Consequences of Doping

When athletes dope there are consequences and these consequences can be wide-reaching – perhaps more than you thought. Not only is there a ban from all sports but they also affect an athlete’s career and their personal life.

• Long-term health issues
• Stigma – public scrutiny, labeled a drug cheat
• Loss of identify through not being able to participate in sport,
• End of career
• Loss of competition results, medals, titles, records, prize money
• Guilt, shame, embarrassment
• Loss of friends