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> I think that at this point any elite athlete _not_ on PEDs is doomed to fall behind. Won't detection solutions catch-up eventually? Can't they keep samples i
by MaxBarraclough 6y ago
> I think that at this point any elite athlete _not_ on PEDs is doomed to fall behind.
Won't detection solutions catch-up eventually? Can't they keep samples in storage and test them again years later, and at least shame the doping athletes at that time?
I suppose this isn't serving as an effective deterrent today, but it's not obvious to me why.
- hobofan 6y agoI don't know about what's currently used as state-of-the-art PEDs, but in theory there could very well be PEDs that are near impossible to detect, by being very quickly absorbed by the target tissue from the bloodstream. If they then also completely metabolize the drug to substances that occur normally in you body (and at non-suspicious levels), it would be very hard to detect.
- fian 6y agoThe focus has switched to pushing the limits of therapeutic exemption drugs. It is amazing how many top swimmers and cyclists are asthmatic and _need_ to take the most hard core pharmaceuticals available to treat it.
- Leherenn 6y agoEven if they are legitimately asthmatic, then it means you pretty much need to be asthmatic now to compete at the very top level. Anyway you look at it it feels wrong.