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by ratscabies 4718 days ago
Do they have any rules for this that disallow doped riders? I would almost guess that would be like turbo-charging or water injection.
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From the pdf linked upthread by iandanforth:

"This attempt was made in accordance with the regulations of the FAI Sporting Code including the provisions of 5.2.2.3 on Unsporting Behavior."

and googling for that reveals:

'5.2.2.3 reads: "Unsporting Behaviour. Cheating or unsporting behaviour, including deliberate attempts to deceive or mislead officials, wilful interference with other competitors, falsification of documents, use of forbidden equipment or prohibited drugs, violations of airspace, or repeated serious infringements of rules should, as a guide, result in disqualification from the sporting event."'

So I'd guess for official World Record attempts (and probably for the prize rules) doping is out. (Sounds like the pilot has enough other sporting pastimes that he'd be unlikely to dope just for this project too…)

Ha! Alternatively this could become a clumsy, comedic and highly detectable performance enhancing device on the next Tour de France