Blood Doping

What does blood doping do to your body?

• increases the amount of red blood cells

• increases the amount of white blood cells

• increases the amount of brain cells

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Where is blood doping used in?

• In tests

• Cycling

• In School

Is blood doping legal?

• Yes

• No

• It's up to you

What is blood doping?

There could be more than one correct answer.

• When you take your own blood out and store it later.

• You inject stored blood before a race.

• Making your blood dumb

What are some ways to catch people blood doping? There could be more than one answer

• check how much red blood cells in the body

• check how old some of the red blood cells

• check for hemoglobin levels

What are side effects for blood doping?

• your blood gets thicker

• you can only do it once

• you get more energy

What is another way instead of blood doping?

• train in the mountains where oxygen is low

• have a car arranged for cycling so you can hold onto it.

• there is no other way

What does an increased red blood cell do?

• you have more blood

• you have less chance to die

• improves your ability to carry oxygen

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How does blood doping give an athlete more energy?

• Blood doping increases the number of red blood cells which allows the athlete to receive more oxygen.

• Blood doping increases the number of mitochondria which allows the athlete to receive more oxygen.

• Blood doping increases the number of red blood cells which allows the athlete to receive more glucose.

True or False: Blood doping is when you trick the body into making more red blood cells.

• True, blood doping MAKES more red blood cells.

• False, blood doping injects MORE red blood cells.

• False, blood doping creates more glucose which is used for energy.

• True, blood doping tells the body there aren't enough red blood cells and your body makes more.