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 illegally improve athletic performance

Examples of doping in a Sentence

increased efforts to detect doping at the Olympic Games

Recent Examples on the Web

Four years ago, the women’s figure skating event was the absolute nadir of the Beijing Winter Games, after a trio of teenagers from Russia finished the competition in tears under the cloud of a positive doping test by Kamila Valieva. —Sara Germano, Sportico.com, 23 Feb. 2026

Petrosian, who trains with controversial coach Eteri Tutberidze, whose student was implicated in a doping scandal at the 2022 Olympics, attempted a quadruple toe loop but fell on the jump. —Alice Park, Time, 20 Feb. 2026

Petrosian is coached by Eteri Tutberidze, the controversial and prolific women's coach whose many former charges include Kamila Valieva — the Russian skater who was disqualified from the 2022 Olympics over a doping scandal. —Rachel Treisman, NPR, 17 Feb. 2026

The International Skating Union (ISU) increased the age limit for international competition after the Beijing Olympics when then-15-year-old Kamila Valieva was caught in a doping scandal that rocked the Games. —Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1900, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing doping

• blood doping

Rhymes for doping

• coping
• groping
• hoping
• loping
• moping
• oping
• roping
• scoping
• sloping
• stoping

Medical Definition

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