Earlier, we asked whether American runner Antonio Pettigrew is a doper. Now we know the answer. From the AP: Olympic gold medalist Antonio Pettigrew admitted publicly for the first time Thursday that he used performance-enhancing substances during a long, successful sprinting career in which he passed all drug tests. So our Doper’s List of Shame [...]
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Dude Fight: Adam Van Koeverden vs Elvis Stojko
They’re not really fighting but they’re also kind of fighting. Contradictory, eh? If you remember our earlier post, we reported that Elvis Stojko, a two-time figure skating Olympic gold medalist, urged Canadian athletes to boycott the Beijing Olympic Games in the name of human rights. Adam Van Koeverden, world and Olympic kayak champion, is having [...]
Tatyana Lysenko: Doper?
Arrghh. Here’s another athlete we are including in our doper’s Hall of Shame: Russia’s Tatyana Lysenko, the world record holder for the hammer throw. She failed a drug test according to the IAAF and has been banned for two years. She will miss the Beijing Olympics and her results from the past two years have [...]
Quote of the Day: The UK’s Mark Foster
We agree with what he’s saying. Via sportinglife.com: These new suits are giving people something like a two per cent advantage, which over my distance is half a second, half a body length. That is a huge difference. When you look at it as a purist, I would like to see people back in swimming [...]
LZR Speedo Controversy: Much Ado About Nothing?
If AP writer Nancy Armour really believes that the Speedo controversy is much ado about nothing, why doesn’t she ask American athletes not to wear the LZR swimsuit. If it doesn’t make any difference in how an athlete performs, then why do they have to change suits?
