by soggy biscuit »
14 Jan 2009 13:09
Gremio's club doctor, Alarico Endres, has confirmed that players will be supplied with Viagra pills for any Copa Libertadores game played at high altitude.
"Viagra increases and improves the blood circulation," explained Endres. "It therefore can improve the performances of players at high altitude.
"I had this illumination by reading a magazine, which wasn't a medical one, so we decided to elaborate this topic with a scientific test, and now we shall also give an indication to the technical commission."
Viagra is currently not present on the list of prohibited substances, but following the sales boom during the Olympics in Peking, a group of experts are carrying out some research in the United States to study its doping effects.