![]() ![]() Beta-blockers carry with them many side effects and when not consumed for their intended use can have serious health implications. The health of athletes should always be the number-one priority of any individual, organisation or country involved in a competition. But cheating is just one of many reasons why the organisation exists. Many view WADA’s rules and restrictions as a lost cause in the prevention of cheating. Beta-blockers can help with lowering these, but are not without side effects. When shooting, we like to be as calm as possible, we want to minimise tremors, keep breathing slowly and in a controlled manner – all physical responses that are difficult to regulate if adrenaline levels are high. When we are in a situation where nerves, stress, danger or competitiveness is at a high intensity we often see a rise in the adrenaline levels that cause an increase in heart rate, blood pressure and the size of air passages in the lungs – to name but a few of its effects. They encourage the heart to ignore the effects of adrenaline. Performance-enhancing substances are common in all sports, and when it comes to shooting the most prevalent is the use of beta-blockers – often prescribed to individuals to control irregular heartbeats, heart attacks, anxiety or muscle spasms. But clay shooting is exempt from WADA rules and sanctions. You may wonder what this has to do with clay shooting, a sport that involves relatively little physical exertion compared to athletics, swimming or cycling. ![]() Vasily Mosin stood a real chance at gold at Rio, but was thrown off his game due to the With rigorous testing and examinations it is almost impossible to beat the system – unfortunately, athletes always seem to be one step ahead. The World Anti-Doping Agency attempts to maintain order and fairness in a combustible world where athletes will literally try anything to be crowned champion. Stars like Lance Armstrong and Tyson Gay, along with many other athletes, have knowingly used and abused performance-enhancing substances in order to achieve a competitive edge. Sport is, of course, no stranger to doping indeed, it has ruined the reputation of some hitherto widely respected individuals. But these were nothing in comparison to the large-scale doping scandal that dominated many headlines during the Olympic Games. We saw green swimming pools, sewage in the sporting grounds and incomplete stadiums that were only half full. And while there is often discussion of performance-enhancing drugs, with competitors being occasionally reprimanded, this year we unfortunately witnessed another ugly side to sport. We are no strangers to this wonderful sporting event which, every four years, brings the entire world to a single city. Semi-finals despite featuring in four out of the five shotgun-discipline top tens. Little surprise, then, that no Russian shooter made any of the shotgun While no Russian shooters were banned from Rio 2016 following the state’s conduct in supplying PEDs to its athletes, the lack of training time, confusion over whether they would perform and multiple drug testing will have messed with the heads of shooters like Vasily Mosin, Alexey Alipov and Tatiana Barsuk. T he recent Olympic Games was interesting to say the least. Musicians take them to calm nerves, could they work for shooters too? ![]()
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