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  1. A professional cyclist has been training for months atHIGH ELEVATION in preparation for a race at sea level. He entersthe race, wins, and after being randomly drug tested by raceofficials is accused of blood doping.

What did race officials likely find?

2. Why does the blood COLLOID OSMOTIC PRESSURE remainunchanged across the length of a capillary bed? It is roughly 25 mmHg on the arterial end and 25 mm Hg on the venous end.


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1Blood doping is a wrong practice of boosting the number of red blood cells in the blood to enhance athletic performance An increase in RBC would increase the bloods oxygen    See Answer
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