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Come discuss the 2008 Beijing Summer games with a couple of fanatics!
Saturday, August 28, 2004
Performance Enhancing?
John Capel, scheduled to run in the 4x4m men's semi-final relay for the US last night was pulled from the race just before the race and replaced with Shawn Crawford who only had one hour notice. Capel was pulled due to a positive marijuana test.
I would just like to point out that marijuana is NOT a performance enhancing drug. If anything, it's a performance degrading drug. It's more likely to make you jog around the track than run your fastest. And while you're jogging around, you're more likely to stop and jump into the stands when you see a spectator with a bag of popcorn to satisfy your munchies.
Granted, marijuana is illegal in the US and that might be a reason to pull a runner for illegal activity, but I truly hope Capel was not pulled because the officials thought he had an edge thanks to Mary Jane.
John Capel, scheduled to run in the 4x4m men's semi-final relay for the US last night was pulled from the race just before the race and replaced with Shawn Crawford who only had one hour notice. Capel was pulled due to a positive marijuana test.
I would just like to point out that marijuana is NOT a performance enhancing drug. If anything, it's a performance degrading drug. It's more likely to make you jog around the track than run your fastest. And while you're jogging around, you're more likely to stop and jump into the stands when you see a spectator with a bag of popcorn to satisfy your munchies.
Granted, marijuana is illegal in the US and that might be a reason to pull a runner for illegal activity, but I truly hope Capel was not pulled because the officials thought he had an edge thanks to Mary Jane.
