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36 Kenyans have failed dope tests in the past 2 years, I am imagining the majority were runners although the article does not state this.
 

Cycleops

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Heh. They eat grass too...

Yes there is a long way to go - and I suspect horse racing is even more dependent on a doping culture than cycling has been.
I wouldn't call horse racing a "sport".
 

rich p

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36 Kenyans have failed dope tests in the past 2 years, I am imagining the majority were runners although the article does not state this.
This article mentions athletes and the probably prevalence of doping amongst Kenyan runners.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/01/sports/marathon-champion-rita-jeptoo-fails-doping-test.html?_r=0

Rosa said “there’s a fear” doping was becoming commonplace in Kenya,

“I went with it because everyone told me I wasn’t the only one — and none of the others got caught for doping,” he said. “I know that a lot of medical substances are used, which are injected straight to the blood for the body to have more oxygen. And when you run, you run so smooth. You have more stamina.”
 
There was, not that long ago, a quite astonishing article about Djokovic benefiting from a new diet which removed the intolerances his body was objecting too and how it gave him new sustained energy and this was diagnosed by someone watching him on telly. I'll see if I can find it again, it was in the Guardian. I remember reading it more and more open mouthed and thinking he's on more than steamed broccoli and sweet potatoes. Murray has alluded more than once to drugs in tennis and the more you think about it the more ridiculous the naivety around tennis is. It's like going back 20 years in time.
 
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RedRider

Pulling through
i attended a conference on doping in sport around ten years ago. Amongst others, the conference was attended by a number of team doctors from professional football clubs. There was an unscientific but perhaps telling moment when they were asked if they felt PEDs was a problem in football and several hands were raised. When asked if they thought they were a problem at their own clubs then, no surprise of course, all the hands went down.
 

Hont

Guru
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There was, not that long ago, a quite astonishing article about Djokovic benefiting from a new diet.
I think he went Gluten free. If he was genuinely gluten intolerant then cutting it out could explain improved athletic performance - especially as early in his career he always faded when the matches got long.

Having said that, there is some evidence that steroid use can result in food allergies, so....
 

Hont

Guru
Location
Bromsgrove
Saw this on Twitter yesterday...
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