here is the beginning of the Hall Of Shame
please add to the List...
It is tooo easy. but surprisingly it is hard to find Chinese swimmers...
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There is an interesting argument here about why drugs should be permitted in sport:
www.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/.../WhyWeShouldAllowDrugs_000.pdf
I can't find the article now, but I read it was estimated that at least 50% of competitors at the 2000 Olympics were using banned substances, so it seems a bit harsh to pick on the few of them who failed a drugs test for some reason.
Another article here, about the question of people taking substances that aren't banned at the time they take them, but the substances become banned later on:
www.athleticscholarships.net/performance-enhancing-drugs-swimming.htm
Why isn't sugar a banned substance? It's highly performance enhancing both in the short term due to the energy release, and in the long term due to the body's response of insulin secretion which fuels muscle growth. Insulin itself is a banned substance, but you can guzzle all the sugar you want and get the same result, and it will be equally as damaging to your long term health as if you kept injecting insulin.
There is an interesting argument here about why drugs should be permitted in sport:
www.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/.../WhyWeShouldAllowDrugs_000.pdf
I can't find the article now, but I read it was estimated that at least 50% of competitors at the 2000 Olympics were using banned substances, so it seems a bit harsh to pick on the few of them who failed a drugs test for some reason.
Another article here, about the question of people taking substances that aren't banned at the time they take them, but the substances become banned later on:
www.athleticscholarships.net/performance-enhancing-drugs-swimming.htm
Why isn't sugar a banned substance? It's highly performance enhancing both in the short term due to the energy release, and in the long term due to the body's response of insulin secretion which fuels muscle growth. Insulin itself is a banned substance, but you can guzzle all the sugar you want and get the same result, and it will be equally as damaging to your long term health as if you kept injecting insulin.
