British Dance Edition London 2012
STORY HIGHLIGHTS. Artificial ways of enhancing performance is as old as organized sport itself. Dick Pound: 'They say drugs can make 1% of a difference, but 1% is huge!' They say drugs can make 1% of a difference, but one percent over the distance of 100m is a tenth of a second, that's huge!
Dick Pound, former president of WADA'More red blood cells brings more oxygen to the muscles, so the athlete has more energy. That's why some athletes take blood transfusions before their races, to boost this count.' Stimulants can increase heart rate, human growth hormone promotes muscle and bone growth and reduces body fat. It can help strength, power, stamina, improves recovery time so you can train harder and for longer. But archers may take drugs that have the opposite affects, to reduce the tremor in their hands,' Pound told CNN.' They say drugs can make 1% of a difference, but 1% over the distance of 100m is a tenth of a second, that's huge! You can imagine what it would do over a marathon.'
Because all these drugs are under the radar and their use is covert we don't have test groups to know what damage this does to the human body. But you could expect liver damage, high blood pressure, androgynization of females. If you take EPO your blood becomes like sludge, your heart can't pump this stuff through the system.'
What is new for London 2012?The London Games is the first to use a private company, in this case GlaxoSmithKline, to help provide logistics for drug screening. Professor David Cowan, director of King's College London's Drug Control Center and chief scientist for the Games, is in charge of the GSK lab.'
These laboratories are the most high-tech labs in the history of the Olympics, analyzing more samples than ever before,' Cowan told CNN. 'Across the range of instruments in the lab, we reckon we can pick up things you haven't even thought of and we can test retrospectively if new drugs are developed.' 'I think we'll soon be away from the days where designer drugs beat the analyst. I'm hoping this will be the Games that actually prove that.'
At London 2012, the athletes themselves seal the bottles and fill in the paperwork, in order to minimize the contamination risk, and only then are the samples opened by a specialist in the testing lab.Which athletes are screened?Screening operates in the following way:- Athletes are screened in the run-up to the Games and can face repeat tests after the competition period of July 27-August 12.- The first five finishers in every event are chaperoned immediately to give mandatory tests, with samples of both blood and urine taken, and then from another two athletes at random. We're catching maybe 20% of the sophisticated users, it's a big problem Dick Pound, former president of WADA- Samples are collected straight after the event at the relevant venue and split into two lots: 'A' and 'B.'
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Born in Barnsley – South Yorkshire, Gary Clarke trained at The Electric Theatre Studios and The Northern School of Contemporary Dance where he graduated in 2001 with a Bachelor of Performing Arts Dance Degree.Since graduating, Gary has established himself as an award winning choreographer who has built a national reputation for creating innovative theatrical dance works. He has a wealth of experience in creating site-specific works (in pubs, clubs, graveyards and galleries) as well as full-length productions for stage. Described by The Times as ‘ Outstanding‘ Gary’s choreography is thought provoking, visually striking and explores themes in popular and political culture.ChoreographerGary has created an impressive body of small scale touring work including Parade (2004), Horsemeat (2006), 2 Men & a Michael (2010), Bagofti (2011), Menage a Trois (2012) and The Deep (2013) which have received both critical and audience acclaim and have toured extensively both nationally and internationally.