Doping in other sports

[AndyRM]

Whaaaaa?!

Sadly, not surprising. Compare an international XV today with one from 20 years ago. That's not genetics...

 

[rich p]

I'm currently watching the junior European cross-country race where the 3 Russian lads have just kicked away from the rest of the field.
Sad that the immediate thought is that you wonder if they're on some product.

 

[psmiffy]

2 brits running away from the field????

 

[Bollo]

Sadly, not surprising. Compare an international XV today with one from 20 years ago. That's not genetics...

To a certain extent I think some of the changes reflect the (open) professionalisation of the game in the '90s and the consequent improvements to training and diet, but it wouldn't surprise me if the whole game was flithy with drugs from club rugby up.

I've just signed the forms to allow Bolletta (12) to be tested for a skating competition in January, which is a very odd feeling. Performance Enhancing Glitter?

 

[Crackle]

I was today reading a climbing article, mostly about big mountaineering such as K2 and other 8000'ers but drugs have been rife amongst mountaineers for many, many years. Of course it's not competition but the pressure to raise your profile and get sponsors is pretty high and in recent years two competition climbers have both been banned for drugs. Recreational ones rather than PED's but as I've two sons competing in national finals, it made me think.

 

[User169]

Schoolboy rugby: supplements/doping
http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/schools-quiet-on-use-of-supplements-in-underage-rugby-1.2036062?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

The schoolboy son of a tory government minister got busted three/four years ago. I think he then moved into, er, body building.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Jon Drummond, "former world record holder, a coach of U.S. Olympians and the recent Chairman of the USA Track & Field Athletes Advisory Council" given 8 year ban from coaching, training or advising:
http://www.dopinglist.com/?action=news&news=article&id=324

 

[HF2300]

The schoolboy son of a tory government minister got busted three/four years ago. I think he then moved into, er, body building.

Sounds more like sticking with the drugs he loves rather than the sport he loves.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

While the overall message of the the song is anti-drug it seems an odd choice of music to associate with the promotion of sport, be unusual for an ad company but maybe they're just telling it like it is...

 

[Ganymede]

I was today reading a climbing article, mostly about big mountaineering such as K2 and other 8000'ers but drugs have been rife amongst mountaineers for many, many years. Of course it's not competition but the pressure to raise your profile and get sponsors is pretty high and in recent years two competition climbers have both been banned for drugs. Recreational ones rather than PED's but as I've two sons competing in national finals, it made me think.

Just catching up with this thread. Cocaine is actually an enhancer for mountain climbing. Chewing coca leaves has been known for centuries in Peru and similar places to help with altitude - I believe you can still get coca tea on that trans-Andean railway, but only on one side of the border - it's illegal on the other side! The leaves are obviously much less powerful than the pure powder. Dr Maturin took it up in the Aubrey/Maturin novels by Patrick O'Brian.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Lord Coe, at the forefront of anti-doping: "There is no athlete on this planet who has been tested more than Usain Bolt."

Twatty nobber.

 

[The Couch]

Lord Coe, at the forefront of anti-doping: "There is no athlete on this planet who has been tested more than Usain Bolt."

Twatty nobber.

I guess he includes the tests by the Jamaican anti-doping agency (also known as "RM" = "Relax, Man...")

 

[oldroadman]

Lord Coe, at the forefront of anti-doping: "There is no athlete on this planet who has been tested more than Usain Bolt."

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OK, if you say so, Lord Coe, future international federation president and "mate" of a Mr Blatter. Quite an article about Lord C in the latest Private Eye.

 

[rich p]

OK, if you say so, Lord Coe, future international federation president and "mate" of a Mr Blatter. Quite an article about Lord C in the latest Private Eye.

I think Marmion's tongue was pretty firmly in his cheek!

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Athletics Kenya announces that it's getting badass on dopers and agents:
http://www.outsideonline.com/news-f...=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=tweet