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Anabolic Steroids History

For first time in 1930's, a team of scientists created a synthetic form of testosterone (the male hormone) they did this to help thouse who were unable to produce a enough to help treat men who were unable to produce enough of the hormone for normal growth, development, and sexual functioning. Later, is known that during World War II the arteficial form of the testosterone was used to help malnourished soldiers gain weight and improve performance. After the war, athletes began to use steroids to make their performance grow and to make progress in competitions for example in the 1956 Olympics, Soviet athletes, especially wrestlers, performed at exceptionally high levels. After learning that those athletes were using testosterone, an American physician (Dr. Zeigler) created a more selective form of what we know as anabolic steroids.From that point until the early 1970's, steroids became increasingly popular among not just Olympic athletes, but also professional sports players and high school athletes. In 1975, the International Olympic Committee finally banned the use of steroids in Olympic competition.