General Doping Thread.

[Barnacle Bill]

Not sure what to make of these Enhanced Games yet, whether getting things out in the open is a good thing or just asking for an inevitable dangerous incident, but can't help finding it amusing to see athletes talking openly of getting "juiced to the gills".

Ben Proud becomes first British athlete to sign up to Enhanced Games
The 30-year-old, who won silver in 50m freestyle at Paris Olympics, has joined controversial event that allows competitors to take performance-enhancing substances

The Olympic silver medal-winning swimmer Ben Proud has become the first British athlete to sign up for the Enhanced Games.

The controversial event, in which athletes are permitted to take performance-enhancing substances, is scheduled for May next year and is set to be the subject of a documentary by Rob McElhenney, the Hollywood actor and Wrexham co-owner.

However, in more than two years since it was launched, only a handful of athletes have publicly committed to the Enhanced Games — and none from Britain. Now Proud, a world and European 50m freestyle champion who won silver at the Olympics in Paris last year, has put his name forward.

“My ambition has always been to be the fastest man on the planet,” Proud, 30, said. “I’ve spent years striving for that within traditional sport, but my motivations have shifted.

“Now, I want to focus on performance at its highest level and challenge myself in new ways. The Enhanced Games gives me that chance — to test the limits of human potential with the tools and possibilities of our time.”

Proud is set to race against Kristian Gkolomeev from Greece, who swam the 50m in an unofficial world-record time in February, and James Magnussen, the three-times Olympic medallist from Australia who has declared his intention to “juice to the gills” in pursuit of victory.

Asked if he thinks the Enhanced Games undermines clean sport, Proud told BBC Sport: “No. I think it opens up the potential avenue to excel in a very different way.

“Speaking for myself, I think realistically I’ve achieved everything I can, and now the Enhanced [Games] is giving me a new opportunity. I definitely don’t think that’s undermining a clean sport. I really respect the sport I’ve been part of, and I would never step back in knowing I’ve done something which isn’t in the rules.”

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Not sure what to make of these Enhanced Games yet, whether getting things out in the open is a good thing or just asking for an inevitable dangerous incident, but can't help finding it amusing to see athletes talking openly of getting "juiced to the gills".

Proud will probably just continue on whatever medical concoction he has been on all the time....

 

[Sciatic]

Not sure what to make of these Enhanced Games yet, whether getting things out in the open is a good thing or just asking for an inevitable dangerous incident, but can't help finding it amusing to see athletes talking openly of getting "juiced to the gills".

One way to look at this silly endeavor is that it could make more valid the claims of many here (including me) that the elite levels of most pro sports are rife with doping. Because I think it’s likely some of these “juiced to the gills” folks won’t beat the times of elite pros on the world stage.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Unibet Tietema Rockets rider suspended for 'unexplained abnormalities' in Athlete Biological Passport

Team announces suspension of Italian rider Giovanni Carboni with immediate effect

www.cyclingnews.com

Giovanni Carboni suspended, Team UKYO to Unibet isn‘t the same program it seems

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Unibet Tietema Rockets rider suspended for 'unexplained abnormalities' in Athlete Biological Passport

Team announces suspension of Italian rider Giovanni Carboni with immediate effect

www.cyclingnews.com

Giovanni Carboni suspended, Team UKYO to Unibet isn‘t the same program it seems

My god I watch pocagar doing thermonuclear performances looking fresh as a daisy and going 4 minutes faster than pantani. Winning monuments all season long. Gianetti and maxtin doing tv interviews. Uae doctor on the UCI comission. Uae riders win half the vuelta stages without breathing.

But thank god the UCI is catching these Italians who dope a bit for fun to compete in settimana coppi bartali and the national championships. Tahnks for cleanning up the sport guys,

 

[thetdog666]

My god I watch pocagar doing thermonuclear performances looking fresh as a daisy and going 4 minutes faster than pantani. Winning monuments all season long. Gianetti and maxtin doing tv interviews. Uae doctor on the UCI comission. Uae riders win half the vuelta stages without breathing.

But thank god the UCI is catching these Italians who dope a bit for fun to compete in settimana coppi and the national championships. Tahnks for cleanning up the sport guys,

Really is pathetic isn't it. Money talks

 

[Mr. 64%]

My god I watch pocagar doing thermonuclear performances looking fresh as a daisy and going 4 minutes faster than pantani. Winning monuments all season long. Gianetti and maxtin doing tv interviews. Uae doctor on the UCI comission. Uae riders win half the vuelta stages without breathing.

But thank god the UCI is catching these Italians who dope a bit for fun to compete in settimana coppi bartali and the national championships. Tahnks for cleanning up the sport guys,

This! Couldn't have said it better myself, it sums up my thoughts on the current doping situation so well.