The doping tests are more like an idiot test at this point. There's all sorts of drugs you can take that will be out of your system by the time you get tested. Even then, the IOC allows absurd fluctuations in hormone levels above normal before an athlete is found to be conclusively dirty.
It's more or less a self-selecting process for drug cheats. At the highest level everyone is talented and trains beyond belief. One of two things is going on. Either the best athletes are so good that they can beat their competitors who are using drugs (the drugs btw are extremely effective and powerful), or most of the top athletes are cheating. If you don't cheat, you don't advance in many sports.
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