Originally Posted by kaycee:
“To keep things in proportion : I have asthma - a surprising number of dancers do. Normal inhalers contain steroids which is a banned substance, so care has to be taken with their use. Normally UK organisers are happy with the use of normal inhalers (the amount of steroids contained does not affect performance) but some overseas countries are a lot stricter so an alternative has to be found or a dancer could be accused of taking a banned substance. It's all a bit of a minefield.”
“To keep things in proportion : I have asthma - a surprising number of dancers do. Normal inhalers contain steroids which is a banned substance, so care has to be taken with their use. Normally UK organisers are happy with the use of normal inhalers (the amount of steroids contained does not affect performance) but some overseas countries are a lot stricter so an alternative has to be found or a dancer could be accused of taking a banned substance. It's all a bit of a minefield.”
To be fair, if an athlete is in an organisation that works under the WADA banner and compete in countries and events run to WADA regulations for prohibited substances then it doesn't matter where you are based, WADA regs should be followed.
Again, I'm coming at this from cycling viewpoint but if it can be proved an athlete needs a banned substance for medical reasons (basically a doctors note) then there is something called a Theraputic Use Exemption which allows an athlete to take a banned substance 'legally'. Things like bronchodilators are on most cyclists TUE's. (On occasions at TUE can be awarded retroactively after a positive test but that a whole other can o' worms).




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