: the use of a substance (such as an anabolic steroid or erythropoietin) or technique (such as blood doping) to illegally improve athletic performance
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increased efforts to detect doping at the Olympic Games
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Special doping agents boosted its performance further.
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Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2025
According to Scanagatta, not even a three-month doping ban earlier this year – deemed to be accidental and linked to a physio applying an over-the-counter spray – could tarnish his golden-boy image.
—George Ramsay, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025
In June 2012, the USADA accused Armstrong of using, possessing and trafficking PEDs and covering up doping violations.
—Emily Krauser, People.com, 24 Aug. 2025
The decision to give him the No 10 shirt and take it from Mykhailo Mudryk, who is provisionally suspended after a positive doping test, said a lot about how Chelsea regard the futures of both players.
—The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025
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Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2025
According to Scanagatta, not even a three-month doping ban earlier this year – deemed to be accidental and linked to a physio applying an over-the-counter spray – could tarnish his golden-boy image.
—George Ramsay, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025
In June 2012, the USADA accused Armstrong of using, possessing and trafficking PEDs and covering up doping violations.
—Emily Krauser, People.com, 24 Aug. 2025
The decision to give him the No 10 shirt and take it from Mykhailo Mudryk, who is provisionally suspended after a positive doping test, said a lot about how Chelsea regard the futures of both players.
—The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025
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“Doping.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doping. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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doping
noun
dop·ing
ˈdō-piŋ 
: the use of a substance (such as an anabolic steroid or erythropoietin) or technique (such as blood doping) to improve athletic performance and that is typically banned in competitive sports
… nearly two dozen athletes … have been banned from the Olympics in the last two weeks for doping violations.—Philip Hersh, The Chicago Tribune
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