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Can't help but feel that all sport is in a mess. Look at the Fury incident too.
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For my money, ALL sports need TOTAL TRANSPARENCY on drugs. Anyone signed anywhere should have an online database that anyone can access showing a) and condition that they claim to have and b) any drug that they are taking and when they are taking it and why.
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Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
I dare say many of us have played some sport with a cold, or touch of flu and had some medication to get by on the day - does that make us a cheat ? - I think there is a difference between this and deliberate enhancing of a performance via appropriate drugs etc
I dare say that 20 days or so on a bike, without feeling 'low' one day is not possible and as such any 'pick me up'is required but it does appear to be a mess as to what is allowed and what isn't
I hope all is okay - The B Wiggins issue will always leave a question mark regardless of what he has achieved
I recall an interview with John McEnroe and Boris Becker and both mentioned they had never entered any tournament without carrying a small injury - it is how you handle it - But all will have had some 'tablet' or treatment to ease the pain - Playing devils advocate, but is this not enhancing the performance so as to cope on the day ?
Overall it looks like a can of worms - I do hope he is okay
That's just the nature of professional sport, always has been and probably always will.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/dec/28/asthma-elite-athletes-study-swimmers-cyclist-eid
The notion of an online database that anyone can access: how exactly does that work with an individual's right to medical privacy?
It's said often about the war on drugs that it failed. Prohibition failed with alcohol. Is that therefore feasible that a body can stamp out drug use? I doubt it and the lines are increasingly blurred.
Pushing the boundaries is what all teams do, be it F1 teams against design regulations, footballers against the rules on the pitch, cricketers with sledging, and so on.
When I used to do TT gasping for breath was a way of life!
Would an asthma inhaler help a non asthma sufferer?
Dunno never tried it
They should just let every cyclist use the same stuff, regardless of asthma or other conditions.
But seriously, I cannot see how it can be “performance enhancing.” If I exceed the stated dose, it just gives me the shakes. Nothing more.
Salbutamol is not supposed to be taken as a preventative medicine.
But no, just an eerie silence and a few lycra-clad buffoons shuffling their feet and staring at the floor.
Tells you all you need to know really.