Argon (a noble gas used as a performance-enhancing substance)
The World Anti-Doping Agency will ban the noble gases xenon and argon effective September 1, 2014.
See also News from June 2, 2014
After it became known in the spring of 2014 that Russian athletes had been using xenon for years to exploit a potential positive effect on the production of EPO (erythropoietin), which can influence athletic performance in endurance sports, WADA reacted immediately.
