Breaking the Drug Taboo

Ishkur · June 15th, 2005, 07:09 PM

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Once again, the limit for human performance and potential has been shattered as Asafa Powell set a new world record of 9.77 seconds in the 100m. The Jamaican, who beat Tim Montgomery's time of 9.78 seconds yesterday at the Athens Olympic...
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JGAC · June 15th, 2005, 08:26 PM

I dont see sports changing too much.

At most I see smaller leagues where juiced players can go and play.

Mike · June 16th, 2005, 11:10 AM

Now your jumping on the steriod bandwagon and proving people guilty e before they are even accused. Don't you think that is a little harsh, I do

Give the guy some credit and some respect, let him live the glory of setting the record!!!

KP · June 16th, 2005, 11:55 AM

Interesting that he trashes the USOC...and probably rightfully so....but the only mention of steroid user Ben Johnson, a Canadian, is that he was still better and faster than the US guy.

An agenda here?

Ishkur · June 16th, 2005, 05:01 PM

No agenda. Just aggressive common sense. The amount of supplements, vitamins and hormones athletes take is so staggering it has literally transformed track & field from a noble activity into a delicate chemistry experiment: who can get the most from their muscles at the right time. To presume that there is anyone operating at the world class level who does not partake in vigorous pre-loading is naive.

And they're always one step ahead of the anti-doping agencies. For every substance that is banned, they simply knock a molecule or two off, or add another, come up with a designer drug that is just as effective and not nearly as detectable. Supplement loading is a carefully guarded secret among the upper echelons of track athletes. They all have their regimens, and they all refuse to talk about them.

But the winner of the race should be the fastest guy, period. Not the fastest guy who's hormone levels are below the legal limit. If I have an agenda, it's to see human excellence. I wanna see them go for broke. These doping allegations and tip-toeing around by Olympic agencies really put a dampener on such a pure discipline.

June 15th, 2005, 07:09 PM	#1
Ishkur Join Date: 12-27-2003 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 438	Breaking the Drug Taboo http://www.kennethjohntaylor.com/images/powell.jpg Once again, the limit for human performance and potential has been shattered as Asafa Powell set a new world record of 9.77 seconds in the 100m. The Jamaican, who beat Tim Montgomery's time of 9.78 seconds yesterday at the Athens Olympic... Full Article

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June 15th, 2005, 08:26 PM	#2
JGAC Join Date: 05-09-2003 Location: North End, Boston Posts: 6,079	I dont see sports changing too much. At most I see smaller leagues where juiced players can go and play.

June 16th, 2005, 11:10 AM	#3
Mike Join Date: 07-08-2002 Location: Dallas, Texas Posts: 10,747	Now your jumping on the steriod bandwagon and proving people guilty e before they are even accused. Don't you think that is a little harsh, I do Give the guy some credit and some respect, let him live the glory of setting the record!!!

June 16th, 2005, 11:55 AM	#4
KP Join Date: 07-08-2002 Posts: 1,988	Interesting that he trashes the USOC...and probably rightfully so....but the only mention of steroid user Ben Johnson, a Canadian, is that he was still better and faster than the US guy. An agenda here?

June 16th, 2005, 05:01 PM	#5
Ishkur Join Date: 12-27-2003 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 438	No agenda. Just aggressive common sense. The amount of supplements, vitamins and hormones athletes take is so staggering it has literally transformed track & field from a noble activity into a delicate chemistry experiment: who can get the most from their muscles at the right time. To presume that there is anyone operating at the world class level who does not partake in vigorous pre-loading is naive. And they're always one step ahead of the anti-doping agencies. For every substance that is banned, they simply knock a molecule or two off, or add another, come up with a designer drug that is just as effective and not nearly as detectable. Supplement loading is a carefully guarded secret among the upper echelons of track athletes. They all have their regimens, and they all refuse to talk about them. But the winner of the race should be the fastest guy, period. Not the fastest guy who's hormone levels are below the legal limit. If I have an agenda, it's to see human excellence. I wanna see them go for broke. These doping allegations and tip-toeing around by Olympic agencies really put a dampener on such a pure discipline.

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