What kind of doping were used by ancient Greek athletes at the Olympics?
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January, 2021I managed to find material about doping published in Harvard. There is a small fragment about the history of doping, including the ancient tradition.
https://dash.harvard.edu/bitstream/handle/1/8848241/LeeY06.pdf?sequence=1
In this work they mention Galen who describes various recipes there , herbs and mushrooms. What can be said, from the very beginning of sports competitions, people have used various substances to win. I think that the use of doping could have come from the military tradition, when before a fight to increase endurance or strength, you could drink a decoction or chew a plant root.
In the modern world, although I'm not an expert here, if we talk about high-performance sports, there are probably no disciplines completely free from the use of drugs. I don’t know about go, checkers and chess, but for sure there are some substances there to increase attention and concentration.