DOPING AND HIGH-LEVEL ENDURANCE WALKERS - KNOWLEDGE AND REPRESENTATION OF A PROHIBITED PRACTICE

The purpose of this study is the representation of doping in high-leve l endurance walkers, based on a sample survey by questionnaire, The an alysis of data shows that for walkers, doping seems only to be conside red through its potential benefits, Increasing performance, wish to wi n and money are the three principal motives to use it, especially anab olic steroids and amphetamines, They think that analgesic injections s hould not be considered as doping, Thus, they are agreeing with drug t esting but not with definition of doping in sport, In their circle, 41 % of all subjects have heard of endurance walkers using ergogenic drug s, The need for better drug education is expressed by these results.