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.
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Interesting article on drugs in sports in Sports Illustrated ......
Is This Dr. Evil?
"A legend in the sports netherworld, chemist Patrick Arnold -- inventor of THG -- breaks his silence on his role in the BALCO scandal and hints of a future filled with scary science. He has been labeled the evil chemist behind sports' steroid era. Federal investigators call him one of the " profiteers who endanger our citizens." A U.S. Anti-Doping Agency official hailed his guilty plea on distribution charges in April as a step toward "breaking the hold that steroids have on sport." Since he was outed as the creator of THG, the designer steroid reportedly used by Barry Bonds, Jason Giambi and other stars, 40-year-old Patrick Arnold has been portrayed as the linchpin in the BALCO scandal, his Champaign, Ill., lab a modern Frankenstein's castle"
sportsillustrated.cnn.com/.../index.html
Interesting article on drugs in sports in Sports Illustrated ......
Is This Dr. Evil?
"A legend in the sports netherworld, chemist Patrick Arnold -- inventor of THG -- breaks his silence on his role in the BALCO scandal and hints of a future filled with scary science. He has been labeled the evil chemist behind sports' steroid era. Federal investigators call him one of the " profiteers who endanger our citizens." A U.S. Anti-Doping Agency official hailed his guilty plea on distribution charges in April as a step toward "breaking the hold that steroids have on sport." Since he was outed as the creator of THG, the designer steroid reportedly used by Barry Bonds, Jason Giambi and other stars, 40-year-old Patrick Arnold has been portrayed as the linchpin in the BALCO scandal, his Champaign, Ill., lab a modern Frankenstein's castle"
sportsillustrated.cnn.com/.../index.html
