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Olympic blood doping

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  • July 26, 2012 at 7:18 am #16434
    SideBurn

    I heard that 9 athletes have been caught doping; I wondered if any were cyclists…no 🙂 An article went on to say, “The biological passport measures changes in an athlete’s blood profile and is already used in professional cycling. It will be utilized in testing in track and field, swimming, cycling, rowing, modern pentathlon and triathlon at the Olympics, the World Anti-Doping Agency announced in a news conference at Olympic Park”. Two things struck me. Biological passport measures have been in cycling for some time (years?). But many sports have chosen not to bother with it; why not? When reports are made of cyclists doping, no mention is made that cycling is pioneering new measures? Cycling gets dragged through the mud time and time again but it seems that other sports have their heads in the sand. But of course, who from these 6 sports are going to put in an inexplicably poor performance! Or take a chance?

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  • July 26, 2012 at 7:41 am #693635
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    drheaton

    I don’t think that cycling
    I don’t think that cycling ‘gets dragged through the mud’ as much as the UCI chooses to drag it through the mud.

    I’ve never understood why drugs stories at the Tour de France ALWAYS get released on rest days… it can’t just be coincidence surely?

    It got me to thinking and I think that the UCI chooses to release the major doping stories whilst the sport is in the spot light (basically every major story comes out around the TdF and TdF positive tests always come out on rest days) so that they can be seen to be taking the issue seriously after the sport being a ‘doping sport’ for so long.

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