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Originally Posted by Jimbuna
I think doping was more prevalent in the older competitors
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don't get me wrong but I read it like this: doping was when Armstrong (US) was wining (however I remember that you tried to defend L.A in one of the threads before he confessed the truth) and now it's 'clean' or 'cleaner'. (when GBR win)
At first I wanted to write that 'professional' sport will never be clean but one of my high-school friends came to my mind. He was a 100m runner. Before important competitions he drank that syrup which increased blood's efficiency in carrying oxygen.
Amateur or professional sport - it doesn't really matter.
What differs these two is the scale.
I was thinking - yeah, just get rid of these ridiculously huge sums which professionals get, separate them from business which supports them.
But it won't do.
Even if TdF's prize was Hollande's sloppy kiss, they would still cheat.
Sure there are some people (pros/amateurs) who are clean. But as long as anti-drugs tests are one (or fifty, who knows) step behind drugs, I don't believe that sport can be clean.