J.R. wrote:
António Cabral wrote:It´s proved that EPO and other drugs do oxygen boost and oxygen carry. If it works or doesn´t, is not the main question. If carry and boost oxygen shall be illegal and unauthorised.
It used to be "proved" that bloodletting prevented illnesses and cured diseases. Maybe some athletes practiced bloodletting prior to their important competitions.
The current hysteria about epo and other drugs is the same.
I don´t see what´s the problem. If it works, shall be illegal, if doesn´t work no benefice in use it. therefore if doesn´t work no need to be out of the doping because it´s just got medicine wealth effect, and it´s not common food or supplement or integrator.
This is basically a useless debate about if it works or what works as drug for performance enhance, if works on cycling ro don´t, if works on running or don´t.
If does oxygen boost and highs up red cells is plausible to work on distance runs, It´s a possibility that does performance enhance. . If works just average runners or on top runners that are out of his best shape condition made by training, or if doesn´t work on Kenyans (or Ethiopians whatever) but kenyans aren´t the only competitors in the world of sports, therefore niether one or other of that reasons is of interest to change EPO or whatever drug as legal.
Doesn´t work on cycling ? ! Doesn´t work on kenyans ? ! Doesn´t work on world top class performers ? ! It´s not a sustained reason to be legal. It shall remain to be illegal and unauthorised since it´s not food or regular uptake substance.
I reapeat. The debate of "if EPO works" or "if EPO does performance enhance is useless.
What we know about EPO for sure is 4 things
1/some runners were caught and some on the occasions they were caught it´s when they did his best all time performances his pbs and did win runs that otherwise they wouldn´t win.
2/As it´s proved by facts - Armstrong, and others, even Marion Jones (yes she took EPO as well) it´s was been possible to take EPO without been caught.
3/Most of the world records in distance rune were done by several kind of doping, and that´s a fact.
4/Might be it´s not proved that EPO works. But since it´s proved that EPO, blood transfusions and that kind of artificial assistance doesn´t really bad and put in danger the wealth of the sportsman that does it, it´s just the reason to be illegal.
Actually the Anti-Doping organization let get down the substance detection as primary source of doping caught. I aplaude this step ahead to sport we want clean of drugs and doping.
What I expect from the contenders and from people of responsibility agents at any levl of our sport is that they do a crusade to clean up the sport from drugs.
The new meanings and the attempt of investigation to search for new substances or new ways of artificial manipulation focust in performance enhance, that since it´s not yet on the list of doping, some name it "investigation program" or "scientific research" that´s a fraude name, and be seen as the new doping search, something not yet illegal but shall be by sports moral and ethical strongly condemned.
The only research that might be done is about training and wealth substances.
I guess that while saying the the EPO doesn´t work on some contests instead of a vehement fight against the usage or fight against the undetected doping, the debate of "it works or don´t" wants to pass the idea that might be accept that someone thinks that shalln´t be illegal. This is the position of Dr. Michele Ferrari, while he is accused and condemned by the court and while he is denounced and betrayed by those that did look for his help in the past, on Ferrari´s site he continues to deny that he didn´t nothing of that and that he just is one victim.
Do you want one sincere advice ? Forget about what EPO does or don´t. This is just to fool the ignorants. This ia juat one strategic step to make it legal, what can be the other interest ?
Fight for every kind artificial manipulation or substance be illegal and get caught and the one that did use be penalised. Well, also try to learn how to performance enhance by training just.