Latest on the Great Doping Debate, and Revisions to the Code

By Andrew Macdonald, Senior Solicitor, for Mills & Reeve LLP   New research published in the Journal of Physiology suggests that athletes using steroids for only a short period could gain an unfair advantage over “clean” competitors for up to ten years.   This brings sharply into focus the issue of doping in sport and the sanctions to be applied in circumstances where sportspeople cheat the system.   It comes at a time when a number of high profile Jamaican and Kenyan athletes