In Salt Lake M�hlegg won three gold medals. But he only lost the gold on the 50 kilometers run.
That means that he was standing as winner on the Hunt-start and the 30 kiometers run. On the hunt-start Fode Estil and Thomas Alsgaard shared the silver medal.
Also Larissa Lazutina and Olga Danilova from Russia, was caught with the stoff NESP. (In the olympic game in salt lake -02)
NESP do not stand on IOKs official drug-list, but is considered as forbidden because every related stoff to thoose that are on the list also is illegal.
also known as darbepoetin alfa.
are more effektiv than EPO. Has untill now been impossible to show in a drugtest.
Internationaly it�s established socalled forbidden list that stats the groups of drug substance and drug methods that are not allowed in the international competition.
Drug problem have increased the last 10-15 years. It�s organized a national and international drug control, where they can demand test during competition and training-period with or without omen.
An important reason to forbidd dope is the possible injury effect drugssubstance and drugmethods can have on the user:
- Personality changes
- dependence
- abnormal cell- and organ function
- allergy reactions
- weakened immune defence
- sickness transfer
