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Article & Video Discussion / Re: Interview about Drugs in Sports (mainly sprinting)
« on: March 23, 2012, 01:25:17 am »You think he's exaggerating?
I believe a lot of what he's saying but I think he's definitely exaggerating at least a bit. I mean afterall it is in his interets to since he's obviously pro drugs. I mean come on golf!? Why would a golfer need to take performance enhancing drugs. Also why would basketball players need to take fat burners or anything. Also i wouldn't believe that all the sprinting contestants in an olympic final are doped up. Sure many of them could be or probably are but how can he be sure unless he's worked with their coaches or knows the people that are providing for them.
He did name some pretty high profiled coaches, which makes me believe that they are still doping their athletes. For example he named John Smith who currently works with Carmelita Jeter who's the fastest woman in the world right now. What makes it even more suspcious isn't just her coach but also her age. She's 32. Check out her progression times.
http://speedendurance.com/2009/10/19/asafa-powell-and-carmelita-jeter-peak-training-age/
2003 her PR was 11.79. In 3 years she managed to get that down to 11.48. In 2007 she starts working with John Smith and than suddenly she's taken her time down to 11.02 in less than a year before eventually dropping down to 10.64.
Regardless of that I still like to give people the benefit of the doubt until they are proven positive or admit they're doping. But i wreckon the athletic federations don't really want to be rigorous with the best athletes because imagine how much it would hurt sprintings profile if somebody like Usain Bolt tested positive. It would be an even bigger scandal than the Ben Johnson case.