Swimming vs. Track Drug Usage Article

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Here is a link that talks about the current drug-usage issue in Track & Field and contrasts it with U.S. swimmers' relatively clean image. It's is a bit of a fluff piece, and some of it seems doubtful, but it is something to chew on. www.sfgate.com/.../article.cgi -LBJ
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  • So, it seems more than anecdotal that certain sports lend themselves to abuse - football, track and field, baseball. Ironically, you don't hear about NBA and NHL players and performance enhancing drugs much. Talk about a sport awash in money. I wonder what the similarities to swimming are?
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  • So, it seems more than anecdotal that certain sports lend themselves to abuse - football, track and field, baseball. Ironically, you don't hear about NBA and NHL players and performance enhancing drugs much. Talk about a sport awash in money. I wonder what the similarities to swimming are?
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