[HalfWheeler]

Interesting and depressing if I’m honest…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-32983932

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[Kadinkski]

Post removed due to legal
Post removed due to legal advice.

[Colin Peyresourde]

Yes. Perhaps they could build
Yes. Perhaps they could build a pot each season to entice whistleblowers. That has always been the way to catch the cheats.

I feel like WADA does exactly the opposite of what it is supposed to do. It actually provides a fence to protect doping athletes and this was prevalent in the article “I conform to WADA standards….”, “I have never failed a WADA test…” etc.

The program confirmed what I thought about blood passports. That it is a sticking plaster on an arterial wound. It is interesting talking with my colleagues at work and I think they must think I’m a bit potty about doping. But faced with the facts in that documentary and they still have a suspension of disbelief about doping in pro sport.

I was surprised at how easy it is to get your hands on EPO. That was crazily easy.

[ianrobo]

how ?
We had whistle
how ?

We had whistle blowers, we had evidence, we had a test (also done in France which Wada at the time dismissed but not now). We know micro dosing takes places in cycling the CRIC report said so.

How did Farah improve so quickly ?

How is Gaitlin producing his best ever times at 33 ?

Why is the peloton full of older winners who should be past it ?

[Flying Scot]

Frankly I think it was a load
Frankly I think it was a load of bull too.

[Kadinkski]

They’re only catching 2% of
They’re only catching 2% of dopers. That blows my mind.

[Must be Mad]

You can watch the program on
You can watch the program on iplayer too:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b05zhqvk/panorama-catch-me-if-you-can

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