Doping in other sports

[Pro Tour Punditry]

I wonder if Nike has ever heard of "due diligence"? They do seem to have very close associations with very dodgy athletes/coaches/organisations - and then throw their hands in the air and say "not us guv, never knew anything..." when the rest of the world seems to have known.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Lots of discussion in the gym changing-room tonight, what struck me most was the level of ignorance around doping; maybe because I follow cycling I have a heightened awareness of doping but I was seriously amazed at how little people seemed to know about the ease of access and how easy it is to not get caught - I put them right of course

 

[User169]

All the denial statements sound oddly familiar don't they, like someone wrote the template for them....

Salazar was Armstrong's pacemaker when he was into marathon running.

 

[HF2300]

Lots of discussion in the gym changing-room tonight ... I was seriously amazed at how little people seemed to know about the ease of access and how easy it is to not get caught - I put them right of course

You'll be giving them ideas

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

You'll be giving them ideas

Someone did comment "7% improvement? I'd get that fae stopping eating pies for a week..."

 

[Crackle]

Salazar was Armstrong's pacemaker when he was into marathon running.

Was he! What a tangled web.

 

[themosquitoking]

Lots of discussion in the gym changing-room tonight, what struck me most was the level of ignorance around doping; maybe because I follow cycling I have a heightened awareness of doping but I was seriously amazed at how little people seemed to know about the ease of access and how easy it is to not get caught - I put them right of course

In my gym changing room all they talk about is football, nobbers.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

With specific reference to Athletics, those head-burying twats at BBC Sports should start taking notice of the evidence re doping and stop covering it up - Colin Jackson, Jonathan Davies and Denise Lewis are apologists, smiling inanely and deflecting any suggestion of illegality and performance enhancement. A shower of shite.

 

[HF2300]

... Jonathan Davies ....

Edwards?

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Edwards?

That's the fecker

Although the rugby bloke is a nobber too

 

[Flying_Monkey]

I'm not sure if there's more in this report - from the organisation that The Guardian partnered with for this story - but there seems to be:

https://www.propublica.org/article/...-coach-alberto-salazar-of-breaking-drug-rules

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

I'm not sure if there's more in this report - from the organisation that The Guardian partnered with for this story - but there seems to be:

https://www.propublica.org/article/...-coach-alberto-salazar-of-breaking-drug-rules

Quite a bit additional information in there.

I'm going to go and search the internet and see if asthma and thyroid conditions are contagious, if they are I am going to start hanging out with top class athletes cos I'm sure it'll help me become a bit fitter and faster.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

It's very interesting what you can find by just clicking on "similar stories" links on websites. USADAs Anemia Patient Group website investigation falls into my definition of "interesting"
http://www.usada.org/brook-radcliffe-accepts-doping-sanction/

 

[rich p]

I've read a few of the related stories too. It's slightly depressing to get the feeling that the post-Armstrong sense of hope may turn out to be as ephemeral as the post-Festina one. Or am I being too downbeat?

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

I've read a few of the related stories too. It's slightly depressing to get the feeling that the post-Armstrong sense of hope may turn out to be as ephemeral as the post-Festina one. Or am I being too downbeat?

Nope, reality returns.
I'm contemplating not giving a toss again and letting them get on with it.