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Subject: Doping/Cheating in Athletics
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obi_jon 2.08.15 - 12:16pm
I know this really belongs in sports forum but it's dead in there and similar topics made there before haven't garnered many replies(if it's not football/soccer related they rarely do), so i'm posting it here.
A set of data revealing details of the results from over 12000 blood tests on 5000 athletes has been leaked from the IAAF and examined by independent anti-doping experts. It appears to show that the scale of cheating in the sport is much more widespread than previously thought. WADA(World Anti-Doping Authority) has called the results 'Very Alarming'. * +

obi_jon 2.08.15 - 12:17pm
According to the experts, the database reveals:
A third of medals (146, including 55 golds) in endurance events at the Olympics and World Championships between 2001 and 2012 were won by athletes who have recorded suspicious tests. It is claimed none of these athletes have been stripped of their medals.

More than 800 athletes - one in seven of those named in the files - have recorded blood tests described by one of the experts as highly suggestive of doping or at the very least abnormal.

A top UK athlete is among seven Britons with suspicious blood scores.

British athletes - including Olympic champion heptathlete Jessica Ennis-Hill - have lost out in major events to competitors who were under suspicion.

Ten medals at London 2012 were won by athletes who have dubious test results.

In some finals, every athlete in the three medal positions had recorded a suspicious blood test.

Russia emerges as the blood testing epicentre of the world with more than 80 of the country's medals won by suspicious athletes, while Kenya had 18 medals won by suspicious athletes. * +

smokeyb 2.08.15 - 12:17pm
good * +

obi_jon 2.08.15 - 12:19pm
Full story. [link]http://m.bbc.com/sport/athletics/33749208[/link] * +

bozzalad 2.08.15 - 12:25pm
all about the money never about the sport * +

obi_jon 2.08.15 - 12:42pm

That may be the case for many but it's not true of all athletes. Often it is more about political propaganda and organised by governments of certain countries, as seen by the systematic doping of East German athletes in the 70/80's and possibly by the Russians today. * +

obi_jon 2.08.15 - 12:44pm
How about splitting athletics into 2 seperate categories?
1) Totally clean, with super strict mandatory testing for all athletes, ensuring a level playing field(sic) for all competitors.
2) Anything goes, athletes can pump themselves full of any substances they think might be beneficial, thereby opening up the possibility of someone running the 100m in 5.9secs or throwing a javelin clean out of the stadium. * +

bozzalad 2.08.15 - 12:44pm
i was thinking more about the folk who run the sports * +

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