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Am I the only one not to care.....?
Or I should say, care that much.
In no way condoning the cheating, and am completely in favour of the long bans and other measures to drive it out of sport, but I just think cycling in particular was almost beyond redemption.
By the sounds of it the cheating was so "the norm" it was almost still a level playing field!
And yes, am fully aware of the real losers were the minority of clean athletes, and is a true shame for them and applaud their stand. But have almost written off cycling as a clean sport and cheat or not I can still look at LA achievements with some semblance of respect.
It's really odd for me to say that, but I think the cheating was so widespread it almost goes into something else, kind of who is the best clean or dirty. It's the same with bodybuilding where (I believe) doping is still not allowed but use is both completely obvious and is not tested for to the point of some competitions being labeled as "natural". Like I say the only problem is the clean riders being caught up in it but in my mind I am starting to think they are greatly in the minority over this period.
Would also add that I think a lot of this in hopefully in the past now, and the current crop of riders are going a long way to give greater confidence, it's just a shame they have so much work to do. |
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