Dara Torres is featured on E-60 ESPN 2 tonight at 6PM EDST.
The program is geared toward her remarkable goal and chances to swim in the Olympics this summer at 41---
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Interesting article Lindsay.
In the scope of drug cheating, the potential misuse of asthma medications does not alarm experts. Perhaps most important, many of these medications have minimal side effects, such as nausea or the jitters. So, they are relatively safe.
Furthermore, allergists and pulmonologists told Swimming World that asthma medications taken through an inhaler have no performance-enhancing qualities.
"It wouldn't do anything for someone who isn't asthmatic," said Storms, who performed tests on athletes at the U.S. Olympic Committee Training Center. Storms gave healthy athletes albuterol, a short-acting beta-agonist, and found no performance improvement.
Interesting article Lindsay.
In the scope of drug cheating, the potential misuse of asthma medications does not alarm experts. Perhaps most important, many of these medications have minimal side effects, such as nausea or the jitters. So, they are relatively safe.
Furthermore, allergists and pulmonologists told Swimming World that asthma medications taken through an inhaler have no performance-enhancing qualities.
"It wouldn't do anything for someone who isn't asthmatic," said Storms, who performed tests on athletes at the U.S. Olympic Committee Training Center. Storms gave healthy athletes albuterol, a short-acting beta-agonist, and found no performance improvement.
