Help Contest WADA's Ban on Recreational Oxygen Use in Training and Competition
Thank you for joining our
campaign
to get the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to reverse its ruling on recreation
canned oxygen use in training and competition.
If you would like to learn more
about recreational canned oxygen before making your decision to support our
cause, click here to
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To support our cause, fill
in the simple fields below and click "submit" to have this form letter sent
straight to WADA on your behalf. You will also be sent a copy for your records.
We will also be submitting a
formal document to WADA's Executive Committee. If you are a medical or sports
fitness expert and would like to offer your expertise, please send an
email to:
support@oxygen4energy.com. We will need as many experts as possible to
contribute to and co-sign the document in order to gain WADA's full attention in
this matter.
Thank you again for your
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Dear WADA
Executive Committee,
I am
writing to you with regard to your stance on recreational canned oxygen
(defined as non-medical, oxygen enriched air, delivered from a can by low
pressure via a mask or spray nozzle).
I truly
believe in everything you stand for, however, I do not agree with your rule
banning recreational canned oxygen from training and competition for the
following reasons:
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It is
not a drug by FDA guidelines.
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It is
completely safe in the doses supplied.
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It
contains only naturally occurring ingredients: oxygen and ambient air.
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There is no
documented research to indicate that recreational canned oxygen given in the doses
supplied actually enhances athletic performance any more than energy gels,
sports drinks, recovery drinks, and protein supplements.
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There is no
documented research to indicate that recreational canned oxygen given in the doses
supplied changes the physiology of an athlete to give them an unfair advantage
over other athletes (as with steroids, blood doping, EPO, HGH and other banned
substances and methods).
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It is readily
available and affordable, so every athlete has access to it. Therefore, it does not violate the true "spirit of sport" by
giving some athletes an unfair advantage over other athletes.
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Since there is
no way to test for it, inevitably there will be athletes that knowingly defy
your rules and continue to train with oxygen privately. By lifting your ban on
recreational canned oxygen, you will level the playing field between ALL
athletes and reinforce the true "spirit of sport" that you are responsible for
upholding. As it stands, your ruling may actually penalize athletes who
are honest and believe in playing by the rules (because the ones who break the
rules, in this case, will not be caught).
If you allow the
use of energy gels, sports drinks, recovery drinks and protein supplements
in training and competition, banning recreational canned oxygen
seems unreasonable. These products are all safe and help to improve athletic performance in similar fashions, so it seems hypocritical to judge one differently than the others.
From time to time, new technology and products will arise
that simply help athletes enhance their performance safely and ethically. In all
fairness to athletes, it is WADA's responsibility to fully investigate these
advancements quickly and come to CONSISTENT judgments based on defined
guidelines. In contrast to most judicial systems, I feel that you
have unfairly presumed recreational canned oxygen "guilty before being proven
innocent," instead of the other way around. Making decisions without a clear protocol or without substantiating data is not in the best interest of WADA or its athletes.
I ask that you
please reconsider your ruling on recreational canned oxygen for the betterment of
sport and to keep the impeccable reputation of WADA intact.
Respectfully
Submitted,
[Your Name Here]
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