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[SIZE=-1]USA Today [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Two Brazilian soccer teams denied they are considering combatting the effects of playing at high altitudes during Copa Libertadores by using Via[/SIZE][SIZE=-1]gra, a drug being studied by the World Anti-Doping Agency for its potential use as a performance enhancer.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]The issue emerged this week when Brazilian reporters asked a Gremio trainer, Alarico Endres, about possibly using Viagra -- the blue pill commonly associated with treating sexual dysfunction in men -- during the South American championship. [...][/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]"We're going to analyze everything that could benefit the players in (high) altitude," Endres responded. [...[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]"Gremio would never use professional athletes to experiment with a drug," Bolzoni said. "If it is proven that it enhances an athlete's performance, its use will be immediately considered as doping."[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Palmeiras team doctor Claudio Pavanelli told the GloboEsporte Web site: "Viagra may be a potent vascular dilator, but it is no use pumping more blood to the muscle if it does not have the capacity to receive it. It would be like equipping an old car with a bigger gas tank but keeping the same engine." [/SIZE][SIZE=-1]...[/SIZE]
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/2009-01-14-3404396121_x.htm&cid=0&ei=XFluSZijM4uQmAfel-i2Bw&usg=AFQjCNHr_k8ex9D8k4g5WriuLn-IKsYsNA
[SIZE=-1]USA Today [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Two Brazilian soccer teams denied they are considering combatting the effects of playing at high altitudes during Copa Libertadores by using Via[/SIZE][SIZE=-1]gra, a drug being studied by the World Anti-Doping Agency for its potential use as a performance enhancer.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]The issue emerged this week when Brazilian reporters asked a Gremio trainer, Alarico Endres, about possibly using Viagra -- the blue pill commonly associated with treating sexual dysfunction in men -- during the South American championship. [...][/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]"We're going to analyze everything that could benefit the players in (high) altitude," Endres responded. [...[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]"Gremio would never use professional athletes to experiment with a drug," Bolzoni said. "If it is proven that it enhances an athlete's performance, its use will be immediately considered as doping."[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Palmeiras team doctor Claudio Pavanelli told the GloboEsporte Web site: "Viagra may be a potent vascular dilator, but it is no use pumping more blood to the muscle if it does not have the capacity to receive it. It would be like equipping an old car with a bigger gas tank but keeping the same engine." [/SIZE][SIZE=-1]...[/SIZE]
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