7. Drug use
throughout the
Olympic Games
Drug use dates back to even the ancient Olympics when athletes would eat lizard meat
prepared in a special way. The first recorded drug use that helped the user perform was in 1904
- the 3rd modern Olympics, the user was Thomas Hicks – a marathon runner. He was given 1/60
of a grain (about a milligram) of strychnine and some brandy by his assistants as he was not
feeling well, and when the dose didn’t revive him they gave him another one. As a result, he
collapsed after the race – another dose may have been fatal. Back then using drugs was not
agenised the rules as they didn’t realise it gives the athlete and edge on their opponents but
after they saw what happened to Thomas Hicks, they banned the drugs that he used.
Nowadays drug use in prohibited in the Olympics. Part of the reason may have been
that during the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, a cyclist competing in the road race from Danish
called Knud Enemark Jensen fell off his bike during the race and later died. They soon found out
that the reason of his death was that he took amphetamine, which caused his unconsciousness.
Jensen’s death showed the world not only how professionals are using drugs today but also how
lethal they can be. 7 years later (1967) the IOC (International Olympic Committee) banned the
use of PED (Performance Enhancing Drugs).
One year later (1968) during the Olympic Games in Mexico City, a Swedish pentathlete
– Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall – failed his drug test and later admitted he had “a few beers” to calm
his nerves. Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall was the first athlete to be disqualified from the Olympics due
to alcohol/drug use.
8. Drug use
throughout the
Olympic Games
Drug use dates back to even the ancient Olympics when athletes would eat lizard meat
prepared in a special way. The first recorded drug use that helped the user perform was in 1904
- the 3rd modern Olympics, the user was Thomas Hicks – a marathon runner. He was given 1/60
of a grain (about a milligram) of strychnine and some brandy by his assistants as he was not
feeling well, and when the dose didn’t revive him they gave him another one. As a result, he
collapsed after the race – another dose may have been fatal. Back then using drugs was not
agenised the rules as they didn’t realise it gives the athlete and edge on their opponents but
after they saw what happened to Thomas Hicks, they banned the drugs that he used.
Nowadays drug use in prohibited in the Olympics. Part of the reason may have been
that during the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, a cyclist competing in the road race from Danish
called Knud Enemark Jensen fell off his bike during the race and later died. They soon found out
that the reason of his death was that he took amphetamine, which caused his unconsciousness.
Jensen’s death showed the world not only how professionals are using drugs today but also how
lethal they can be. 7 years later (1967) the IOC (International Olympic Committee) banned the
use of PED (Performance Enhancing Drugs).
One year later (1968) during the Olympic Games in Mexico City, a Swedish pentathlete
– Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall – failed his drug test and later admitted he had “a few beers” to calm
his nerves. Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall was the first athlete to be disqualified from the Olympics due
to alcohol/drug use.
13. Usain Bolt
Usain Bolt is an amazing athlete and competes in the 100m, 150m,
200m and 4x100m relay. I think he displays both Pursuit of
Excellence and Joy in effort values.
14. Usain Bolt
Usain Bolt is an amazing athlete and competes in the 100m, 150m,
200m and 4x100m relay. I think he displays both Pursuit of
Excellence and Joy in effort values.
Usain St. Leo Bolt was born on the 21 of August 1986 in Trelawney, Jamaica.
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He currently holds 4 World Records for his sprinting and has had 6 (Gold)
Olympic medals.
15. Usain Bolt
Usain Bolt is an amazing athlete and competes in the 100m, 150m,
200m and 4x100m relay. I think he displays both Pursuit of
Excellence and Joy in effort values.
Usain St. Leo Bolt was born on the 21 of August 1986 in Trelawney, Jamaica.
st
He currently holds 4 World Records for his sprinting and has had 6 (Gold)
Olympic medals.
Bolt tries his hardest every time he sprints and is yet to use drugs in his
running. During the 2004 CARIFT games in Hamilton, he won his race. But
while he was doing this he was also beating someone on drugs. This makes
him one of the most amazing athletes ever.
16. Usain Bolt
Usain Bolt is an amazing athlete and competes in the 100m, 150m,
200m and 4x100m relay. I think he displays both Pursuit of
Excellence and Joy in effort values.
