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In the 1904 Summer Olympics, one of the first times PEDS(Performance Enhancing Drugs) were used in 20th Century happened to be when runner Thomas Hicks collapsed on the track after digesting a mixture of heroin and coccaine before game to help his performance. This was a common practice for many athletes until coccaine and heroin only became used for prescription in the 1920s.
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The IAAF ( International Association of Athletics Federation) , the governing body of track and field had become the first sports organization to put a ban against performance enhancing drugs.
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Danish cyclist Knut Jensen collapsed on the track during the 1960 Olympics. The collapsed fractured his skull and he died as a result of the incident. Doctors later found that Jensenthat Jensen had an amphetimene called Ronicol in his body at the time.
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After Tommy Simpson's death, the International Olympic Committee starts a crackdown on the use of PED's.
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Cyclist Tommy Simpson dies during 13th stage of Tour De France. Simpson was one of Britain's most popular cyclists and this event causes sports agencies to start a crack down PEDs.
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Dancer's Image became the only horse in history of Kentucky Derby to be punished after steroids were found in his urine sample.
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Canadian Sprinter Ben Johnson gets stripped of his Gold Medal at the 1988 Olympics after testing positive for stanozolol, an anabolic steroid. Johnson would later be banned from life after a second test in 1993.
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Major League Baseball commisioner Fay Vincent bans use of steroids. many teams were unaware of this policy as it was put under the rug and not very public.
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Alex Rodriguez admits to using banned substances like anabolic steroids during the 2001-2003 seasons.
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Baseball legends Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens are both caught lying to Federal Judges about using steroids. Both incidents happen within a year and baseball's image would be tainted forever.
