http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/aurora-andruska/ Aurora Andruska is the Chief Executive Officer the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA). ASADA’s purpose is to protect Australia’s sporting integrity through the elimination of doping. Aurora joined ASADA in May 2010 after serving as Deputy CEO of Centrelink. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/allowing-doping-in-sport-would-put-lives-at-risk/ This week’s article by George Galanis in The Punch was an interesting read. But, I’m afraid to say, it mistakenly perpetuated the myth that somehow it is medically safe to use performance enhancing substances in sport.  Doping has been around as long as competitive sport itself. However, in modern history one of the major catalysts for the prevention of doping in sport was the deaths of athletes resulting directly from doping. The reality is that athletes have indeed died during and straight after competition because they have doped. The death of Danish cyclist Knud Enemark Jensen during competition at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome (the autopsy revealed traces of amphetamine) increased the pressure for sports authorities to introduce drug testing. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Aurora Andruska) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/allowing-doping-in-sport-would-put-lives-at-risk/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/allowing-doping-in-sport-would-put-lives-at-risk/#item4037 Wed, 15 Sep 2010 19:25:01 +0000 Aurora Andruska | Author bios | The Punch