On Wed, 2 Aug 2000, alan tobin wrote:
> This whole EPO test seems kind of fishy to me. Why let everyone in the
> track world know you have a test and plan to use it at the Olympics?
So that cheaters will stop using EPO, and never use it again, thus
evening the odds for the clean athletes.
> Wouldn't it be better to not let anyone know about it and then surprise
> athletes at the Olympics?
No. Aside from the scandal, think of the effects on the clean
athletes. While many of them would like to see the cheaters get caught,
they would also prefer to win their medals (or make the finals or place
Nth as opposed to N+1th, etc.) on the track rather than after the
fact. How would the first man who missed an Olympic final feel if
several of the finalists test positive for EPO?
Jason
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"I don't want to give up yet but a life which revolves around
physios' tables and injuries is not what athletics is about."
-- high jumper Steve Smith
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