And so it begins...

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And so it begins...

Postby huw williams » Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:37 pm

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Re: And so it begins...

Postby Marky Mark » Fri Aug 01, 2008 12:12 pm

Just a small matter if when, not if!! :evil:
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Re: And so it begins...

Postby Antloony » Fri Aug 01, 2008 12:38 pm

Yet another great sporting event reduced to a meaningless spectacle .

I used to enjoy watching the olympics but it has, like so many sports, been tainted by cheats and liars and just doesn't hold the same appeal to me as a viewer anymore.
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Re: And so it begins...

Postby huw williams » Fri Aug 01, 2008 12:45 pm

Good feature in the Guardian today the crux of which is that with a 'home' olympics just round the corner, a number of UK athletes on the cusp of being good enough to qualify for the team might be tempted into drug use in order to make the grade. I guess we're should get used to hearing more about this the closer we get to 2012

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/au ... cgames2012
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Re: And so it begins...

Postby huw williams » Fri Aug 01, 2008 12:48 pm

Another one bites the dust

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympic ... 536871.stm

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Re: And so it begins...

Postby Antloony » Fri Aug 01, 2008 12:56 pm

[quote]Getting rid of athletes we catch is pretty straightforward, but we have to look at people supplying the substances and make sure they are not in sport.


Perhaps this is the answer, catching the problem at the source rather than at the end, the end being in the athletes body.

Its a sad state of affairs when up and coming athletes are forced to think they may have to cheat to enable them to compete on a level playing field.
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Re: And so it begins...

Postby Jon H » Fri Aug 01, 2008 1:08 pm

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Re: And so it begins...

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