The swimming great says performance-enhancing substances could have fatal consequences for athletes and the idea of an event that celebrates their use is “borderline criminal”.
Melbourne Football Club is under pressure to conduct a “deep dive” investigation into its culture after police became involved in allegations of drug trafficking against AFL player Joel Smith.
The PR move says everything about the Enhanced Games,for which retired swimmer James Magnussen has become the poster boy.
Melbourne utility Joel Smith has failed in his attempt to have his penalty for testing positive to cocaine on match day set at three months.
There will be little sympathy for Joel Smith,but there also should be an examination of whether the process for drug testing is fit for purpose.
Clayton Oliver says he would never have voluntarily left but would have agreed to a trade if Melbourne had indicated they did not want him to stay during the trade period.
The UK-based Australian says 500 athletes are ready to take part in competition where doping is allowed,but the AOC says the idea can’t be taken seriously.
Peter Bol made his comeback in Budapest after having his career derailed by a doping debacle,but he failed to qualify for the 800m semis. In a small consolation,doping authorities admitted his case had been a disaster.
Scientists say Peter Bol was lucky the same World Anti-Doping Agency laboratories that got it wrong with his first doping sample did not test his second one.
Handling a pet’s medication was just one way an athlete was branded a cheat. Calls are now growing for a rethink of the entire drug-testing system.
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