In the wake of a Chinese doping scandal, Michael Phelps doubled down Monday on his support for tougher sanctions — including a lifetime ban for anyone who tests positive for a banned substance.
“If you test positive, you should never be allowed to come back and compete again, cut and dry,” Phelps said. “I believe one and done.”
The World Anti-Doping Agency and World Aquatics have acknowledged that 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive for a banned substance ahead of the Tokyo Olympics. The results were not made public until media reports surfaced this year, with both bodies accepting the Chinese explanation that the positive tests were caused by tainted food.
Nine of those swimmers won medals - several as part of relay teams - n Paris, leading British star Adam Peaty to gripe that the playing field was not even.
I think the window for the testing is what matters more. Whatever they do off-season is their business, as long as its not in their system during training and competition
Unfortunately that’s how doping is usually approached. There’s not much of an off-season for most endurance sports, just high volume lower intensity base building, and that’s where stuff like ligandrol and cardarine really shine. Get massive amounts of volume in without recovery getting in the way as much, develop monster aerobic capacity, then taper off and transition to threshold or more specific training
Wasn’t he banned from competing for a while because he tested positive for it or am I misremembering?
https://gprivate.com/6clj9
Yeah, I found out I wasn’t misremembering.