You can trace back the
relationship of
sports
and steroids during the 1954 World Weightlifting
Championship wherein the Soviet contingent displayed their dominance of
the sports. The world took notice of the power of the Soviet athletes
and so did John Ziegler, team doctor for the team USA then. The curious
Dr. Ziegler got the information he wanted to learn that the Soviet
team’s secret weapon were testosterone injections. Dr. Ziegler knew he
had to come up with something in order for the team USA to be at par
with their Soviet counterparts. It was then that Dr. Ziegler came up
with the anabolic steroid
Dianabol.
From then on,
sports
and steroids started a tumultuous relationship. Despite the
fact that steroids are banned by all of
major
sports
associations, you know that steroids use is prevalent in sports. Now
and then, you hear of famous sports figure getting implicated in
steroid use.
Many sports observers believe that athletes in diverse
sports will continue to use steroids in order to have competitive edge,
moreso now when stakes are bigger. Monetary rewards and international
recognition awaits you if you emerge as the ultimate victor in your
sport. These are incentives for many to use steroids to gain
competitive advantage in their sport.