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apparantly the Chinease are set on winning the most medals in 2008
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Yeah, they're not doing too bad this year either. I like it when the smaller countries get medals though. You know those countries where only twenty people live.
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The was the point about Ferdinand. Although man U bitched about how hars the penalty was - the fact of the matter is that if he had been in any other sport he would have been banned for 2 years.
Cycling? Funny how lance Armstrong didn't make it to Athens and that the race was wide open for most of the race. Draw your own conclusions... |
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Football has different rules though. I'd have no problem with Ferdinand having a 2 year ban if that was the standard. A Man City player no showed a test a month earlier and got off with a fine.
In athletics, you can't go anywhere if you are picked for a random test. An IAAF official is on your shoulder until you pass urine. |
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That was the Man City player, and he no-showed a full year or so before Ferdinand, under a different FA administration.
Ferdinand was unlucky in that Palios made an example of him. I felt it was unfair on Ferdinand in that regard, that he may have been punished more because of who he was. |
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Lance raced in Sydney 2000, but I guess that doesn't count because he passed the drug tests, whereas it is just pure speculation, and he had legitimate reason to skip it. You can have your opinion though.
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I've heard they are like that after football matches. You hear a lot of stories from footballers who want to celebrate with the rest of the team but can't because they have to give a sample and they don't need a piss.
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The general move is to have a standard drugs policy across all sports.
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Yeah, his legit reason was he would have failed the GH tests now.
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I would think that drugs are being banned in most sports due to body harm more than performance enhancement. Yeah something like long distance cycling a drug could make a lot of difference, but if you're good at soccer you're good at soccer. So it would be hard to determine an overall standard for all sports.
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Any drug that helps build muscle or endurance should be banned and most are.
Any illegal substances found on athletes should be treated in the same way. And they are. |
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If it doesn't hurt your body, why shouldn't a soccer player be allowed to take it? If everybody is allowed to take it, its not a problem.
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Especially at the Olympics. In my view it's celebrating what "man" can do at sports through hard work and determination not what some twat in a lab can conjure up.
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Sports should be about skill and natural ability - not about who has the best pharmacist.
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The whole damn thing is a popularity contest, fuck you all
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What about shit like Whey Protien? Do you think that should be illegal?
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I'm convinced most these Athletes are all on some shit. I mean every fk'n event there seems to be a record broken. That swimmer Phelps. He's on something, I just know it. I wish there was some kind of machine that everybody has to step through right before the event, and I mean like 10 seconds before and it will go off if you have any kind of drug in your system.
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You've got to remember that these Olympics are held four years apart, that's quite a long time in terms of progress that can be made. |
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If you try to take away any performance inhancing substance, you are just fighting a battle you can't win because people are forever going to be able to find shit thats better than the last and that is less and less detectable. I too would rather see who is the best naturally, but the only simple way to deal with it is to allow everybody to use the same things, because obviously any athlete takes things to restore their muscles, or else they wouldn't be able to do what they do.
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There is a difference between performance enhancers and food supplements, also. Protein is not a drug. A drug is something which artificially alters your physiology, either acting to by-pass biochemical control or to suppress normal physiological processes. |
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Stupid statement dude. |
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Phelps has an incredible body for swimming, which going along with natural talent makes him good. Swimmers break world records all the time, with his body I wouldn't think he would need to dope to break records.
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Being incredibly buff and ripped is quite different from height and wingspan, but nice try. |
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Everything that enhances anything should be banned. Just go with what you got, that's all. I played competitive sports for 17 years and never once did I take any kind of kind of supplement. I didn't even drink any of those protein shakes, that so many people love to drink over here.
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One of the main things, females wouldn't resemble females. Beach volleyball would be totally shit to watch, leading to lower ratings.
We all remember those Russian girls now don't we. |
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Because he's American.
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