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Prescod ‘doesn’t take drugs’ for enhanced gaming

truenewj5 months ago04 mins

Former British sprinter Reece Prescod says he will not take performance-enhancing drugs despite signing up for the controversial Enhanced Games. The competition, scheduled for May in Las Vegas, will allow athletes to consume, under medical supervision, substances prohibited in conventional sports. Advertisement The 29-year-old, who retired last year, is the fourth-fastest Briton over 100 metres,…

Victor Conte, who sold undetectable steroids to elite athletes in baseball and track and field, dies at 75

truenewj7 months ago05 mins

Victor Conte, the architect of a scheme to provide undetectable performance-enhancing drugs to professional athletes, including baseball stars Barry Bonds and Jason Giambi and Olympic track and field champion Marion Jones decades ago, has died. He was 75 years old. Conte died on Monday, SNAC System, a sports nutrition company he founded, said in a…