its actually a genius move on his part.
he wont get tested so he can say and do what he wants.
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Because there is less competition and more money however one performs? Also, a compromising statement where he gets to so what he wants and UK athletics don't have to distance themselves from him. Or be pushed to inquire about past, present or future. So he can still change his mind and everyone else can back off, happily none the wiser.
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We need an athlete to go all in and start dressing up like a syringe pre-games. Would be funny interviewing a guy who says he isn't doping but is dressed up like a needle.
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it's really quite simple wrote:
There's a reason swimming is getting a lot of people to sign up and athletics is struggling - swimming is in general much cleaner. There's also a reason Kenyans aren't signing up.
Swimming is a rich country sport. You don't see a Kenyan dressage team either.
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Get it in writing wrote:
Togher wrote:
Sounds like a Grand Slam Track level of prize pot!
Yeah, are the funds in escrow? They're putting a lot of trust in an organisation which is founded on the principle of cheating.
The difference is that this event is run by
steroid dealerssupplement companies, meaning that the event is a loss leader. It's a huge advertising campaign for all sorts of "anti-aging" snake oil. The athletes will get paid.My question is, since she doesn't seem likely to be a shoe contract, will Shelby Houlihan run in the enhanced games? I'm guessing not. But the payday has got to be tempting.
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it's really quite simple wrote:
There's a reason swimming is getting a lot of people to sign up and athletics is struggling - swimming is in general much cleaner. There's also a reason Kenyans aren't signing up.
Swimming is getting people because its even more of a brokie sport than athletics. With athletics, there's always a chance for a payday. In swimming, forget about it unless you're Phelps.
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it's really quite simple wrote:
There's also a reason Kenyans aren't signing up.
Because they're only doing a 100m race??
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rojo wrote:
Can someone explain this to me? What's the point of doing the Enhanced Games if you aren't going to dope.
The BBC wrote:
Speaking to BBC Radio 4's World at One programme, Prescod replied "no" when questioned on whether he had taken any substances so far.
Asked "But will you?" he again replied: "No."
"Obviously, medical-wise it's always confidential, but I think for me right now the biggest priority is getting back into that sub-10 shape," he added.A $500,000 sign-on bonus explains it.
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Kvothe wrote:
The point is there won't be testing.
All of them are getting tested by the organizers.
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Steve The Addict OFFICIAL -----^^^^^ wrote:
Sounds like he's a smart man who sees an opportunity for a bag with a remarkably watered down field and lucrative prize money.
Precisely, it's just called the Enhanced Games. Doesn't mean you have to dope. Can stay in the testing pool and still compete in the EGs, up to AIU of they want to go to Vegas
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I can't wait to see the swimmer on tren gas out and stand up in the pool halfway through the race, panting
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Jonathan Gault wrote:
The point is one last payday. Doping is optional.
it is the anything goes games. i would make it that they had to say what they were taking, so we get medical info out of the process, and if someone dies, their doctor goes to jail.
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I called this a few weeks ago!!! As in, why don't fast runners just enter clean.
My question particularly was why Asinga and Knighton don't do this as well. It would be a payday for them and the enhanced games would LOVE to pit this as doped vs non-doped it's AMAZING PR for them.
For Asinga and Knighton it's maybe going to be harder to get a deal after, but if you are already retiring this is a no-brainer. If they're still in the same AIU pool anyway doesn't make any difference what they run in.
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it's really quite simple wrote:
He's already doping. He isn't going to be able to run any faster than he was, because he's exhausted all of his PEP use, so he has to say this, otherwise it will look odd when he only runs 9.95 "enhanced". No one will be able to prove he's still doping because he won't be tested. But this way he gets paid for it.
There's a reason swimming is getting a lot of people to sign up and athletics is struggling - swimming is in general much cleaner. There's also a reason Kenyans aren't signing up.
The reason is because road-race organizers keep on inviting doping Kenyans to their road races and pay them appearance and prize money. And when a doping Kenyan gets busted they don't even pay their appearance and prize money back to the organizers! As another poster explained: road races are pretty much already an Enhanced Games for Kenyans.
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They all may as well say they aren't doping. However, imo, if you sign up for the games, you are basically self-incriminating yourself.
Gyms and athletics seem to take this lightly, but steroids are not just banned in sports, they are illegal substances in most places and you can go to jail with possession.
Now are participants that are in the games going to have vials on them? Probably not, but it gives authorities probable cause to search athletes and coaches homes.
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whatabout wrote:
I called this a few weeks ago!!! As in, why don't fast runners just enter clean.
My question particularly was why Asinga and Knighton don't do this as well. It would be a payday for them and the enhanced games would LOVE to pit this as doped vs non-doped it's AMAZING PR for them.
For Asinga and Knighton it's maybe going to be harder to get a deal after, but if you are already retiring this is a no-brainer. If they're still in the same AIU pool anyway doesn't make any difference what they run in.
Asinga and Knighton might fear the harsh consequences for participation Coe threatened (which may have been a bluff).
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They announced to only use "legal" PEDs.
Company officials say the competition next May will not quite be an anything-goes steroid bonanza. Enhanced Games athletes will be allowed to take substances that are legal in the United States and prescribed by a licensed doctor, the company says. Examples may include testosterone, growth hormone and some types of anabolic steroids. Illicit drugs -- cocaine, for example -- will not be allowed.
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JustMe22 wrote:
This is awesome and we'll within the spirit of the games. Now we will have an answer to whether or not drugs are good for the sport. Spoiler alert: when Reece breaks the tape while his co-competitors cannot find it because they have fallen into a collective k-hole (with the exception of one who started dancing as the starting pistol was fired and will not stop for another 6 hours), then the massive amount of "this runner must be doping" posts on this website will fall off a cliff *and* Jack Webb will be smiling down from heaven. I call that a win-win!
Upvoted for being gloriously irrelevant
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Of course it doesn’t make sense. He’s literally only saying this to appear as the “morally upstanding competitor in a tainted field”.
He said it himself, “Obviously medical-wise it’s always confidential”…so he’ll keep his doping confidential, despite the fact that it’s allowed for this competition, because he can and it only improves his image (classic doper mindset, btw).11
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