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| Monday, August 18, 2008 |
| Coffee Might Help Win Gold Medals in Beijing |
The Summer Olympics in Beijing are no doubt a caffeinated event. No, not for the spectators in the stands or those of us trying to stay up late enough to watch the prime-time gold medal competition. It's the athletes themselves who are making sure to get enough coffee or caffeinated sports drinks before they go for the gold.
When the World Anti-Doping agency removed caffeine from its list of banned substance in 2004, that allowed Olympians to see how coffee and caffeine drinks fit into their training regimens.
Espresso, anyone? Australian sports official and physician Dr. Peter Larkins said there is a distinct increase in caffeine use by his country’s athletes. He and others have no doubts Americans and Europeans are following suit.
"Caffeine acts to make you more alert, keep you more awake, increases your blood pressure and increases your heart rate and it does tend to offset fatigue – all the things that an athlete would like to have,” says Larkins.
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