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Blood Doping

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blood doping,
the administration of blood, red blood cells, or related blood products to an athlete to enhance performance, often preceded by the withdrawal of blood so that training continues in a blood-depleted state.
Blood Doping
A maneuver in which an athlete places a unit of autologous blood in storage to be transfused immediately before an endurance event—e.g., a long-distance race—resulting in increased athletic performance due to better O2 delivery to the tissues
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