nogreatsurprise wrote:
Doping questions aside, the bottom photo has obviously been doctored; it's been "squeezed" vertically to make everyone in it look shorter and wider than they actually are. It's apparent even if you look at the officials and the lane widths.
popped a retired sprinter? way to go.
The Wonder Drug That’s Plaguing Sports
By Jason Stallman
Feb. 2, 2026
Jason Stallman, NY Times wrote:
The potential medical uses of this new drug were profound: building muscle mass in cancer patients with muscle-wasting conditions; improving strength in patients with osteoporosis; combating frailty in the elderly; treating incontinence in women with weak pelvic muscles.
“I knew we were onto something,” Dalton said with a widening smile.
Their study was published three years later. But something strange happened on the way to bringing the revolutionary medicine to market. Dalton got a call from the United States Anti-Doping Agency. There was a big problem. His drug was not approved for humans, but it was somehow turning up in Olympic-level athletes.