Not Triathlon, but the RFU tests what we call "age groupers" but just amateur players seemingly more often than the professionals...or that's the appearance. But the results from the "grassroots" drug testing protocol show a pretty high usage of PEDs...at like the National 2 (4 Division) and National 3 (5th Division) level.

Which goes to show...if there is a trophy, someone will always cheat.

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Washed up footy player turned Triathlete.

No.. I think it's valid. Suppose a former bodybuilder who stopped PED usage 2 years ago entered triathlon. Would he be banned?

No

You are conflating contexts..

That's a very interesting article, thanks for sharing!
I keep asking myself if the rates of doping in amateur triathlon would be higher or lower than in other endurance sports, given that our sport is known in the athletic world as the best place to find endurance junkies and people who are definitely addicted to exercise. Do you guys think that this behaviour translates into more doping?

okay, just throwing this out there.... I could be wrong in my memory, but I seem to recall that Nina Kraft had her Kona victory taken away and she was banned for 2 or maybe it was 4 years. If I recall, I think it was around 2004

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Yep, that sounds about right.

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