Drugs in Sport

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Politics & Society

What does it take to run faster, throw further, jump higher?

Many of us are aware of anti-doping regulations in elite sport, but there are also unregulated non-doping performance-enhancing strategies that give an inequitable advantage to some athletes

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Politics & Society

Is sport wandering offside?

Sports are big on measuring their viewership and revenue, but Australian teenagers are among the least active in the world. At a time when off-field controversies are dominating, how strong is the social license of our sporting bodies?

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Politics & Society

Cold comfort as anti-doping plays catch up

Retrospective testing is catching up with drug cheats in world sport, opening up questions over how far back testing may go. But it may seem too little too late for those that miss out on winning at the time

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Arts & Culture

Doping verdict takeout: Ask more questions

It’s the one key lesson from the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s ruling against players at the Essendon Football Club for doping breaches