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 just can't believe that she would risk becoming the most shamed, grandest sporting fraud of all time. She would be ruined, and unless she desires to live the remainder of her life as the most despised user of all-time, I can't see her having doped.I know why you say this, as it makes logical sense. I used to think that way too, but not after watching the Tour De France for a few years. All of those athletes are being tested - many times throughout the tour. Therefore, you'd think that since they *know* that they *will* be tested, they'd be insane to actually try to dope and get away with it. However, time and time again we find out that one of the top athletes has a bad day, falls down in the rankings, etc. and then resorts to extreme measures by doping. The next day they make a miraculous comeback, get tested, get busted, get thrown out of the tour and they're off the team.
In other words, Floyd Landis and Alexander Vinokourov shouldn't have ever done what they did, as it would assuredly result in being 'ruined', 'shamed', and viewed as a 'sporting fraud'. So as illogical as it seems to one of us that they'd actually be so desperate and take such risks, it really does happen - quite often in fact.
I just can't believe that she would risk becoming the most shamed, grandest sporting fraud of all time. She would be ruined, and unless she desires to live the remainder of her life as the most despised user of all-time, I can't see her having doped.I know why you say this, as it makes logical sense. I used to think that way too, but not after watching the Tour De France for a few years. All of those athletes are being tested - many times throughout the tour. Therefore, you'd think that since they *know* that they *will* be tested, they'd be insane to actually try to dope and get away with it. However, time and time again we find out that one of the top athletes has a bad day, falls down in the rankings, etc. and then resorts to extreme measures by doping. The next day they make a miraculous comeback, get tested, get busted, get thrown out of the tour and they're off the team.
In other words, Floyd Landis and Alexander Vinokourov shouldn't have ever done what they did, as it would assuredly result in being 'ruined', 'shamed', and viewed as a 'sporting fraud'. So as illogical as it seems to one of us that they'd actually be so desperate and take such risks, it really does happen - quite often in fact.
