An Introduction to Drugs in Sport: Addicted to Winning? Book

Preface ix

Introduction 1

1 Drug use in sport: problems of involvement and detachment 9

2 The emergence of drug use as a problem in modern sport: sport, health and drugs 16

3 The emergence of drug use as a problem in modern sport: fair play, cheating and the 'spirit of sport' 35

4 Theories of drug use in elite level sport 48

5 Drug use in elite level sport: towards a sociological understanding 64

6 The other side of sports medicine: sports medicine and the development of performance-enhancing drugs 83

7 The recent history of drug use in British sport: a case study 102

8 Drug use in professional cycling: a case study 129

9 Drug use in professional football: a case study 155

10 The establishment of the World Anti-Doping Agency 179

11 Anti-doping policies in sport: whither WADA? 200

12 Anti-doping policies in sport: new directions? 217

Notes 235

Bibliography 238

Index 251