When I read this article about a ‘German anti-doping expert’ being shocked at the dossier he saw on Jan Ullrich’s alleged doping transgressions, I would have liked to have responded sarcastically, ‘What, someone is surprised that former Soviet-bloc athletes have used doping as part of their preparations?’
But of course, now it’s all pots and kettles.
I also want to ask Floyd, Tyler, and other others, why, why, why? But yesterday I heard an interesting opinion on NPR: performance enhancing drugs, or ‘doping products’, are no different than any other drug. There are safe dosages and methods of using them, and there are unsafe dosages and methods of using them. Professional cycling is an extreme indurance sport, so why not let the athletes use any means to best prepare themselves for the events?
I’m not certain I entirely agree with the idea, but it’s food for thought.