Self-Reported Use of Thyroid Hormones by Athletes at the Olympic Games.

IF 2.6 3区医学 Q2 BIOCHEMICAL RESEARCH METHODS

Drug Testing and Analysis Pub Date : 2025-07-02 DOI:10.1002/dta.3923

Mark Stuart, Damien Rhumorbarbe, Audrey Kinahan, Matti L Gild, Roderick Clifton-Bligh, David Handelsman

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Abstract

Thyroid hormones (TH) are widely used for treatment of hypothyroidism or thyroid cancer in medical practice, but their use among elite athletes without thyroid disease remains controversial. Despite lacking clear ergogenic benefits, some athletes reportedly use thyroxine (T4) and/or triiodothyronine (T3) with the belief that they enhance performance or facilitate weight management. This study investigates self-reported TH use by athletes at the Tokyo 2020, Beijing 2022, and Paris 2024 Olympic Games, analyzing trends based on sex, age, country, and sport. Across these three events, 1.7% of tested athletes reported TH use, with reported use higher among females and in explosive power sports, which is higher than expected for the youthful Olympic participants studied. However, TH use has declined to 1.3% at Paris 2024 compared to the previous Games (Tokyo 2020: 1.8%; Beijing 2022: 2.7%). Whether this decline is due to a growing awareness of the potential harms and/or lack of performance benefits could not be determined by this study.

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奥运会运动员自我报告的甲状腺激素使用情况。

甲状腺激素（TH）在医疗实践中广泛用于治疗甲状腺功能减退症或甲状腺癌，但其在无甲状腺疾病的优秀运动员中的应用仍存在争议。尽管缺乏明显的人体健康益处，但据报道，一些运动员使用甲状腺素（T4）和/或三碘甲状腺原氨酸（T3），相信它们可以提高成绩或促进体重管理。本研究调查了2020年东京奥运会、2022年北京奥运会和2024年巴黎奥运会上运动员使用兴奋剂的自我报告，分析了基于性别、年龄、国家和运动的趋势。在这三个项目中，1.7%的接受测试的运动员报告使用了TH，其中女性和爆发力项目的使用率更高，这比研究的年轻奥运会参与者的预期要高。然而，与之前的奥运会相比，2024年巴黎奥运会的TH使用率下降到1.3%(2020年东京奥运会：1.8%；北京2022年：2.7%)。这种下降是否由于越来越多的人意识到潜在的危害和/或缺乏性能效益，这项研究无法确定。

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Drug Testing and Analysis BIOCHEMICAL RESEARCH METHODS-CHEMISTRY, ANALYTICAL

CiteScore

5.90

自引率

24.10%

发文量

191

审稿时长

2.3 months

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