Performance enhancers
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
"It would be inappropriate and illegal for any manufacturer of any nutritional supplement to include any unlabeled ingredient, including nandrolone," CRN says Sept. 27, responding to allegations made at the Summer Olympics about mislabeled supplements. U.S. shot putter C.J. Hunter, who did not compete in Sydney, stated his positive drug tests earlier this summer may have resulted from use of nutritional supplements. Nandrolone is an anabolic steroid banned by the International Olympic Committee. Performance-enhancing drugs are the primary focus of the newly established White House Task Force on Drug Use in Sports, formed in August and expected to release a preliminary report early next year (1"The Tan Sheet" Aug. 21, p. 3)