Sun Yang a doper

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Former Member — Sun, 07 Dec 2014 14:03:42 GMT

As I recall, at the last Olympics, Sun Yang was far better than anyone else. Unless he gained that advantage by doping, was there any reason he needed the edge? Was someone else catching him? Whose to say he hash't been doping forever though and this is just the first time he has gotten caught.

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smontanaro — Sun, 07 Dec 2014 06:35:23 GMT

As I recall, at the last Olympics, Sun Yang was far better than anyone else. Unless he gained that advantage by doping, was there any reason he needed the edge? Was someone else catching him?

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Stevepowell — Sun, 07 Dec 2014 06:16:10 GMT

Note that it changes his heart metabolism. It just seems incredibly foolish to mess with such things.

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__steve__ — Wed, 03 Dec 2014 08:18:56 GMT

Swimming any event from 50 up probably uses all metabolic pathways

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Allen Stark — Wed, 03 Dec 2014 01:23:49 GMT

Swimming any event from 50 up probably uses all metabolic pathways True, but some more than others. A 1500 is mostly using carbs.

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ourswimmer — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 11:19:04 GMT

His longest event is fourteen and a half minutes. Is that truly endurance? No way. Muscle glycogen is the primary fuel for a pool mile even for me, and Sun Yang would lap me four times on my best day. It's not a 10K or a Channel swim.

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knelson — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 09:27:26 GMT

His longest event is fourteen and a half minutes. Is that truly endurance?

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Stevepowell — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 05:43:54 GMT

circres.ahajournals.org/.../580.long Why would a distance athlete want to shift from fatty acid to glucose metabolism? Wouldn't they (distance types) rather switch skeletal muscles to fat metabolism? Something like Micardis does that via PPAR-gamma magic.

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sunruh — Wed, 26 Nov 2014 09:17:20 GMT

he's 26 not 86! he was clearly cheating!!!

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rodent — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 07:46:42 GMT

He was taking a med that enabled his heart to pump blood more efficiently. It does have medical uses and he did have a script for it but I am pretty sure it was not medically necessary for him. Plus it is a new and relatively little used drug that might slip under the radar in drug testing for the most commonly abused PED's.

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orca1946 — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 06:14:57 GMT

I bet most of us that take age related meds for stuff over 60 brings on are in a grey area! Along with grey hair and hip replacements!!!

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sunruh — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 03:56:09 GMT

yes very fishy its not like like he was taking 1000 birthcontrol pills. :D

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Allen Stark — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 03:52:00 GMT

Swimming World described his med as a stimulant,but I was unfamiliar with it and looked it up. Trimetazidine is a cardiac medication given for angina which improves blood flow. Again,I am not familiar with the med,so I don't know that there are not legitimate reasons to give it to a young,healthy athlete, but it seems fishy to me.

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sunruh — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 03:40:02 GMT

ok i just found out it was a med he didnt report. still!

RE: Sun Yang a doper

smontanaro — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 02:58:56 GMT

I am, but I probably don't count... :)