So the B sample is out there, and another world class athlete ends his career in shame.
The shame is not that there will always be those whom believe that he is innocent or guilty, BUT that many people will turn away from watching , funding, and even competing in cycling.
The international governing bodies shot themselves in the foot when after the Festina affair they failed to put there house in order, they let DAVID MILLAR back in after he admitted cheating, the atletes keep on doing it because they often get away with it, and if caught can retire protesting their innocence. BEN JOHNSON was found to be breaking all the rules in `88, he lost his gold medal and world record and was banned for two years, in `93 he was caught again and banned for life(at the end of his career)!
JUSTIN GATLIN is alledging `positive by proxy` after some masseur alledgedly massaged testosterone into his legs, LINFORD CHRITIE an ambassador for UK sport was banned for two years(again at the end of his career), after registering 200 times the normal level of nandrolone.
The world is full of fakes and these sporting icons did very well out of it, one man admitted to taking steroids throughout his professional career as a bodybuilder during which time he won the highest accolades, became one of the most famous athletes of all time , minister for sport, and govennor of the richest state of the richest country in the world, he may yet become the worlds most powerful man, unless Floyd beats him to it....
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Let he who is without sin cast the first stone-creatine boy!!
Thanks for checking out our TripleCrankset blog. Just curious as to how you found us. You picked a great place to live; I had a great friend who lived in Barrie. Unfortunately, cancer won out in June after a long battle.
my wife has a blog and has been mentioning your site as i sat tied to phil and paul in July and tried to put up with that annoying `.tour`day` France bob`.
Paul and Phil used to be the mainstay of British Eurosport which I cannot get here.
Heh thanks for the comments!
"Blown out of proportion" is definately true as we watch the world situation at the moment! However , there are many sports in which prominent athletes come out and denounce drugs (Paula Radcliffe) there must be many out there whom have to settle for apparently average careers whilst at the same time being better than those on the talk shows describing there "greatest moments".Justin Gaitlin would appear to be the fastest human being ever to have walked the planet!
Professional Cycling is probably the worlds worst sport for athletic integrity, and I think we have to tell them that, repeatedly ,until some of the current professionals stand up and demand ther integrity back.
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