Doping in Body Building


Body building is the sport with the seventh most doping cases registered in the Anti-Doping Database.

 

In total we have registered 263 doping cases in body building. 84 of the athletes has tested positive for the steroid Stanozolol. 106 of the athletes suspended are from Czech Republic. 49 athletes from India has been suspended. Only 12 of the athletes has been suspended after having their sample collected out-of-competition or because if anti-doping investigations. Out of the 263 cases, 190 of the athletes has been suspended for two years, 11 is banned for life and seven has been suspended for four years. In all 234 athletes has been suspended for two years or more. The International Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness has an anti-doping section and publishes names of athletes who has been sanctioned for an anti-doping violation. The latest list is from 2012.

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