Abstract
The problem of the use of banned substances (doping) in sport has been, is and will be an ongoing problem that undermines the very spirit of sport, beauty and pleasure, and very often the health of athletes. Therefore, it is essential to solve this problem, if possible, permanently, although it is sometimes simply impossible to do. It is this research that is designed to gain a real insight, express attitudes and perceptions of students on the use of doping in sport that is the information on this sports phenomenon of the modern age. The study included a total of 141 high school students (Gymnasium and Touristic technicians) from Pale, male, aged 15-19 +/- 0.5 years. The main objective of the study was to test the level of knowledge and identify students' attitudes about the use of prohibited substances in sport. To collect the necessary information has been used an anonymous questionnaire with 13 clearly defined questions (11 closed questions and two open-ended questions) that are related to specific knowledge, attitudes about doping in sport. The obtained results are relevant to the global indicator of awareness, knowledge and attitudes of the population of high school students about the problem of today's modern sport which is called doping. As many as 75% of the students the athletics, cycling and sports games marked as sports that are most marked by doping scandals, and 56% were tennis, golf games stated as a sport with the least number of doping scandals.
Highlights
Information on doped athletes were recorded at the Olympic Games (OI) from St
It can be said that it was expected that doping most marked athletics (31%), cycling (23%) and sports games (21%), which contributed that these sports are often in the focus of media public, as they are the sports that make 3⁄4 of sports that are marked by some doping scandals
It was expected that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and international sports federations, by educational programs, testing, and supporting treatment, succeed to reduce substance abuse
Summary
Information on doped athletes were recorded at the Olympic Games (OI) from St. Louis, when the winner of the marathon the American Hicks while on medical care, received several subcutaneous injections of strychnine sulfate (Pupiš, & Polgar, 2006). The first death due to the use of prohibited substances was recorded in 1896, when English cyclist Arthur Linton died during the race Paris-Bordeaux, after taking ephedrine (Pupiš, & Korčok, 2004), and at the XVII Olympic Games in Rome in 1960, died a Danish cyclist Kurt Enamas Jansen, who, according to experts, was taking strong doses of amphetamine derivatives and nicotinic acid from his coach. After this event, the Medical Commission of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) prepared expert analysis and material by which is at the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 1964 accepted the first definition of doping, and only in 1975 the IOC banned the use of all forms of stimulants. On the one hand, are not subject to doping controls and have no fear that they will be sanctioned, while on the other hand it is not clear why they use doping when their physical and sporting achievements are not aimed at success in the brutal sports competition (Radovanović, & Mitić, 2014)
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