track and field today
what percentage of the elite athletes
today do you believe
are using illegal performance enhancing
drugs i would say that it's definitely
less now than it was
pre-balco if if before it was 80 percent
it might be
50 to 60 percent now so i think there's
a significant reduction
but it's still a majority how easy is it
for an olympian to use
illegal performance enhancing drugs and
not get caught
relatively easy now so the major
loophole
is with the missed tests
and the way it is now you can get two
missed tests
the third one is considered the same as
a positive test and you'll receive a
suspension
or be banned they do not disclose this
information
we know that in the neighborhood of
eight to ten percent
of the tests when they go to collect the
samples and the athlete's not there
that they're issuing this test but you
don't know that athlete a or athlete b
has a missed test so here's basically
what they
could possibly do in the year leading up
to
the olympic games and you're a
world-class sprinter
and uh you take a risk and you say well
listen i'll on my whereabouts form i'll
say i'm going to
city x and i'll go to city y if they
show up the consequence is you get a
missed test
i've calculated that roughly in my
opinion the odds are about 25 to 1
that they won't come during that couple
of week period that you're
you're ducking and dodging and you're
using
steroids and other performance dancing
drugs now understand some of these orals
and clear in a few days and some of the
creams clear in a day
but you could use stuff that make clear
in a week or two weeks
and go hide and do this well now you've
got a cycle under your belt
and hey you likely the odds 25 to 1 that
you didn't even get a missed test
so you can continue to do this until
they show up
and then you get a missed test well this
is not disclosed no one knows this
so the advantage is you got a cycle or
two under your belt before you get a
missed test
but then they'll give you time to
they'll send you a notification you
missed the test we'll give you a hearing
in 30 days you can show up and
give us some you know reasonable
explanation will the tester come back
if they miss you one day will they come
back no they typically do not
so you go and you do it again and you go
out and
pods are great that they're not going to
come but if they do
the worst scenario is strike two and
what what's the penalty for a second
strike
there is none there's no consequence
it's not even disclosed no one knows
the way it works is much like a speeding
ticket on your driving
record you can get one you can get two
and then every 18 months
the oldest one drops off well so you got
18 months so the worst case scenarios
man you got two strikes you got wait
you got your gold medal you got your
endorsements you're doing what you're
doing
and you wait until that one drops off i
believe this to be true that there's
all sorts of medical doctors
and olympic officials in various sports
that are helping these athletes to
circumvent the system
so they're aiding and abetting them i i
believe that to be true
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