Ralph20 wrote:
windschatten wrote:
The mental acrobatics people on this thread go through to make up low numbers for the % of dopers (who knew there is “technical, moral, medical, inefficient etc. doping”) is silly but unfortunately just exactly a reflection of reality. Pathetic. There is only one form of doping:
The illegal one. No IF and BUT.
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This thread shows again that less and less Tri-sters care about a true athletic competition.
SAD.
I wish I lived in your black/white world. Possibly the rest of us understand that these issues are somewhat more complex. For instance, it's hard to justify that some random person competing in a triathlon has to meet Olympic level qualifications/testing when it comes to the medicines they take. Most athletes simply don't put that much time and studying into doing a race. They train a little and have fun. If the doctor prescribed meds that also happen to be banned it's easy for them to say that they aren't taking it for doping purposes, but just for health. Hence, in their mind, there is no issue. That isn't a totally invalid argument either. How many sports require such stringent testing to go out a do a weekend race? Triathlon and cycling is pretty much it.
They can train all they want. When they choose to race in a sanctioned event it does become black and white. It doesn’t matter what the intent is. If their taking a banned substance they’re cheating. If they still want to compete they can take up another sport without said rules.