blood doping
noun
: a technique for temporarily improving athletic performance in which oxygen-carrying red blood cells from blood previously withdrawn from an athlete are reinjected just before an event
called also blood packing
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But there’s still a long way to go, from viable sponsorships for women in running, to the allegation that being pregnant is akin to blood doping due to the potentially performance-enhancing hormones released in a pregnant woman’s body.
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Maya Silver, NPR, 22 June 2024
The length — measured in nucleotides, the building blocks of DNA and RNA — of a type of RNA that could expose blood doping.
—Anna Funk, Discover Magazine, 23 Apr. 2019
There was Vinokourov’s own memorable positive, in 2007, for blood doping (one of two on the team).
—Joe Lindsey, Outside Online, 28 Feb. 2015
But if the problem now is blood doping, what explains the difference?
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 16 Mar. 2020
In the late 1960s, blood doping started (also called blood-boosting).
—Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 28 Apr. 2022
Trainers experiment with anything that may give their horses an edge, including chemicals that bulk up pigs and cattle before slaughter, cobra venom, Viagra, blood doping agents, stimulants and cancer drugs.
—New York Times, 9 May 2021
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Maya Silver, NPR, 22 June 2024
The length — measured in nucleotides, the building blocks of DNA and RNA — of a type of RNA that could expose blood doping.
—Anna Funk, Discover Magazine, 23 Apr. 2019
There was Vinokourov’s own memorable positive, in 2007, for blood doping (one of two on the team).
—Joe Lindsey, Outside Online, 28 Feb. 2015
But if the problem now is blood doping, what explains the difference?
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 16 Mar. 2020
In the late 1960s, blood doping started (also called blood-boosting).
—Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 28 Apr. 2022
Trainers experiment with anything that may give their horses an edge, including chemicals that bulk up pigs and cattle before slaughter, cobra venom, Viagra, blood doping agents, stimulants and cancer drugs.
—New York Times, 9 May 2021
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“Blood doping.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blood%20doping. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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