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It seems that the USADA-UFC ban on using IVs (i.e. for rehydration) isn't policed in any meaningful way.
You've got incident's like Ryan Lochte and Paulo Costa using IVs, that only came out because footage emerged of them actually using them. USADA never would have caught this behaviour without the video evidence. How many more UFC fighters are illegally using IV rehydration without getting caught?
It is completely unacceptable that there is not a reliable method for policing the use of IV rehydration. USADA needs to put money into spectrophotometry* tests that can detect fresh injection sites on human skin. Every athlete should undergo mandatory physical examinations for IV injection sites twice on the day of their fights. If they are flagged for potential IV injection, then their blood should be required by rules (refusing = PED violation) to look for the microplastic particles that enter your blood after IV use.
https://www.thecut.com/2018/07/ryan-lochte-scam-banned-from-swimming.html
https://prommanow.com/2018/10/26/sc...o-costa-getting-an-iv-before-hendricks-fight/
You've got incident's like Ryan Lochte and Paulo Costa using IVs, that only came out because footage emerged of them actually using them. USADA never would have caught this behaviour without the video evidence. How many more UFC fighters are illegally using IV rehydration without getting caught?
It is completely unacceptable that there is not a reliable method for policing the use of IV rehydration. USADA needs to put money into spectrophotometry* tests that can detect fresh injection sites on human skin. Every athlete should undergo mandatory physical examinations for IV injection sites twice on the day of their fights. If they are flagged for potential IV injection, then their blood should be required by rules (refusing = PED violation) to look for the microplastic particles that enter your blood after IV use.
https://www.thecut.com/2018/07/ryan-lochte-scam-banned-from-swimming.html
https://prommanow.com/2018/10/26/sc...o-costa-getting-an-iv-before-hendricks-fight/