I generally tend to view the reporting of failed drug tests as good news -
http://www.iaaf.org/news/press-release/more-than-1900-blood-samples-collected-mosc
Though the guilty 7 did include a male javelin finalist and a female sprinter from Ukraine (no comment from the ex-pole vaulter yet!) the results do suggest that the testing of urine is usually only going to catch the relatively unsophisticated - the other five are not exactly from athletic "hotbeds" (a male marathon runner from Guatemala, a Kazakhstan female walker, a female sprinter form Turkmenistan, an Iranian male walker, and a male sprinter from Afghanistan).
We must wait a little while longer for the results of the blood that are conducted as part of the 'Athlete Biological Passport'; meanwhile we had another example of how "seriously" the major US professional sports (American Football, Basketball, Baseball, Ice Hockey) take drug testing. A player for the Denver Broncos was found guilty, together with a "urine collector" (what qualifications does that job require??), of trying to "corrupt the NFL's drug-testing programme", and the news reports talk of "the severity of his penalty" - 6 games!! - I think someone's "taking the piss" rather than just "swoping" it!
http://www.iaaf.org/news/press-release/more-than-1900-blood-samples-collected-mosc
Though the guilty 7 did include a male javelin finalist and a female sprinter from Ukraine (no comment from the ex-pole vaulter yet!) the results do suggest that the testing of urine is usually only going to catch the relatively unsophisticated - the other five are not exactly from athletic "hotbeds" (a male marathon runner from Guatemala, a Kazakhstan female walker, a female sprinter form Turkmenistan, an Iranian male walker, and a male sprinter from Afghanistan).
We must wait a little while longer for the results of the blood that are conducted as part of the 'Athlete Biological Passport'; meanwhile we had another example of how "seriously" the major US professional sports (American Football, Basketball, Baseball, Ice Hockey) take drug testing. A player for the Denver Broncos was found guilty, together with a "urine collector" (what qualifications does that job require??), of trying to "corrupt the NFL's drug-testing programme", and the news reports talk of "the severity of his penalty" - 6 games!! - I think someone's "taking the piss" rather than just "swoping" it!
Not to be out done, this Italian took it to another level:
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