Antidoping control in Brazil: history, current situation, and prospects for the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games.
Brazil will soon host two major sporting events: the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. Given the importance of antidoping control during these competitions, it is important that the scientific community receive a status update on antidoping control in Brazil. In this brief communication, the authors present the status of antidoping control in Brazil from an historical perspective, both the benefits and difficulties to be faced by antidoping control during these events, and the legacy resulting from the efficacy of the drug testing performed during these competitions.
1Department of Biophysics and Physiology of University Federal of Piauí (UFPI) , Teresina, Piaui , Brazil.
Marcos Antonio Pereira dos
MA
Santos
Alexandre Sérgio
AS
Silva
Sergio Luiz Galan
SL
Ribeiro
Azenildo Moura
AM
Santos
D001938:Brazil; D004300:Doping in Sports / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D015813:Substance Abuse Detection / Q000266:history*
Brazil; antidoping; drug testing