5 Reasons To Be Very Wary of Alberto Salazar
Last Wednesday’s BBC Panorama documentary into doping included a section on Alberto Salazar and his training group, the Nike Oregon Project (NOP). It included revelations from Salazar’s ex-assistant...
View ArticleBALCO, Salazar And Why I’m So Cynical About Track & Field
There is an old saying that knowledge is power. But I have started to think that in athletics the exact opposite is true. The more I know about doping in the sport I love, the less powerful I feel....
View ArticleShould we trust what we see? – A thought from the Paris DL
I have just sat through Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce’s press conference. She was funny, warm and engaging – although she did say “execute” so many times that I genuinely worried if the British journalist...
View ArticleAnother Gatlin rambling…
Have you ever met someone who comes across really self-important, arrogant and ignorant in television interviews and on social media but they turn out to be really nice people in real life? NO, ME...
View ArticleIf I was Seb I’d…
Kick out the rhetoric – First it was a ‘declaration of war,’ then it was a ‘dark day,’ then Seb was ‘angry, bloody angry.’ Really Seb? Were you really shocked by Pound’s report even though huge parts...
View Article“Human Error” or Human Interference? Did Real Madrid players and staff...
Unless you have been living under a rock for the past 24 hours you will have seen the Spiegel Online article about the actions of Sergio Ramos and Cristiano Ronaldo during doping control tests between...
View ArticleWithout Alberto Salazar Would We Even Know Mo Farah’s Name?
News broke overnight that Alberto Salazar has been banned from coaching for four years by the US Anti-Doping Authorities for ‘orchestrating and facilitating doping conduct.’ The most serious of these...
View ArticleIs Anti-Doping Racist? (No. No, It Is Not)
Last Friday, we learned that Sha’Carri Richardson would not be travelling to Tokyo after she failed an in-competition drug test. In the world of 100m running, failing a drugs test is not uncommon...
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