An explosive new investigative report has revealed that numerous athletes have tested positive when their samples from Beijing 2008 were retested. They include Jamaican male sprinters, so dominant in those Games. The IOC and WADA however did not act, suggesting the cases are all contamination, not worthy of pursuing. How viable is this, and what does it mean for already bottomed-out anti-doping credibility?
Doping
The “2-hour marathon” season begins
Kenenisa Bekele kicks off the 2017 Marathon season in Dubai, with what is a potential world record. It’s the year of the “Breaking-2” after Nike’s announcement last December. This article is an expanded version of one I wrote for an SA Newspaper on Jan 15th, 2017
The Steven Colvert Case: Anti-doping quality control
The doping case of Steven Colvert is crucial because it asks questions of the trustworthiness of the science that is used to catch dopers. This article looks at the background and some conceptual questions arising out of his case, with wider implications for the anti-doping movement
Should doping be legalised? The Olympic drug debate
Should we legalise doping? Make it open to all, and avoid the controversy and scandal. A regular issue comes around for the Olympics. In this article, I address that question in a Q&A format.
Syed’s response, and a final wrap on the whistleblower/faith debate
In response to my recent critique of Matthew Syed’s article on whistleblowers and secrecy, he sent me an email and requested it be published here on my site. Here then, is Syed’s response, and my final thoughts on this before we hit the Rio Olympics.