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Frank,
The Russians were on a steroid that only existed in the Russian army. It was finally detected I think in 1988, and they did NOT disqualify the Russian breaststroker!
Wayne:
I heard about rumors to this effect many years ago but its never been proven and I think its pointless to speculate. The swimmer in the Russian army that some accused of steriod use was Vladimir Salnikov, the first man to go under 15 minutes in the 1500 Free and was a member of the Russian Army while he was training. He along with Roland Matthes and Nikolai Pankin have been accused and all of them have never tested positive in a drug test while they were competition. These swimmers are some of the greatest swimmers that have ever lived and if they or anyone else have never been tested positive of a drug test, than all it is speculation.
Some people have accused every swimmer that has ever competed for an Eastern Bloc nation from 1992 on back. I not saying everyone was clean but by no means do we know for certain who was clean and who wasn't and I think its totally unfair to base judgements without proof. The only way to get rid of the speculation is for the IOC to have a trial and prove the use of drug taking and they have already said they are not going to do this.
[QUOTE=breastroker;66124
Frank,
The Russians were on a steroid that only existed in the Russian army. It was finally detected I think in 1988, and they did NOT disqualify the Russian breaststroker!
Wayne:
I heard about rumors to this effect many years ago but its never been proven and I think its pointless to speculate. The swimmer in the Russian army that some accused of steriod use was Vladimir Salnikov, the first man to go under 15 minutes in the 1500 Free and was a member of the Russian Army while he was training. He along with Roland Matthes and Nikolai Pankin have been accused and all of them have never tested positive in a drug test while they were competition. These swimmers are some of the greatest swimmers that have ever lived and if they or anyone else have never been tested positive of a drug test, than all it is speculation.
Some people have accused every swimmer that has ever competed for an Eastern Bloc nation from 1992 on back. I not saying everyone was clean but by no means do we know for certain who was clean and who wasn't and I think its totally unfair to base judgements without proof. The only way to get rid of the speculation is for the IOC to have a trial and prove the use of drug taking and they have already said they are not going to do this.
