The International Cycling Union (UCI) announced on Thursday that it will propose to its Management Committee that ban the “use of carbon monoxide” of runners for medical reasons.
«This decision will be made of the executive body of the federation at its next meeting, which will be held in Arras (France) on January 31 and February 1», indicated the organization in a statement.
This initiative represents another step by the UCI after it asked the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) at the end of November to “express” itself on this issue.legal but potentially controversial technique, used in the past by riders such as Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard.
At the last Tour de France, specialist website Escape Collective revealed that at least three teams -UAE, Visma and Israel PT- used carbon monoxide inhalation to measure hemoglobin mass and, by extension, the benefits of altitude on the body.
The site explains that, if used repeatedlythe procedure can be abused create artificial hypoxia by recreating the effects of exertion at altitudealready may amount to doping.
Tadej Pogacar’s Emirati team on Tuesday denounced a “sensational” article that speculated about a twenty-year-old scheme that was “too complicated” to avoid. He also indicated that he would stop using the method, as the tests conducted within 18 months were inconclusive.
He carbon monoxide it is a odorless poisonous gas which are often caused by accidents at home. Inhaled at low doses and under strict security conditions, This gas is used in medicine as a tracer to measure the pulmonary diffusion of oxygen or the total mass of hemoglobin.
However, when inhaled repeatedly in non-medical conditions, it can cause side effects such as headache, fatigue, nausea, vomiting, chest pain, difficulty breathing and even loss of consciousness.
The ICU He added that “these health effects and the total ignorance of the long-term effects of Repeated inhalation of carbon monoxide justifies the prohibition of the use of this gas for medical reasons. however, its use in a medical environmentby competent medical personnel and in the strict context of evaluating the total mass of hemoglobin, will still be allowed».
Source: La Verdad
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