about cheating with HGH for the coming 2008 Olympics in Beijing, had better think twice. And cutting out the injections even weeks before the Games, won’t do it. They’d be better off staying home.
At least that’s according to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) CEO, John Fahey, who warns that the new tests can detect HGH, even if it was administered “many days” prior to the competition.
In the latest news, both the WADA CEO and director general has proclaimed a new test that will successfully detect HGH in the athletes system, without revealing too many details.
Making good on previous threats, this most probably signals the end of HGH as an undetectable performance boosting drug, and probably among the most abused drugs in sports for the past 20 years. Previously, HGH was impossible to detect using most standard methods, and therefore lots of athletes got away with it.
Next, I reckon they will likely implement this test as mandatory for all pro baseball players…
Update: In the years since then, HGH has been prohibited completely as an illegal doping substance.