Usain St. Leo Bolt was born on the 21 of August 1986 in Trelawney, Jamaica.
st
He currently holds 4 World Records for his sprinting and has had 6 (Gold)
Olympic medals.
Bolt tries his hardest every time he sprints and is yet to use drugs in his
running. During the 2004 CARIFT games in Hamilton, he won his race. But
while he was doing this he was also beating someone on drugs. This makes
him one of the most amazing athletes ever.
17. Usain Bolt
Usain Bolt is an amazing athlete and competes in the 100m, 150m,
200m and 4x100m relay. I think he displays both Pursuit of
Excellence and Joy in effort values.
Usain St. Leo Bolt was born on the 21 of August 1986 in Trelawney, Jamaica.
st
He currently holds 4 World Records for his sprinting and has had 6 (Gold)
Olympic medals.
Bolt tries his hardest every time he sprints and is yet to use drugs in his
running. During the 2004 CARIFT games in Hamilton, he won his race. But
while he was doing this he was also beating someone on drugs. This makes
him one of the most amazing athletes ever.
Usain bolt trains 56 hours a week as on Sundays he
goes to church. For me that makes him very
committed. At the end of every race he will
celebrate like there’s no tomorrow. In the picture
on the right he is doing one of his famous poses
called ‘The Bolt’. He will also often kiss the ground.
No wonder the press love him!
22. Shin A-Lam
Shin A-Lam is a South Korean Fencer. She was born on the 23rd of
September, 1986 in Geumsan, Chungcheongnam-do. Shin competes
in the individual epée and the team epée.
23. Shin A-Lam
Shin A-Lam is a South Korean Fencer. She was born on the 23rd of
September, 1986 in Geumsan, Chungcheongnam-do. Shin competes
in the individual epée and the team epée.
This year at the London 2012 Olympic Games, Shin A-lam competed in the
individual and team epée. After progressing to the semi finals, she faced
German fencer Britta Heinemann for a spot in the finals and a guaranteed
medal for her country. After 5, minutes the clock reached zero. And having 5
points each they reset the clock to one second. Now either person had to get
5 points in 1 second.
24. Shin A-Lam
Shin A-Lam is a South Korean Fencer. She was born on the 23rd of
September, 1986 in Geumsan, Chungcheongnam-do. Shin competes
in the individual epée and the team epée.
This year at the London 2012 Olympic Games, Shin A-lam competed in the
individual and team epée. After progressing to the semi finals, she faced
German fencer Britta Heinemann for a spot in the finals and a guaranteed
medal for her country. After 5, minutes the clock reached zero. And having 5
points eachthat was exactly whatto one Heinemann did. Shin A-Lam and her
Amazingly they reset the clock Britta second. Now either person had to get
5 points protested that the hits should not count, so Shin had to wait for an
coaches in 1 second.
hour for the video officials to make their call and broke into tears in front of
the world in about 5 minutes. But after lots of tears, complaining, replays
and drama the video officials still stuck with their decisions.
25. Shin A-Lam
Shin A-Lam is a South Korean Fencer. She was born on the 23rd of
September, 1986 in Geumsan, Chungcheongnam-do. Shin competes
in the individual epée and the team epée.
This year at the London 2012 Olympic Games, Shin A-lam competed in the
individual and team epée. After progressing to the semi finals, she faced
German fencer Britta Heinemann for a spot in the finals and a guaranteed
medal for her country. After 5, minutes the clock reached zero. And having 5
points eachthat was exactly whatto one Heinemann did. Shin A-Lam and her
Amazingly they reset the clock Britta second. Now either person had to get
5 points protested that the hits should not count, so Shin had to wait for an
coaches in 1 second.
hour for the video officials to make their call and broke into tears in front of
the world in about 5 minutes. But after lots of tears, complaining, replays
and drama the video officials stay stuck with their decisions. protest, still in
Shin decided that she would still put on the fencing strip in
tears. This is very poor sportsman ship. After 30 minutes some other
officials came out and offered her a special medal, which she refused saying
“It does not make me feel better because it's not an Olympic medal. I don't
accept the result because I believe it was a mistake."
Shin won a silver medal five days later in the team epée.
