--- title: Cheating and doping, as reported — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Cheating and doping, as reported», a lesson of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Doping means using banned drugs or methods to get an edge, and it cheats twice: it robs the clean athletes who lost, and it risks the ch --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/64-cheating-and-doping-as-reported/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/) / Cheating and doping, as reported # Cheating and doping, as reported Lesson 64 of the medicine course of Mova's primary school: 14 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/medicine/64-cheating-and-doping-as-reported/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/64-cheating-and-doping-as-reported/0/) — Doping means using banned drugs or methods to get an edge, and it cheats twice: it robs the clean athletes who lost, and it risks the cheat's own body, because drugs strong enough to change a body can harm the heart, liver and growth. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/64-cheating-and-doping-as-reported/2/) — Cheats can't relax: testers can turn up at home or at training without warning, samples are stored for up to ten years and tested again with newer methods, and some London 2012 medals were taken back years later and given to the athletes who had been cheated. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/64-cheating-and-doping-as-reported/3/) — Cheating isn't only drugs: a handball goal, sandpaper on a cricket ball or a hidden motor in a bike all break the rules, whether the referee sees it or not. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/64-cheating-and-doping-as-reported/4/) — As widely reported, Lance Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles in 2012 for doping and admitted it in 2013. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/64-cheating-and-doping-as-reported/5/) — Drugs like EPO thicken the blood, which can raise the risk of dangerous clots. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/64-cheating-and-doping-as-reported/7/) — Ben Johnson won the 1988 Olympic 100 m in Seoul in 9.79 seconds but was stripped of the gold days later after testing positive for a steroid, and the gold went to Carl Lewis. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/64-cheating-and-doping-as-reported/8/) — Athletes who are tested are responsible for anything in their body, and some cold medicines and supplements contain banned substances, so they check every medicine with a doctor or pharmacist. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/64-cheating-and-doping-as-reported/9/) — Top athletes must tell testers where they will be for a 1-hour slot every day of the year, and testing also happens out of competition without warning. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/64-cheating-and-doping-as-reported/10/) — Doping samples can be stored for up to 10 years and retested; several London 2012 medals were later taken back and passed to other athletes. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/64-cheating-and-doping-as-reported/11/) — Steroids are not protein; they can damage the heart and liver, cause bad acne and mood swings, and in teenagers stop growth early. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/64-cheating-and-doping-as-reported/12/) — A serious first doping offence can bring a ban of up to 4 years. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/64-cheating-and-doping-as-reported/14/) — In 2018 in Cape Town, Australian cricketers were caught changing the ball with sandpaper; Steve Smith and David Warner were banned for 12 months and Cameron Bancroft for 9. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/64-cheating-and-doping-as-reported/15/) — In 2016 a cyclist was found with a hidden motor in her bike at the cyclo-cross world championships and was banned for 6 years. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/64-cheating-and-doping-as-reported/16/) — Anyone offered something to «bulk up» should say no and tell an adult. - ← previous: [Famous athletes and what being a professional takes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/63-famous-athletes-and-what-being-a-professional-takes/) - next →: [VAR rows, referees, fans and rivalries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/65-var-rows-referees-fans-and-rivalries/) - ↑ back to [Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/)