Athletes banned from using Oxygen by the World Anti-Doping Agency

Bottled or canned oxygen use has been officially banned from training and competitions in any sport governed by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

According to an official statement from WADA, bottled or canned oxygen falls under the Prohibited Methods, Section M1: Enhancement of oxygen transfer: “Artificially enhancing the uptake, transport or delivery of oxygen is prohibited.” Therefore, based on this definition, any device that supplies oxygen and fulfills any of those criteria is a prohibited method in sport.

By referring to Section M1, WADA is evaluating bottled or canned oxygen from the same perspective as potentially dangerous oxygen delivering methods like blood doping, modified haemoglobin products, efaproxiral (RSR13) and perfluorocarbons. This comparison is VERY unreasonable from a risk assessment standpoint. Oxygen has been used safely in medical treatments for a long time, whereas the other methods specifically cited under this ruling are known to have potentially serious side effects.

When considering the actual nature of recreational canned oxygen, it is surprising that WADA would even consider banning it, for the following reasons:

1). It is not considered a drug by the FDA and is completely safe in the doses provided.

2). It has never been scientifically proven to enhance athletic performance.

3). It is publicly available and not cost prohibitive, so any athlete can easily obtain it. Therefore it would not jeopardize the true “spirit of sport.”

4). There is no way to effectively test for it, so the athletes who continue to train with oxygen and defy the rules would never get caught or penalized.

Don’t these reasons listed above contradict all of the guidelines we have come to expect WADA to consider when banning a substance or method?

Most people find this ruling VERY difficult to accept, especially since the National Football League (NFL), one of the largest and most respected sports organizations in the world, allows its players to PUBLICLY use oxygen on the sidelines during games without restriction, as was clearly demonstrated in this year’s Super Bowl.

Something is definitely amiss with WADA’s decision making process here. Either that, or they have grown in scale to the point where they do not feel they need to justify their actions to the athletes they are supposed to be protecting and governing.

For a full, more detailed version of this press release, go to: www.oxygen4energy.com/wada-bans-oxygen.html

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