Human growth hormone is powerful enough to make the worst athlete in an Olympic race finish first, a study has shown.
By Peter Hutchison
The trial, published today, is the first to show that HGH positively affects physical performance.
Scientists discovered that injections of the drug enhanced the sprint capacity of athletes considerably. Tests found that HGH could lead to a 0.4 second improvement over 10 seconds in a 100 metre sprint.
The results would correlate for professional athletes, reserachers claimed.
Dr Ken Ho, who led the study, said: “This improvement could turn the last place finisher in the Olympic finals into a gold medal winner.”
During the eight-week study 96 amateur athletes aged 18 to 40 were given HGH injections or an inactive placebo. Read more…
