Summary
The fastest man on the planet and the world's top endurance athlete have just failed drugs tests. The runner Justin Gatlin, the current Olympic 100 metres champion and co-holder of the world record, and the cyclist Floyd Landis, winner of this year's Tour de France, are getting some bad publicity, but they are in very good company.
The trainers, sports doctors, nutritionists, physiotherapists and managers of the big names make sure banned substances are taken at the safest and most efficient levels, and when they can, the governing bodies look the other way. Cricket, football, tennis and speed skating have all had scandals involving anabolic steroids, growth hormones, blood doping, diuretics, amphetamines, or, like Gatlin and Landis, testosterone boosts.See the full content of this document
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