In this essay we will discuss performance enhancing drugs but I´m going to focus more on doping through blood transfusion, athletes use this process because it boosts the number of red blood cells in the bloodstream and it gets the athlete more exited and he is able to give a better performance in the sport. There are a couple of sports the used doping blood transfusions but it was most used in cycling, there are a couple of examples of of cyclists the used this method of doping like: Lasse Virén which used blood transfusions to win the Montreal Olympics in 1972 and 1976, there was als...

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