“As for the the hypothetical honest athlete that doesn’t do the drugs (and note, most of the drugs don’t actually ravage your body, not anymore, a lot fewer side effects), they “win” eventually, when everybody above them gets DQd. Or better yet they can go find a different profession, if you don’t want to dope stay away from track and cycling.”
Nice. You should speak at schools with that inspiring message
Reality isn’t often very inspiring. In fact most days reality is pretty discouraging. The reality of track and cycling is that the majority of the top athletes are doping, the reality of track and cycling is that a trophy handed out today will almost certainly be rescinded in 5 to 10 years, the reality of track and cycling today is that anybody that isn’t doping isn’t winning at the event though they might be getting a trophy in 5 to 10 years. And yeah it does suck for the honest athletes, I didn’t make it that way, I’m just pointing out the truth.