How to detect stimulants? What are stimulant urine test and blood test? Which athletes must be tested for doping?

Rumors that athletes use stimulants are common in every major sports competition. Before the birth of 1896 modern Olympic Games, there were reports about athletes taking stimulants in the middle of19th century. What are the types of stimulants? Why do athletes dare to take risks for it? How are stimulants detected? During the Olympic Games, it is often reported that an athlete was found to have taken stimulants, and his urine test was positive and his blood test was positive. Olympic doping has long been banned and has been strictly tested. How to detect stimulants? What about stimulant urine test and blood test?

drug testing

Doping test means that before, after and even at ordinary times, sports organizations at all levels send special inspectors to test athletes to determine whether they use prohibited substances or methods.

There are two sampling methods: urine test and blood test.

Doping urine test

Doping urine test is an auxiliary testing method to check whether athletes take doping. The reason is that the metabolites in the human body are generally excreted through urine. In addition, urine samples are harmless to the human body and athletes are willing to accept them. This is a simple and effective test method. The earliest doping urine test was conducted during the competition, that is, during the competition.

Blood doping test

Clinical blood tests can be divided into general blood tests, hemolytic anemia laboratory tests, bone marrow cytology tests, blood group identification and cross matching tests. It can detect hematological signs of common hematological diseases. In addition, blood test is also a way to detect stimulants, but it is generally not used as a routine examination.

Which athletes must be tested for doping?

1. Athletes who win the first place or the first place in each event must be inspected;

2, each project won the first spot check, second to eighth spot check;

3. From the winners list of each project (such as the top eight finalists), it is decided to randomly check 1 to several people by lottery;

4. From all the contestants in each event, draw lots to randomly select one to several people;

5. For group events, each group will draw lots to decide, and each group will randomly check 1 to several people;

6. In recorded competitions, people who break world records, European records, national records or sports records must be inspected.