At our SCM meet this past weekend we had an out-of-state visitor swimming. She was a very serious swimmer, arrived a week early to acclimate, came with a bit of an entourage, and did some pretty amazing times (45-49). We also saw her taking frequent hits from a very large inhaler always just before her races as she was warming up and behind the blocks. Any thoughts?.
Definitely performance enhancing. I won't judge whether or not it is illegal by WADA standards. I think they may make some exceptions for diagnosed asthma. Interestingly, Phil Whitten told me that shortly after asthma inhalers were allowed with a medical diagnosis 100% of the British national team suddenly were diagnosed with having asthma.
P.S. you are swimming lights out Sergey.
Definitely performance enhancing. I won't judge whether or not it is illegal by WADA standards. I think they may make some exceptions for diagnosed asthma. Interestingly, Phil Whitten told me that shortly after asthma inhalers were allowed with a medical diagnosis 100% of the British national team suddenly were diagnosed with having asthma.
P.S. you are swimming lights out Sergey.
