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Best adjective to describe Alex Honnold is brave. In D. Duane (2015), Alex Honnold climbed cliffs using climbing equipment. Through is journey, he became a free-soloist. Free soloist only uses gymnast’s chalk, short and a shirt. Not many people are brave enough to climb the tall cliffs like Alex Honnold. He conquered “most challenging climb ever” (para. 4). Alex Honnold excelled his goal by teaming with others to climb and break” speed records on the world’s greatest cliffs” (para. 4). He views

Throughout the many decades of professional sports being around, there has been many great athletes to whom thousands of people look up to who have been accused of using performance enhancing drugs. For instance, there has been many professional athletes who have ruined up their careers by using PEDs such as: Ben Johnson, Lance Armstrong, and Barry Bonds, just to name a few. (Timeline.com) But, that’s not the point that I’m trying to make here. My point is that these athletes were striped of their

Gene Doping, Should be worried? By Tom Pham Gene doping is a when a modified gene is added to help enhance a players sports performance, by a doctor and is very similar practise to gene therapy which Gene doping has both negative and positive impacts on the human body. Gene doping has the ability is enhances a players performance such as strength, not only this but it will has opened a new door to athletes There are many health risks involved it may cause cancer, but it also produces too many blood

Introduction: In this paper we will be discussing the topic of doping in relation to sports. Doping in sports refers to when an athlete takes performance enhancing drugs to help them get ahead in the game so to speak. There are many reasons why athletes would find the prospect of doping appealing and they will be explained further throughout the paper. We will also look at coaches and how they react to their players doping, the risks and effects of doping and the laws and policies surrounding the

Lance Armstrong was born in 1971 in Texas. At the age of 13 he began competing in cycling and triathlons. Armstrong soon chose to focus on cycling. In 1992 Lance Armstrong finished 2nd in the U.S Olympic trails. In 1993 21-year-old Armstrong won his most important race yet; the World Road Race championship in Oslo, Norway. In 1996 he was diagnosed with testicular cancer, which halted his career. In 1998, he returned to cycling. He was back in his game. Although, Lance Armstrong was a role model to

was a professional cyclist that got caught up in a huge scandal involving his usage of performance-enhancing drugs. He had many major accomplishments and was a massive inspiration to many Americans. He was a cancer survivor and was a seven time Tour de France winner. Although, Lance Armstrong had admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs and faced a lawsuit of up to ninety-seven million dollars but was later only settled for five million. Lance Armstrong deserved to be punished for his use of drugs

Pedaling strong through the Pyrenees Mountains at remarkable speed, Lance Armstrong approached the tenth stage of the Tour de France. Beginning at an elevation of thirty-three feet above sea level, Armstrong was in sixteenth position with five minutes and fifty-four seconds separating him and the leader. For many this would be an insurmountable amount of time to makeup, especially on a stage containing such a grueling and exhausting climb, but Armstrong saw it as an opportunity to put his great mountain-climbing

The problems of doping in sports began to surface in the late 1950's, because of rumors that coaches were allowing players to use performance-enhancing drugs. The 1956 Olympic Games where plagued with athletes using performance-enhancing drugs, so countries began to speak out against the harm that drugs were causing to the athletes and the sport (6 Anonymous). Long-term use of performance-enhancing drugs will destroy athlete's bodies. Doping is the use of illegal substances that is harmful to

who invited Lance to go to Europe; it was then that his career as a professional cyclist began. By 1996, Lance became the world's top-ranked cyclist winning ten titles in every race from San Sebastián to the Tour Du Pont. At his best, Lance was on his way towards success in the Tour de France, when he received some distressing news; he had cancer. "I thought I knew what fear was, until I heard the words You have cancer." (73). On October 2, 1996, Lance Armstrong received terrible news which stated

Management of doping in sport Student’s name Professor Course Date   Literature review Introduction The current issue in sport particularly athletics is the use of performance enhancing drugs popularly known as doping. Spectacular doping cases have risen in the sporting arena that has caused unexpected situations and annoyed the public who are the fans. People have limited knowledge regarding doping though it is an ancient time issue. As a result, some people believe that all professional athletes