All seven of Lance Armstrong's Tour de France Wins Will Go To Cyclists With Doping Scandals Of Their
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[QUOTE=Jsm;37410495]I was wondering about this and the term "blood doping" during the Olympics so I did some research. You can apparently genetically modify someone’s blood via a transfusion, so they have all the benefits of steroids without the steroids being in their system.[/QUOTE]
There's gene doping, which is what you mean. They pretty much use an EPO virus, that transfers the genes to a lot of cells. You can increase the amount of red blood cells by 80% this way.
And I'm pretty sure there's no way to test it.
Today is a good day [sp]for Jan Ullrich[/sp]
he doped?
[b]CALL IN THE FUCKING DOGS[/b]
Tough week for the Armstrong family
If I was one of those guys who got the victory handed to them I'd probably reject it
This is all incredibly silly.
What point is in the sport at all when most of the good players cheat?
[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;37414785]This is all incredibly silly.
What point is in the sport at all when most of the good players cheat?[/QUOTE]
That's a nonsensical question. You watch athletics to watch people take human performance to the next level, that next level IS PED use no matter what people's dumb hang ups about it's use are. Nobody wants to see lackluster boring ass performances. If you want to watch terrible athletes play their sport terribly people would pay to watch recreational athletes play.
PED usage doesn't give you skills, it allows these athletes to push the limits of their performance, they still have to train, they still have to dedicated much of their life to perfection of technique and strategy.
Look at this the opposite way, if every athlete is using some form of PED, then you have created, unintentionally or not, a level playing field - which is a term I hate to say because there is no such thing in athletics.
[QUOTE=TestECull;37410031]If you draw blood a few days in advance, then re-inject it right before a competition, your bloodstream can transport more oxygen than it can normally. This results in better performance. Hence, illegal blood transfusion.[/QUOTE]
Isn't the trick to do it at high altitudes so your body makes more erythrocytes due a lower concentration of oxygen, suck that higher concentration of blood out, and then inject that on the day?
[QUOTE=JaegerMonster;37415475]That's a nonsensical question. You watch athletics to watch people take human performance to the next level, that next level IS PED use no matter what people's dumb hang ups about it's use are. Nobody wants to see lackluster boring ass performances. If you want to watch terrible athletes play their sport terribly people would pay to watch recreational athletes play.
PED usage doesn't give you skills, it allows these athletes to push the limits of their performance, they still have to train, they still have to dedicated much of their life to perfection of technique and strategy.
Look at this the opposite way, if every athlete is using some form of PED, then you have created, unintentionally or not, a level playing field - which is a term I hate to say because there is no such thing in athletics.[/QUOTE]
Then PED should be allowed and regulated to ensure the field is level.
Regardless of your opinion about the rule it's still a rule, and holding to a higher moral standard and not disobeying the rule should ever put you into disadvantage.
[QUOTE=DentalDoctor;37414073]he doped?
[b]CALL IN THE FUCKING DOGS[/b][/QUOTE]
Wow missed the bandwagon by a long shot but good luck next time
[QUOTE=RichyZ;37411478]he was blood doping, not smoking weed[/QUOTE]
Oh. Missed that one.
[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;37415584]Then PED should be allowed and regulated to ensure the field is level..[/QUOTE]
Absolutely, which is what I've been saying forever. If there was actually any concern for the athletes health (there isn't lmao) in regards to PED use/abuse, they would've done that a long time ago.
This sport is so riddled with doping it should be banned altogether.
[QUOTE=zugu;37424357]This sport is so riddled with doping it should be banned altogether.[/QUOTE]
Every sport at an elite or professional level is riddled with doping/PED use
banning a sport is silly, why would you ban it?
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