76.57% Is Aware of the Latest Olympic Doping Scandal

The Olympic Games is a long-living tradition of bringing different nations and cultures together in the spirit of sportsmanship. Hence, all athletes must be on their best behavior. More so, because they act as the face of the nation they are representing. Thus, it can be quite humiliating when one is part of a doping scandal. In fact, something like this could scar one’s professional career in the industry. 

During the latest Olympic Games, a 15-year-old participant from Russia — Kamila Valieva, got caught in a doping scandal. Specifically, trimetazidine was present in her blood. This is a drug on the ban list since 2015. Accordingly, Real Research launched a survey on the doping scandals during the Olympic Games. Here are the results.

Highlights

• 17.21% are not fans of the Olympic Games.
• 64.30% say doping should be acceptable for higher entertainment.
• 17.85% say athletes take to doping due to pressure from others.

Over 80% Say They Watch the Olympic Games

In particular, 58.69% watch the games they find interesting, 14.09% watch the highlights, and 10.02% watch all the Olympic games. This leaves 17.21% who do not watch the Olympics.

It is against Olympic rules to partake in doping to increase performance. On this matter, 80.17% are aware of doping and its consequences in the Olympics. In detail, 76.57% are aware of the latest scandal of doping in the Olympics.

Doping in the Olympics often receives immediate action. For instance, with Russia’s 15-year-old athlete — Kamila Valieva, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) rejected the appeal to reimpose her provisional suspension following a positive drug test.

On this matter, 38.21% thought the ruling to be extremely fair. Likewise, 20.73% say it is fair and 21.27% took a neutral stance. In addition, 11.34% say it is unfair while 8.45% say it is extremely unfair. 

Over 60% Say Entertainment in Sports Is Important

Specifically, 38.78% say entertainment in sports is extremely important while 22.03% say it is important. In contrast, 11.62% say it is not important while the remaining 27.57% take a neutral stance.

Next, the survey asks respondents if they feel doping should be acceptable if it means increased performance which will lead to more competition. On this, 64.30% say ‘yes’ and 35.70% say ‘no’. 

Accordingly, the next question asks — how ‘contaminated’ is the Sports industry with doping. It seems ‘doping scandal Olympics’ is a common phrase around the world as the majority seem to believe the sports sector is quite contaminated.

To highlight, 37.87% say extremely contaminated, 21.81% say somewhat contaminated, and 4.13% say relatively contaminated. In contrast, only 6.75% say not contaminated at all. The remaining 29.44% took a neutral stance.  

Respondents Discuss Why Doping Scandals Occur

To focus on doping scandals, the survey asks respondents if they believe all athletes take to doping and only an unlucky few get caught. In reply, 50.21% agree and say that powerful nations can influence the World Anti-Doping Agency’s investigations.

Likewise, 23.44% agree by saying investigations can be corrupt while 10.56% somewhat agree as they think the World Anti-Doping Agency’s investigation seems weird. Lastly, 15.78% do not agree and say the World Anti-Doping Agency is fair and impartial.  

To conclude, the survey on doping scandals in the Olympics asks respondents why they think athletes begin to lean towards doping? In answer, 53.41% say it happens due to the desire to rise to the highest step of their career.

Likewise, 17.85% say they do so on the insistence of their coach, doctor, and other sports officials. Then, 14.64% say due to an unfavorable financial situation. Lastly, 13.41% say it is how the selection system for elite sports simply works.