Towards frontiers of human endurance: Evolving role of sports medicine

In their paper on the physiological profile of male long-distance runners and sprinters, Wijayasiri et al., focuses on Sri Lankan athletes of two different types of running events and their cardiopulmonary fitness. Structured exercise and training bring about enhanced performance. The use of unauthorized enhancement medication with the connivance of medical doctors, sport bodies and in some instances states has become a dangerous trend in the world. It is abhorrent from a sporting perspective; unethical from a professional perspective and harmful to health of athletes from a medical perspective.