Another swimmer bites the dust. She says its from her ovarian disease . . . . . pay no attention to the synthetic qualities of testosterone that was reported to be found in her sample. Don't know if I'd want to arm "wrastle" this woman.
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"Brazilian swimmer Rebeca Gusmoa suspended for steroids
She won 2 Pan Am Games gold medals, plus a silver and a bronze. She looks like the Incredible Hulk. And, she used synthetic testosterone. Check out her photos; which is the off-cycle?
Summing governing body FINA announced the doping suspensions of Brazil's Rebeca Gusmao. The International Herald carries the story."
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Perhaps the authorities and governing bodies of sports could combine their knowledge and prosecute drug cheaters. After all, it is against the law to use these drugs.
This is completely untrue, there are substances on the banned list that are not illegal, and it differs from country to country. An example in the US is DHEA which is perfectly legal to buy as a supplement, and metabolises to testosterone in the body.
You also have the problem that they are testing for metabolites of substances, not the substance itself. You could take a legal supplement that has a metabolite in common with a banned illegal substance, and there would be no way of knowing which one the person has consumed. This is fine for banning them from sport, because the metabolites are themselves banned substances, so there is no question they have broken the rules of the sport, but it does not tell you they have broken the law because you have no way of knowing what they consumed to cause the metabolite to be present in the body.
Perhaps the authorities and governing bodies of sports could combine their knowledge and prosecute drug cheaters. After all, it is against the law to use these drugs.
This is completely untrue, there are substances on the banned list that are not illegal, and it differs from country to country. An example in the US is DHEA which is perfectly legal to buy as a supplement, and metabolises to testosterone in the body.
You also have the problem that they are testing for metabolites of substances, not the substance itself. You could take a legal supplement that has a metabolite in common with a banned illegal substance, and there would be no way of knowing which one the person has consumed. This is fine for banning them from sport, because the metabolites are themselves banned substances, so there is no question they have broken the rules of the sport, but it does not tell you they have broken the law because you have no way of knowing what they consumed to cause the metabolite to be present in the body.
