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    Doping in other sports?

    Apparently they do most of their training in Tenerife …
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    Doping in other sports?

    Italian swimming team at Paris 2024 - discuss …
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    Australian Aaron D'Souza plans rival Olympic Games allowing doping ...

    https://apnews.com/article/australia-olympics-enhanced-games-doping-24462bcf8f1f97125a8234bea5723ff3
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    Quintana??

    Thats not technically true, its not related to morphine but it is a synthetic Opioid which gives it both its painkilling ability and its addiction ability. But you are right that those are the reasons why its so controlled and potentially very dangerous. I was on it for 5+ months and never...
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    Quintana??

    Tramadol is an incredible painkiller - its like multi-Codeine. The problem with it I found when I was prescribed it, was although I felt no pain I struggled to string a sentence together 30 mins after the max 2 capsule dose. How the hell I could have ridden a bike is anyone's guess! Yes, those...
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    Quintana??

    The 50% rule was there not for safety but because they couldn't test for EPO directly. 50%+ Hem was indicative of EPO.
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    Doping in XC skiing

    she won that 30k by a country mile
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    General Doping Thread.

    Therese Johaug has just taken Gold in 30km x-country by a country mile
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    General Doping Thread.

    CJ Ujah: Great Britain lose Tokyo Olympics relay medal after doping violation - BBC Sport
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    General Doping Thread.

    How many of them would keep their meds with their grandparents meds?
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    General Doping Thread.

    Of course he does ...
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    Olympics 2020 (2021): Harder to dope in Japan?

    Given the weather we've had the question should be whether it will ever start?
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    Olympics 2020 (2021): Harder to dope in Japan?

    After the final of the relay Tokyo Olympics: Team GB 4x100m relay silver medallist CJ Ujah suspended for suspected doping violation | UK News | Sky News
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    Teams & Riders Froome Talk Only

    Froome almost a minute down after the Romandie prologue (4km) - what did he do, walk round?
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    Operation Puerto

    where is that link FMK - I can’t seem to find it. TIA!