Bad Wigins wrote:
I never once heard of that being enforced.
Alex Watson, modern pentathlete, was banned in 1988 for caffeine. Fought the ban and cleared his name. It was found he broke down caffeine slower than most people and as he drank coffee all day, his caffeine levels breached the limits at that time.
I Wada Know wrote:
Caffeine in high doses was a banned drug, in competition until 2004. It still remains part of the WADA monitoring program for misuse.
The World Anti-Doping Code (Article 4.5) states:
WADA, in consultation with Signatories and governments, shall establish a monitoring program regarding substances which are not on the Prohibited List, but which WADA wishes to monitor in order to detect patterns of misuse in sport.
Nick Symmonds just put out a video bragging that he legally used caffeine everyday his entire pro career and now he sells and markets his caffeine gum, solely for the purpose of performance enhancement. He has said that he sells it in gum form for the quickest absorption and thus the fastest effect. This would clearly be considered "misuse" by WADA, per their monitoring program.
For a substance to be considered banned, it must meet 2 of the 3 criteria:
It has the potential to enhance or enhances sport performance;
It represents an actual or potential health risk to the Athlete;
It violates the spirit of sport (this definition is outlined in the Code).
Caffeine was removed from the banned list because WADA did not want to unfairly sanction someone who drank a Coke or a cup of coffee. It remains part of the monitoring program to ascertain whether it is used by athletes to enhance their athletic performances.
Nick Symmonds states:
This was a hard confession to make, but it feels good to finally be honest with my fans. Yes I trained hard, but I also had a very powerful chemical helping me...
I get it, yes, I know he was being facetious and only trying to hype his product, something he does well, but it also proves his purpose and motivation for caffeine. The purpose is 100% for in competition athletic performance enhancement and this is clearly "misuse" per WADA and it violates the spirit of the sport.
How is this allowed?
the rod up your butt has a rod up its butt
supernintendo chalmers wrote:
the rod up your butt has a rod up its butt
Hi Nick.
Dead give away, when the conversation turns to inserting objects into butts, we know it's you.