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Doping in Cycling

Guest article: Prof Erik Boye on the bias in power in anti-doping

Ross Tucker · 08 Aug 2019 ·

This is a guest post by Norweigian scientist Erik Boye, in which he raises concerns about the imbalance in power in antidoping and how it erodes confidence in the antidoping system

The Sun Yang-Mack Horton-FINA affair: Don’t stare too long at the Sun (sorry…)

Ross Tucker · 24 Jul 2019 ·

Sun Yang is the villain of the piece, with two protests creating a dramatic backstory at the World Championships. He is emblamatic of a loss of confidence in the system, but if you looks at only at Sun, the deeper problem may disappear. Here’s why

Team Sky and Marginal Games

Ross Tucker · 15 Jan 2018 ·

UKAD sent a scathing letter to British Cycling, outlining a series of improper and sub standard processes and governance issues in the aftermath of their Jiffy Bag Investigation. The letter shatters the illusion of Marginal gains by the most professional, well run team in cycling, while the inaction by UKAD despite all the problems reveals the impotence of anti-doping bodies.

Brief thoughts on Froome’s salbutamol result

Ross Tucker · 13 Dec 2017 ·

So by now you’ve read the news – if you haven’t, or even if you have, read it here, because Daniel Benson has done a really good job of explaining the story and some of its implications, and he has added good insights into what may come next. Chris Froome, tested on 7 September, during […]

The way, then the lack of will: A story of anti-doping and those who might save it

Ross Tucker · 24 Apr 2017 ·

The history of antidoping can be divided into two overlapping phases. There was once a huge lack of a “way” – inadequate tools to catch doping, leaving antidoping two steps behind the cheats. Advances in science have narrowed this, creating a better “way”. This has exposed a bigger problem – a lack of “will”. This article describes this, and offers a conceptual solution.

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