I am SO tired of the contaminated supplements excuse!!! Surely there are some first rate companies out there that wouldn't have that problem.
While I want to agree with you, I don't think you are correct. A supplement company cannot make money without selling to the public and you cannot mass produce anything and provide a 100% non-contaminated guarantee. It is a fact, you eat bugs when you eat panut butter!
A possible solution is that the governing bodies test supplements and make them available (in batches) to athletes who want them. Then, if you go out on your own and consequently fail a test, it is on you.
While this is not the case with Cielo, your typical swimmer is making $15,000 per year (I think that is what National B team memebers get), working at starbucks 20 hours a week trying to make the Olympics. These are not millionaires with unlimited resources.
I'm not thrilled by the CAS' action on Cielo, but it should be noted that Cielo has effectively used up his free pass in the matter. CAS did uphold FINA's appeal against Vinicus Waked- so it's one year (and consequently no Olympics) for a second offense, even if it is allegedly inadvertent.
A possible solution is that the governing bodies test supplements and make them available (in batches) to athletes who want them. Then, if you go out on your own and consequently fail a test, it is on you.
This is a great idea. :applaud:
There are many instances of this that you don't hear about. Fina Aquatics magazine has a doping news section which lists high profile offenders. Freddie Bousquet tested positive for Heptaminol (Stimulant) in June, 2010 and was suspended for 2 months starting in September. American Sean Mahoney tested positive the same month for Methylhexaneamine (Stimulant) following last year's Santa Clara meet and was suspended for 6 months. You may not have heard about either of these.
Wow, I had not heard of Fred Bousquet's suspension. What a shame.
Fred actually had the second most cringeworthy doping positive of 2010- an unfamiliar drug store during Mare Nostrum gave him the wrong cream for chronic painful hemrhoids, and that cream contained a banned substance. (Most cringeworthy was track star Lashawn Merritt saying that 'male enhancement product' Enzyte was the cause of his doping positive test.)
