Question

A number of athletes have reportedly improved their performance by a practice called blood doping. A few weeks before an important event, an athlete has some blood drawn. The red blood cells are separated and frozen. Just before competition, the red blood cells are thawed and injected into the athlete. How might blood doping improve performance?

Answer 1

BLOOD DOPING

Blood doping is an illicit method adopted for improving the athletic performance by boosting the blood artificially to improve the ability of the blood to bring more oxygen to muscles and also it increases the amount of hemoglobin that allows the increased amount of oxygen to reach and provides the more fuel for the athlete’s muscles hence this will improve the performance and stamina of an athlete’s especially in long-distance events like running and cycling