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The Mighty Thor

The Mighty Thor

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CNN are currently reporting widespread doping across the whole of Australia incorporating all sports and involving coaches,doctors and pharmacists. The report states that it's worldwide. This obviously means at international level too. I often wondered why a country with such a small population managed to remain at the top of the sporting ladder for so long.
 
Top of which sporting ladder?

I'd always assumed their greatness at water sports was due to all those beaches and open air swimming pools. Take out their water sport olympic medals from last year and they look a very poor sporting country.

But, after seeing how Lance Armstrong got away with it for so long, it wouldn't suprise me if international sport was flooded with drug-cheats.
 
I'll be surprised if any of this doping is related to the great teams/names that made Australia a success, in Rugby Union, Cricket & Swimming (although not completely shocked, as nothing in sport shocks me any more) yet I suspect its mainly individuals desperate to gain an upper hand because their talent is lacking.

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While the ACC did not name the sports or the clubs in investigation, local media reports said the allegations primarily concerned rugby league and Australian Rules football – two of the most popular sports in Australia.
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Suggests its mainly rugby league/Australian rules, so one is a domestic sport and the other is a poor relation of worldwide rugby.
 
The sad thing is that this only builds the cynicism in sport. If someone achieves something truly great there's always a part of you that thinks that they're on something. Like that 16 year old Chinese swimmer that's breaking World records at the Olympics, I don't think I was the only one that felt a bit suspicious and if she is clean that's very unfair.
 
The only way to stop doping in sport, is for every team/individual that wins any form of silverware/trophy to be tested, as then you're saying to the dopers, you're doping is never going to gain you any success/

of course this can only happen if the testing is good enough, and also the financial aspect, yet these random tests at various times of the year mean people can avoid it by predicting when the testers will turn up.
 
I think the drugs he was taking whilst upfront for us were recreational, they certainly didn't make him a World beater.
 
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