Sex, drugs and science : the IOC’s and IAAF’s attempts to control fairness in sport
Deutscher übersetzter Titel: | Geschlecht, Drogen und Wissenschaft : die Versuche des IOC und der IAAF, Fairness im Sport zu kontrollieren |
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Autor: | Krieger, Jörg; Pieper, Lindsay Parks; Ritchie, Ian |
Erschienen in: | Sport in society |
Veröffentlicht: | 22 (2019), 9 (The Blend of Science and Sport), S. 1555-1573, Lit. |
Format: | Literatur (SPOLIT) |
Publikationstyp: | Zeitschriftenartikel |
Medienart: | Elektronische Ressource (online) Gedruckte Ressource |
Sprache: | Englisch |
ISSN: | 1743-0437, 1743-0445, 1461-0981 |
DOI: | 10.1080/17430437.2018.1435004 |
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Erfassungsnummer: | PU201907005262 |
Quelle: | BISp |
Abstract des Autors
This paper traces the history of two important policies in sport: rules against drugs and ‘ambiguous’ athletes in women’s events. We identify three phases in the work of the International Olympic Committee’s and International Amateur Athletic Federation’s medical committees: (1) from the mid-1960s to the 1970s, the medical grounding of the committees and the members’ worldviews encouraged the groups to enlist scientific techniques to solve drug use and sex ambiguity issues; (2) from the 1970s to the 1980s, administrative confusion underscored both committees, but scientific personnel gained legitimacy and furthered their own agendas; and (3) from the 1980s to the mid-1980s, the seeds of diversion in sex and drug tests were sown. The central finding of this study is that the stakeholders who shaped anti-doping and sex testing policies took for granted concerns regarding ethics and instead increasingly relied upon medical, scientific, and technical practices to define and control fairness in sport.