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Nurenvander Press Translated By: Vandergand Translations, Inc. Edited By: Schatzi Defler The Newest Doping Scandal: Semen

In the midst of a series international doping scandals, another bomb has just hit. Officials in three anti-doping agencies have just released information that Semen Doping is becoming a more commonplace practice amongst athletes worldwide. They say that the usage is raging in sports from professional speed skating to boxing. Allegations stem from the admissions of four former Olympic athletes who have remained anonymous up to this point. Starting in the early 1970's in modern day Ukraine, many power lifters from the region began this unsafe practice. Believing that virility and power could be harnessed from their seed, these athletes would orally ingest their own semen on a regular basis to increase their athletic prowess. Additionally, many went as far as to ingest other younger men's semen believing that it could be a modern day fountain of youth. From there, it has slowly spread throughout the athletic community.

In regard to its effectiveness, it is not, in fact, a fountain of youth. However, it is definitely a means of increasing muscle mass and decreasing recovery time. Studies have shown that the blood-group antigens, glutathione, choline, and creatine mixture found in human and bull semen has the ability to alter human muscle growth in dramatic ways. This combination is on par with what bodybuilders would call a "light steroid" , and it has doping officials in an uproar.

The problem for anti-doping officials with this situation is two fold. For one, diseases. Many blood born pathogens and sexually transmitted diseases can be transmitted via semen consumption. The list includes such diseases as H.I.V., Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis C, which are all deadly. The second problem rests in the fact that officials do not know how to go about testing for athletes who are consuming their own or another's semen. One Harvard Medical School professor theorizes that a blood scan could possibly show foreign DNA in an athlete's body, which could indicate semen abuse; however, this theory has not yet been adequately tested. Overall, the fear in the anti-doping community is that this practice could lead to outbreaks of very serious illness amongst athletes and go unchecked as a result of inadequate testing methods.

And even if testing is developed, the current guidelines set in place by athletic commissions around the world have not yet outlawed this archaic behavior. Many officials believe that such guidelines could take years to develop, and by that time, many athletes may have unknowingly infected themselves with fatal diseases.

Currently, there are two fertility clinics in Western Europe that have filed claims of theft of male semen, which was unheard before. The claims cannot be directly linked to semen doping, but officials believe that they might be related. Other fertility clinics in the areas have been told to increase their security measures and inventory control.

There is much more to come in this saga and other doping scandals. For right now, the sports institutions are sitting with their heads hung low.