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Oxygen chamber company to sue Japan Anti-Doping Agency for lost sales
[SIZE=-1]Mainichi Daily News, Japan [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]An American company that manufactures and sells high-pressure oxygen chambers, used by athletes to recover from fatigue, is poised to file a damages suit against the Japan Anti-Doping Agency (JADA) early next month for causing a sharp decline in sales, it emerged on Friday.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]According to the Japanese arm of American company OxyHealth, sales of its portable hyperbaric chambers have dropped dramatically since the JADA in June expressed its view that use of the capsules should be avoided because they might artificially enhance the intake, carrying and supply of oxygen, which could be considered as doping.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]OxyHealth, whose lost earnings from the previous year totaled nearly 1 billion yen, is currently bringing judicial proceedings against the JADA, its Japanese arm said.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]After the JADA recommendation in June, Japanese athletes did not use them during the Beijing Olympics, and schools belonging to the Japan High School Baseball Federation also refrained from their use.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]The advisory stands despite a statement from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in November, which said they should be permitted since there is no evidence they enhance athlete performance. [...][/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Hyperbaric chambers are used by many famous athletes, including English soccer superstar David Beckham during the FIFA World Cup in 2002.[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=-1]Mainichi Daily News, Japan [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]An American company that manufactures and sells high-pressure oxygen chambers, used by athletes to recover from fatigue, is poised to file a damages suit against the Japan Anti-Doping Agency (JADA) early next month for causing a sharp decline in sales, it emerged on Friday.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]According to the Japanese arm of American company OxyHealth, sales of its portable hyperbaric chambers have dropped dramatically since the JADA in June expressed its view that use of the capsules should be avoided because they might artificially enhance the intake, carrying and supply of oxygen, which could be considered as doping.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]OxyHealth, whose lost earnings from the previous year totaled nearly 1 billion yen, is currently bringing judicial proceedings against the JADA, its Japanese arm said.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]After the JADA recommendation in June, Japanese athletes did not use them during the Beijing Olympics, and schools belonging to the Japan High School Baseball Federation also refrained from their use.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]The advisory stands despite a statement from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in November, which said they should be permitted since there is no evidence they enhance athlete performance. [...][/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Hyperbaric chambers are used by many famous athletes, including English soccer superstar David Beckham during the FIFA World Cup in 2002.[/SIZE]
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