With the apparent increase in use of supplements as human growth hormone, testosterone, HGH, EPO and IGF-1 in sports (particularly cycling) during the last decade, I wonder if their use has managed to leak over to masters events...... including swimming. Seems silly to me that anyone would use hardcore muscle building agents as these in a setting such as masters so late in life. Is it worth implementing drug testing, or does it really matter in the end....... after all its just masters.
John Smith
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I would NOT be surprised if we learn someday soon that a non-trivial number of Masters swimmers use substances banned in other sports.
I agree there is no big money or medals at stake. But people our age (I'm 47) are having cosmetic surgery in record numbers. We are aging, and in general our bodies are declining in capability as we get older. We don't recover from injury like we used to. We just aren't young anymore.
Some people will try to cheat nature for that reason alone.
I would NOT be surprised if we learn someday soon that a non-trivial number of Masters swimmers use substances banned in other sports.
I agree there is no big money or medals at stake. But people our age (I'm 47) are having cosmetic surgery in record numbers. We are aging, and in general our bodies are declining in capability as we get older. We don't recover from injury like we used to. We just aren't young anymore.
Some people will try to cheat nature for that reason alone.
