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Come discuss the 2008 Beijing Summer games with a couple of fanatics!
Saturday, February 11, 2006
Strange Start to the Games
So far, 12 cross-country skiers have been given a 5 day suspension for having high levels of hemoglobin. The strange thing is that there are many reasons why one's level of hemoglobin might be high besides from blood doping including altitude and dehydration. I guess the idea is that if it was from blood doping, the effects would be gone within 5 days.
Also, the US top skeleton athlete, Zach Lund, has been banned from his sport for one year effective immediately. His crime? Using a hair-growth drug! Apparently the drug also masks steroids. Has this drug testing gone a bit too far?
So far, 12 cross-country skiers have been given a 5 day suspension for having high levels of hemoglobin. The strange thing is that there are many reasons why one's level of hemoglobin might be high besides from blood doping including altitude and dehydration. I guess the idea is that if it was from blood doping, the effects would be gone within 5 days.
Also, the US top skeleton athlete, Zach Lund, has been banned from his sport for one year effective immediately. His crime? Using a hair-growth drug! Apparently the drug also masks steroids. Has this drug testing gone a bit too far?
