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by ck45
1007 days ago
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It's about keeping danger to the athlete to a moderate level.
The line has to be drawn somewhere because a pro athlete will do the dumbest thing to gain an advantage. And with doping, we've nearly seen where this can end with pro bicycle riders like Bjarne with a hematocrit of 64%. Some sports ban certain techniques to protect athletes, just some examples:
* Backflip in figure skating
* Sommersault in longjump
* Spinning javelin in javelin throw
* Cartwheel in shot put |
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It's just that doping is only one way, so ignoring something like this which seems likely to cause lasting damage because 'destroying the body for sport is not unusual' is a bit weird when on the other hand athletes are subjected to incredibly invasive surveillance to avoid the temptation to use even the tiniest amount of substances.
I honestly believe that some forms of doping are less dangerous than professional sport per se. This isn't the fairest comparison but far fewer cyclists died of EPO than by trying to descend too quickly.