Text 35015, 73 rader
Skriven 2006-07-28 15:35:18 av Roy Witt (1:1/22)
  Kommentar till text 35009 av SHANNON TALLEY (1:275/311)
Ärende: Le Tour
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28 Jul 06 15:20, SHANNON TALLEY wrote to Ward Dossche:


The report I read indicated that he was on meds for the arthritic pain in
his hip and another ailment. Dunno what the outcome of that report is, but
his doctors knew about them and had prescribed them. They could have
caused the higher than normal levels of testosterone.

 ST> Hi Ward,

 ST> As you know, I'm a professional athlete (cross country).  While I was
 ST> training for the Olympics in 2004, I had a team of trainers and two
 ST> physicians staffed on our team. They made it absolutely abundantly
 ST> clear about taking "anything" without them handing it to us.
 ST> Everything has become so completely scientific.  If I experienced a
 ST> headache, they wanted to know about it and they would hypothesize for
 ST> hours regarding the possible cause and how to prevent it in the
 ST> future.  I was on so many different supplements, I would be nauseous
 ST> every evening after eating a butt load of food and cramming all those
 ST> pills down my throat.

 ST> I'm not saying that he did 'dope' or didn't 'dope', the evidence
 ST> seems to point to the possibility that he did dope, but there is a
 ST> possibility (however remote) of another (completely hypothetical)
 ST> reason.  Without having competed in professional sports such as cross
 ST> country running, or other sports, it's hard to imagine what it's like
 ST> on the other side of the camera.  The competition and rivalry between
 ST> athletes is unbelievably fierce.  There is potentially millions of
 ST> dollars in endorsements at stake, and all of it goes to the "winner".
 ST> Number 2 means little these days.
 ST>  There are people who are so competitive, they would do "anything" to
 ST> win by "any means necessary" including cheating.  I think it's
 ST> possible that
 ST>  (completely hypothetical) a cheater could inject a drug into a
 ST> bottle of
 ST>  water that an athlete could then drink and test positive.

 ST> During this last Olympics, there WAS an incident where an entire case
 ST> of bottled water was found to have small pin prick holes in them
 ST> destined for an American team competing in Greece.  The water was
 ST> disguarded and the team made it a point to go get their own water
 ST> instead of ordering it like they were suppose to.  In retrospect, we
 ST> all wish that water had been tested instead of just thrown away.

 ST> During several runs, that was honestly one of my concerns.  I was
 ST> afraid of food poisoning and someone spiking my water to make me sick
 ST> and miss a race. It never dawned on me a the time that someone could
 ST> slip dope into my food or water, but again -- it's entirely possible.

 ST> Landis had a very different childhood then mainstream Americans.  He
 ST> was a "Mennonite" -- akin to the Amish.  No TV, no modern
 ST> conveniences, -- they live a throw back life to the early 1800's.
 ST> They are deeply religious and teach intrinsic values to their
 ST> children.  Because of this, I've found it hard to believe that Landis
 ST> would "dope".  But, then again, anything is certainly within the
 ST> realm of possibilities.

 >> Landis has a known ailment with his hips, he may have used a
 >> pain-reliever without the knowledge/approval of the team-doctor. And
 >> then his luck may have run-out...

 ST> (for others, I never made it to Greece. I injured my left LCL, but
 ST> still made a 2:16 marathon time in the trials)

 ST> Warmest regard,
 ST> Shannon

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