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WHAT? The drugs that were making cyclists go faster work for other athletes as well?

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  • August 3, 2015 at 7:37 am #24544
    SideBurn

    Who knew?
    Has anyone else got a bit frustrated at the way cycling has been dragged through the mud while silence reigns over other sports? It seems to me that cycling has paid a high price (in lost sponsorship and credibility) for its state of the art drug testing and public naming and shaming of its stars. Is this story the start of a s**t storm for other sports? And why have the results of these tests been suppressed? The statistics have been leaked…

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  • August 3, 2015 at 8:29 pm #855857
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    Colin Peyresourde

    Gizmo_ wrote:Very

    Gizmo_ wrote:
    Very frustrating, isn’t it. I have this discussion in the office all the time. Most football supporters have never heard of the Puerto blood bags, athletics fans think doping stopped in 1988 with Ben Johnson, tennis fans think Serena Williams’ physique is normal, F1 fans say the drivers don’t need ‘drugs’ because “when I drove after a spliff I hit a tree”, cricketers have cortisone injections to be able to play at all and that’s all in the open. And don’t even get me started on American sports.

    Perversely I’m happier with the rational view: there is a motive to cheat in all sports where there is a prize to be won. That means some people will cheat by bending or breaking rules they think they can get away with. Either you accept that, while supporting the governing body’s attempts to keep order, or you don’t follow sport.

    This.

    It depresses me that people deny having any doubt about sporting achievements when they know people have been busted for less, as if the human race has genetically improved within half a generation or less. You wonder what a bunch of spanners the previous generation were with their training not be cycling, running, jumping and swimming as fast as the one 5 years ago or whatever. Which is why I will keep espousing that the big winners are usually the biggest cheats. Olympians themselves have confessed as much; given the chance to cheat without being caught the greater majority said they would…..

    August 3, 2015 at 8:33 am #855855
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    Martyn_K

    From the BBC story;
    Quote:Ten
    From the BBC story;

    Ten medals at London 2012 were won by athletes who have dubious test results.

    Russia emerges as “the blood testing epicentre of the world” with more than 80% of the country’s medals won by suspicious athletes, while Kenya had 18 medals won by suspicious athletes.

    Vino’s gold in the Road Race looks solid then!

    August 3, 2015 at 8:32 am #855853
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    Anonymous

    Very frustrating, isn’t it.
    Very frustrating, isn’t it. I have this discussion in the office all the time. Most football supporters have never heard of the Puerto blood bags, athletics fans think doping stopped in 1988 with Ben Johnson, tennis fans think Serena Williams’ physique is normal, F1 fans say the drivers don’t need ‘drugs’ because “when I drove after a spliff I hit a tree”, cricketers have cortisone injections to be able to play at all and that’s all in the open. And don’t even get me started on American sports.

    Perversely I’m happier with the rational view: there is a motive to cheat in all sports where there is a prize to be won. That means some people will cheat by bending or breaking rules they think they can get away with. Either you accept that, while supporting the governing body’s attempts to keep order, or you don’t follow sport.

    August 3, 2015 at 7:39 am #855851
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    SideBurn

    Whoops; no link
    Whoops; no link đŸ˜€
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/athletics/33749208

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