BACKGROUND.The Olympic Games represents a majestic sporting showcase on a uniquely global scale.The Paris 2024 Olympics could mark the start of a new era for the Olympic Movement.This viewpoint focuses on three existe...BACKGROUND.The Olympic Games represents a majestic sporting showcase on a uniquely global scale.The Paris 2024 Olympics could mark the start of a new era for the Olympic Movement.This viewpoint focuses on three existential threats to modern Olympic Games:doping,gender issues,and enhancement,while cutting-edge research and science need to be at the heart of a concerted reaction to restore integrity of competition and protect the concept of“true”sport.Performance enhancement in the context of sport denotes or relates to a drug or other substance or method used with the prospect of improving an athlete’s performance;specifically,substances and methods that enhance any number of components of physical and mental performance,such as agility,speed,strength,power,endurance,and competition preparation and execution.展开更多
文摘BACKGROUND.The Olympic Games represents a majestic sporting showcase on a uniquely global scale.The Paris 2024 Olympics could mark the start of a new era for the Olympic Movement.This viewpoint focuses on three existential threats to modern Olympic Games:doping,gender issues,and enhancement,while cutting-edge research and science need to be at the heart of a concerted reaction to restore integrity of competition and protect the concept of“true”sport.Performance enhancement in the context of sport denotes or relates to a drug or other substance or method used with the prospect of improving an athlete’s performance;specifically,substances and methods that enhance any number of components of physical and mental performance,such as agility,speed,strength,power,endurance,and competition preparation and execution.
