So Dan wanted a thread of its own, and between TD, IAAF and the regular drug circus that is endurance sports I thought I'd start one.
I'm unquestionably a jaded cynic, its completely inconceivable to me that I should consider the possibility that Tri's clean whilst other sports are dirty, and its proven time and again the benefits of the drugs and their endemic use in other sports influences competition at the highest level so it has to be a consideration that they are used in Tri
So IF tri is as clean as we profess or Pro's profess they wish it to be, shouldn't it be one strike and you're out? you test positive, you're out of the union, membership suspended immediately pending A and B and a positive B sample rules you out from ever returning to compete in a Challenge event?
In fact whilst we're at it, were that to become a policy, shouldn't the WTC adopt it, or provide a really good reason as to why not?
Finally, if an athlete has historically tested positive shouldn't that preclude them from joining the PTU in the first place?
I'm unquestionably a jaded cynic, its completely inconceivable to me that I should consider the possibility that Tri's clean whilst other sports are dirty, and its proven time and again the benefits of the drugs and their endemic use in other sports influences competition at the highest level so it has to be a consideration that they are used in Tri
So IF tri is as clean as we profess or Pro's profess they wish it to be, shouldn't it be one strike and you're out? you test positive, you're out of the union, membership suspended immediately pending A and B and a positive B sample rules you out from ever returning to compete in a Challenge event?
In fact whilst we're at it, were that to become a policy, shouldn't the WTC adopt it, or provide a really good reason as to why not?
Finally, if an athlete has historically tested positive shouldn't that preclude them from joining the PTU in the first place?