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Alexei R. Koudinov^#

Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation, c/o P.O.Box 1665, Rehovot 76100 Israel
email: alexei@koudinov.info

Published online: 27 August, 2004
Copyright © 2004 A R Koudinov, Licensee The Doping Journal

Did you watch the Olympic Games in Athens? I was forced to, when my national swimming team did not win  any medals in contrast with the success of the US and Australian athletes. Just before the competition, all seemed ready to compete and win.  Only a few of the competitors were wearing headphones and listening to music. "Why were they not all in equal condition?" my daughter questioned, "It's not fair!"

Previously published research (J Nurs Res. 2003 Sep; 11(3): 209-16) showed that in humans, music makes saturation of oxyhemoglobin (SPO(2)) significantly higher (compared with control subjects not receiving music therapy, p<0.01), and that as a result of music therapy the level of oxygen saturation returns to the baseline faster compared to the control subjects receiving no music, p<0.01), making it hard to detect the transient oxygen saturation shortly thereafter. The statistically significant higher SPO(2) level indicates the "enhancement of oxygen transfer" and  implies that "music by the pool" is prohibited by The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in competition blood-doping method of "the use of products that enhance the uptake, transport or delivery of oxygen", apparently conflicting with the essence of olympism, and WADA calls for "ethics, fair play and honestly".

If this is so, should the Athens Olympic Games 2004 swimming results be reviewed?

Original web-link- and references-rich correspondence on the subject of this commentary is available elsewhere.

I do not have any competing financial interest. I serve as founding and managing editor of the The Doping Journal, an unpaid position. The Doping Journal is a new independent open access peer-review scholar journal established during Athens Olympic Games 2004. The journal has no affiliation with any professional association, publisher, industry member, commercial enterprise, public, educational, sports or government organization. The viewpoint presented in this commentary is my personal view. It does not represent the viewpoint of the journal.

My recent contribution of broad public interest includes "Open letter to President George W. Bush on conduct by scientists, STM journals, and Scientific Institutions" (Neurobiol Lipids, 3, 2, 10 March 2004) and written evidence for UK Parliament Science and Technology Committee Inquiry on Scientific Publication ("Editorial and Publisher Corruption", pp. 394-404, Ev386, Science and Technology - Tenth Report, Volume II, Oral and Written Evidence, House of Commons Publication HC399II 20 July 2004)  
 

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