Lynsey Sharp gets silver after vomiting and IV drip, interesting anti-doping angle

I've kind of wondered about IVs. I knew one ultrarunner who was also a doctor, and would use an IV set-up he had in his home to help him rehydrate after long runs. I've no idea if that is even particularly effective - I just wonder how widespread of a practice it is.

Dieter Baumann used to do it as well during peaks of heavy training for rehydration.

Before surgery I used to get sick like that once every few months. The next run I did always felt awesome, and then I felt terrible for the next week. But in addition to an IV they also had me on pain medication, so I can't control for that. I'm wondering if it's banned more because of masking potential (by making yourself so overly hydrated that all of your levels are low across the board) than performance-enhancing potential.

Increased stroke volume?

xenonscreams wrote:

it's banned more because of masking potential (by making yourself so overly hydrated that all of your levels are low across the board) .

good answer

If you get the sandard 0,9% sodium chlorite infusion your erythrocyte levels don't change at all.

Didn't the doper paula radcliffe regularly use IV drips?

Why was Sharp vomiting?

Modern World wrote:

Didn't the doper paula radcliffe regularly use IV drips?

Paula only used what was prescribed by her dealer.

Why does every thread come down to Paula!!??

Lynsey ran a tactically smart race - on the inside rail almost the entire race until the last 100m when she moved out to sprint past Jess Judd for a medal. Contrast that with the Canadian (Melissa Bishop), who I thought might medal after her runs through the preceding rounds, who ran the whole race in lane 2, except for the last 100m when she moved inside for some inexplicable reason - maybe she knew her race was over then.

The minor medals were always going to come to running a smarter race. Sum was the class of the field, after that there wasn't much between them.

MrGambinus wrote:

Dieter Baumann used to do it as well during peaks of heavy training for rehydration.

I'd love to see a source for that.

Are you perhaps confusing him with Stephane Franke and Damian Kallabis, who got into trouble for using an iv drip with HES in Budapest.

Irish eyes > british teeth. wrote:

Why does every thread come down to Paula!!??

Because the brosjo are insinuating that Lindsey Sharp did something illegal. Yet they constantly defend the doper Radcliffe for doing the exact same illegal acts.

Oh come on. It could've been antibiotics. She has a hole in her leg, an unhealed wound that she's had problems with for months on end and it won't heal (she needs further surgery on that which she put off in order to run CWG), I hardly think that's an advantage.

Stop the crazy kenyan wrote:

I'd love to see a source for that.

Are you perhaps confusing him with Stephane Franke and Damian Kallabis, who got into trouble for using an iv drip with HES in Budapest.

Ofc its nowhere written. Witnessed during training camp in Flagstaff.

Don't think you even spelt her name right.

This site is often terrible.

I don't think that regular IV infusions for dehydration are included in the WADA banned substance list.

The underfunded NHS is well known for wasting money on doping athletes.

Botswana be a spaceman wrote:

Don't think you even spelt her name right.

This site is often terrible.

Can't spell, no journalistic ethics or skills and cheap shots.

Typical rich kid arrogance, but what's really sad is the nameless thugs are making me care less not more about PEDs. I've stopped listening.

It wouldn't surprise me if she was a doper. Not the nicest person in the world and full of excuses. Yet claims she isn't but first thing she does is clutch leg after thinking she failed to reach final. Then suddenly it's fine again. Jo Pavey now that's an athlete!