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The sport of cycling is toast. The culture is too far gone and honest folks can't escape the suspicion of doping.
by Invictus0 2y ago
The sport of cycling is toast. The culture is too far gone and honest folks can't escape the suspicion of doping.
- jjtheblunt 2y agoWell it could have a resurgence if doping were explicitly allowed.
- dylan604 2y agoIf we want to see the best athletes, then we need to allow them to do whatever it takes to be their best. We want the best*. Is the best they can do with limits
- parpfish 2y agoyeah, it seems weird that certain scientific and technological breaktroughs are seen as cheating while other are not. nutrition and sports science have made training far more effective than it used to be. materials science has created lighter/better/faster everything. the only harm i can see is if it encourages unhealthy behavior (i.e., convincing people to take dangerous supplements, potentially early in their career before theyve even come close to 'making it')
- jjtheblunt 2y ago> if it encourages unhealthy behavior... i often think this about the olympic gymnasts, some of whom are so much shorter than normal for the ages that i wonder if the activity altered their growth.
- 4ggr0 2y agoPeter Thiel seems to agree, https://enhanced.org/ https://enhanced.org/
- tgv 2y agoYeah, let's let people fuck themselves up for our entertainment! Which movie was that again? Seriously, let's not. Those drugs are bad. Let's protect the people from the ridiculous pressure to win. Let's have some dignity.
- alistairSH 2y agoCycling has the second strictest out-of-competition testing regime (second to athletics). They put pro sports like football (US) and baseball to shame. It’s also nothing new. Cycling has been known for doping for 100 years or more. Armstrong took it to new heights but it’s always been there and always will be. For me, I’m more interested in doping control for the safety of athletes. Potentially equalizing competition is second to me. After all, it’s “just” entertainment.