A racket is what he makes at choir practice.Quote:
Originally Posted by mapper
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A racket is what he makes at choir practice.Quote:
Originally Posted by mapper
This drug - meldonium - was clearly being taken as a performance enhancer by hundreds, if not thousands of sportsmen and women. Having heard about the less than clear email, with the convoluted process to access the data, and seen the leaflet, with the complicated drug categories and the name mildronate - meldonium's other name - missing from the list, I have a certain sympathy for those caught out. Having said that, if I had an advisor, I would have expected them to sort this out for me!
One aspect of 'doping in sport' which isn't considered is the abuse of off the shelf medication to assist a performance in an endurance event - for example in a local ultradistance event regularly undertaken by people who just want a go for charity as well as serious regular competitors often you will see people who have no medical or healthcare background without the slightest bit of knowledge as regarding the contraindications or spacing out of doses advising people to take painkillers like paracetamol, cocodamol, or antinflammatories like Ibuprofen. Just because they're off the shelf doesn't mean they don't have the potential to damage muppets who think they can take them like smarties. I've come across examples of overdose in races and the potential for long term organ damage is heightened due to the dehydration factor.
It's accepted practice, but to me it's a form of cheating. Part of the challenge of ultradistance is having the mental strength to deal with the pain and if you can't take it then you have to ask yourself is there a genuine reason you're having those problems and whether you should be considering withdrawing rather than masking the symptoms.
What's everyone's thoughts?
ps I'm not talking about athletes on long term prescribed regular medication as advised by their Dr who are taking it for a specific condition who are an entirely different case.
re ibuprofen it will be interesting to see the outcome of this study
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02272725
I suspect NSAID use will not come out well
Agreed - I have seen so much harm from this group of drugs.
I was talking to my uncle about this safety debate. He is fairly high up in Lloyds of London and insures events such as the Isle of Man TT. He said the thrust of AI's argument is correct. That is good enough for me, as you say time will tell.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stagger
The end game for me was the point at which I stopped believing in what I was seeing on TV. You spend all your mental energy trying to work out if this is real as opposed to enjoying the competition. I am afraid I am at that point with athletics and CL who was initially pilloried for his suggestions in this area is correct.
Brilliant. Just bloody brilliant.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/36823453
But they couldn't beat us in the medal tables. Wonder why?
Well this is a genuine surprise. The Russians are normally so subtle.