Doping at Winter Olympics?

[Captainron]

So a Russian curler has been caught doping following a test taken after he and his wife won bronze in the mixed event.

Must have had trouble with the sweeping? Or not enough puff to scootch down the ice on one foot?!?

:mmm:

 

[Slime]

Of all the participants at the games, when I heard it was a curler I couldn't believe it!
Why?
What could he possibly gain?

 

[Robster59]

Of all the participants at the games, when I heard it was a curler I couldn't believe it!
Why?
What could he possibly gain?

Slow him down, get less stressed, better control over speed and spin.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

The drug found was not one that slowed the heart though. It was the one Sharapova was caught with. It allows more oxygen in the blood, allows you to train longer, increase stamina etc. Not massively appropriate for curling.

Some form of beta blocker would make sense but not this.

 

[Deleted member 18645]

Was he stoned?

Sorry.

 

[IanM]

Olympics?

Drugs?

Well I never!



Curling? Why???????

 

[Orikoru]

The drug found was not one that slowed the heart though. It was the one Sharapova was caught with. It allows more oxygen in the blood, allows you to train longer, increase stamina etc. Not massively appropriate for curling.

Some form of beta blocker would make sense but not this.

Yeah I thought the same. Why on earth would he risk it for little discernible gain? Bizarre.

 

[Tashyboy]

The drug found was not one that slowed the heart though. It was the one Sharapova was caught with. It allows more oxygen in the blood, allows you to train longer, increase stamina etc. Not massively appropriate for curling.

Some form of beta blocker would make sense but not this.

Four cans of stella would of done that 😳

 

[Deleted member 18645]

Four cans of stella would of done that 

Now you're on to something here Tashy - the p---ed up Winter Olympics. Drunk ski-ing, inebriated curling and as for the ski-jump, well you'd have to be ten sheets to the wind to even do it in the first place.

 

[Tashyboy]

Now you're on to something here Tashy - the p---ed up Winter Olympics. Drunk ski-ing, inebriated curling and as for the ski-jump, well you'd have to be ten sheets to the wind to even do it in the first place.

I think eddie the eagle was drunk on a few of his runs 😁
Joking aside. He seems to of resurfaced over the last year or so. Seen a few clups of him and his film and have nowt but utmost respect for him.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Now you're on to something here Tashy - the p---ed up Winter Olympics. Drunk ski-ing, inebriated curling and as for the ski-jump, well you'd have to be ten sheets to the wind to even do it in the first place.

Wasn't that call The Jump

 

[Old Skier]

as for the ski-jump, well you'd have to be ten sheets to the wind to even do it in the first place.

Not recommended, two of our army chefs tried that back in the day when we were in Bavaria. The funeral was a somber affair.

 

[larmen]

https://apnews.com/2e05280b74424859...rlers-say-bronze-medalist-suspected-of-doping

“It’s physically demanding out there. It’s not like you don’t need any muscles,” said Swiss curler Silvana Tirinzoni, whose team beat the Russian women’s team 11-2 at Monday’s round robin. “We have to be fit and we have to be working out. My sweepers are working out like five times a week, go to the gym, so it (performance-enhancing drugs) can help, but we shouldn’t do that. I think that’s stupid.”

 

[chrisd]

https://apnews.com/2e05280b74424859...rlers-say-bronze-medalist-suspected-of-doping

“It’s physically demanding out there. It’s not like you don’t need any muscles,” said Swiss curler Silvana Tirinzoni, whose team beat the Russian women’s team 11-2 at Monday’s round robin. “We have to be fit and we have to be working out. My sweepers are working out like five times a week, go to the gym, so it (performance-enhancing drugs) can help, but we shouldn’t do that. I think that’s stupid.”

If sweeping is so physically demanding why don't they just use a Dyson cordless?

 

[Deleted member 18645]

If sweeping is so physically demanding why don't they just use a Dyson cordless?

You need to brush up on your gags

 

[need_my_wedge]

You need to brush up on your gags

Curlings become so popular, it's sweeping the nation

 

[need_my_wedge]

On a more serious note. The Olympic committee went out of their way to allow certain Russian athletes to compete despite the country being banned for drug offences, and here we are with one of the them caught cheating yet again. Egg on th eface for the Olympics. I feel sorry for any legitimate competitors, but until they clean up their reputation, they should all be sent packing.

 

[Dibby]

Wanted to comments on a few points here.

Performance enhancing drugs are massively misunderstood by the general public, and the media (perhaps intentionally). PEDs are not all about anabolics which will make you big and strong, there are different drugs that help different areas, strength, endurance, recovery, concentration, calmness etc.. Beyond this, an athlete may even use a substance to try and mask another substance, so often you see an athlete get caught for a masking agent that appears to not be beneficial, but the real benefit was coming form elsewhere.

At the top level, all athletes are using substances to some degree. It's easy to portray Russia as the bad guys because that's the narrative chosen. The charge is that their doping program is state-sponsored, but that's only a reflection of their political history. In the US doping is just as well organised and administered, just due to history it is through private enterprises, like colleges and The Oregon project.

Also, the concept of dirty sports is a farce. Cycling, weightlifting and others get a bad rep, because lots of positives, but they actually don't have a positive rate that different form the average, they just administer more tests, so they actually get punished by being labelled as "dirty" for trying to stop the cheats. At the opposite extreme football and rugby test nowhere near to the level, and so appear clean to the general public when they are just as bad. Then there are sports like strongman, which don't test, and yet some people will still think these guys are natural.

My knowledge and experience is in high-level weightlifting, but through this I have been exposed to other sports at international level. For those interested in this topic, the Icarus documentary on Netflix is interesting and may be an eye opener for some people.