: the use of a substance (such as an anabolic steroid or erythropoietin) or technique (such as blood doping) to illegally improve athletic performance
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increased efforts to detect doping at the Olympic Games
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Much of the attention focused on the doping case involving another teenage skater, Kamila Valieva.
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Jasmine Wynn, Time, 9 Feb. 2026
But after one of these young skaters was caught up in a doping scandal at the 2022 Olympics, the International Skating Union (ISU) raised the minimum age to compete to 17.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 9 Feb. 2026
The Americans have been on a mission ever since the 2022 Beijing Games, where their Olympic triumph was overshadowed by a Russian doping controversy.
—Dave Skretta, Baltimore Sun, 7 Feb. 2026
The three-letter acronym isn't an abbreviation of a country delegation — its athletes are tied to Russia, whose nation's flag will not be present following a series of doping scandals and Russia's ongoing war in Ukraine.
—Kiki Intarasuwan, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
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Jasmine Wynn, Time, 9 Feb. 2026
But after one of these young skaters was caught up in a doping scandal at the 2022 Olympics, the International Skating Union (ISU) raised the minimum age to compete to 17.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 9 Feb. 2026
The Americans have been on a mission ever since the 2022 Beijing Games, where their Olympic triumph was overshadowed by a Russian doping controversy.
—Dave Skretta, Baltimore Sun, 7 Feb. 2026
The three-letter acronym isn't an abbreviation of a country delegation — its athletes are tied to Russia, whose nation's flag will not be present following a series of doping scandals and Russia's ongoing war in Ukraine.
—Kiki Intarasuwan, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for doping
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“Doping.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doping. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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doping
noun
dop·ing
ˈdō-piŋ 
: the use of a substance (such as an anabolic steroid or erythropoietin) or technique (such as blood doping) to improve athletic performance and that is typically banned in competitive sports
… nearly two dozen athletes … have been banned from the Olympics in the last two weeks for doping violations.—Philip Hersh, The Chicago Tribune
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