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| Subject: Bring truth into play by saying yes to drugs in sport Fri Jun 29, 2012 5:10 am | |
| Bans on performance enhancers don't make elite competition fairer.
THE 2012 Tour de France starts this weekend under yet another drugs cloud. The US Anti-Doping Agency's recent announcement of ''doping'' charges against Lance Armstrong and others is no small matter.
If the case is proven, it will nullify Armstrong's record seven Tour de France wins between 1999 and 2005, and reverberate much more widely through international cycling. This being an Olympic year, it amplifies the relevance of this case for world sport generally. Advertisement: Story continues below
It is a good time to reflect on our current thinking about performance enhancement in sport.
Most people are against performance enhancing drugs in elite sport based on the fairness and equity ideal of a level playing field, and a belief that ''doping'' is unnatural and poses a health risk.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/bring-truth-into-play-by-saying-yes-to-drugs-in-sport-20120628-215cn.html#ixzz1zAhulIJK
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