Dara just one the national title in the 100M Freestyle in 54.4 at the ripe old age of 40. Simply Incredible. :applaud: :woot:
If that's not inspiring I don't know what is.
I really don't think this is a good assumption. Lots of smokers continue to smoke through pregnancy. Drinkers probably continue to drink. If you're a drug cheat it's likely you've convinced yourself that the drugs aren't dangerous, so why worry about your baby?
And for the record, I'm not saying I think Dara is cheating, just that this isn't any kind of evidence that she's clean.
The point I am trying to make is that there are other viable explanations to explain an incredible performance aside from performance enhancing drug abuse. Maybe this is a glass half empty/half full argument.
I am not aware of any evidence that Dara is cheating or has ever cheated, so to my thinking the times that she is swimming today are explainable by the fact that she is an extraordinary athlete who understands the training required to swim at this level.
The easy conclusion to jump to is that doping is involved, but is it that far fetched that she has a fantastic freestyle stroke, has an ideal sprinter's frame, and prepared meticulously for this result?
Assumptions must be made to explore this debate and it is just as easy to assume that she did all the right things rather than that she risked the health of her unborn child.
I really don't think this is a good assumption. Lots of smokers continue to smoke through pregnancy. Drinkers probably continue to drink. If you're a drug cheat it's likely you've convinced yourself that the drugs aren't dangerous, so why worry about your baby?
And for the record, I'm not saying I think Dara is cheating, just that this isn't any kind of evidence that she's clean.
The point I am trying to make is that there are other viable explanations to explain an incredible performance aside from performance enhancing drug abuse. Maybe this is a glass half empty/half full argument.
I am not aware of any evidence that Dara is cheating or has ever cheated, so to my thinking the times that she is swimming today are explainable by the fact that she is an extraordinary athlete who understands the training required to swim at this level.
The easy conclusion to jump to is that doping is involved, but is it that far fetched that she has a fantastic freestyle stroke, has an ideal sprinter's frame, and prepared meticulously for this result?
Assumptions must be made to explore this debate and it is just as easy to assume that she did all the right things rather than that she risked the health of her unborn child.
