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Originally Posted by oldschoolcalgary
well Landis was stripped of his title and Barnje Riis has admitted to using drugs (though the tour hasn't officially stripped him of the title, he has the dreaded * beside his name).
i guess my position is that the cheat are virtually always ahead of the testing. With exception of the secret EPO test that caught dozens of athletes, the testers are always trying to catch.
Retroactive testing is the other way to prevent rampant cheating in sports. 10 years later, cheaters will still feel the pressure of the agencies scrutinizing them and that their secret will eventually be found out.
that's what they deserve.
What's your position on Marion Jones?
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I tend to not care so much about individuals as sports, track and field has always tried to catch athletes using PEDS, unlike cycling, and so the athletes were always aware that what they were doing was wrong, the same cannot be said for cycling, the use of PEDs has been endemic, accepted and mostly embraced by the sport, at individual, team and governing body level throughout the sports history.