Michele Ferrari … 10 July 2010 the US Anti-Doping Authority issued Ferrari a lifetime sports ban for numerous anti-doping violations including possession, trafficking, administration and assisting doping. …
… Usada said it “has found overwhelming proof that Dr Michele Ferrari facilitated doping for numerous members of the US Postal Service and Discovery.”
The report showed that Armstrong had paid more than $1m to a company controlled by the Italian and said that Armstrong had conceded he met Ferrari on a monthly basis. Riders testified that he supervised blood transfusions, EPO injections and the use of testosterone.
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Ferrari was quoted as saying: “If I were a rider, I would use the products which elude doping controls if they helped to improve my performances.” …
If you’ve somehow avoided the Lance Armstrong scandal, catch up on Outside – LANCE ARMSTRONG AND THE LOST BOYS.
I’m happy acrobatic sports are so much “cleaner” than worst offenders, including Olympic Weight Lifting, Shotput and Cycling.
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Thought I would do some investigating on this worst offenders list. Some sports are very good at posting the banned athletes list on their international website, others however make no mention (embarrassed of the numbers likely).
Here are the last three years of banned athletes are as follows (with # per country):
CYCLING – no info on the website
TRACK & FIELD
2012 – 37 athletes
2011 – 68 athletes
2010 – 23 athletes
WEIGHTLIFTING
2012 – 9 lifters (AFG being worst offender with 3)
2011 – 41 lifters (worst offender THI 7)
2010 – 48 lifters (4 ARG, & 4 BLR)
When searching for other sport samples I came across this study performed by WADA (http://www.labmate-online.com/news/laboratory-products/3/breaking_news/cycling_athletes_found_to_be_the_worst_offenders_for_doping_in_the_olympics/20840/)
Worst Offending Sports:
1.) Cycling
2.) Boxing
Thanks Katrina. I truly don’t know much about doping.
I told you about this several years ago, Rick.
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