Im not an athelte so I don't really have a legitimite arguement one way or the other. But it does sound pretty unfair to me. I feel sorry for the athletes that subject themselves to this. I don't know how they could sleep at night knowing they altered their proformance.
I don't watch the Olympics, so I didn't know this was an issue. Jen --- Mandi Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! I am conducting a 24 hour survey. I need all > responses by 7pm US > Eastern time. Please pass this on to anyone you > might know, as I > need tons of responses! > > Here goes the survey: > > Blood doping is a performance enhancer. Athletes > have several pints > of their blood removed and resume training. Those > activities become > harder to do than before their blood was removed. > Before a big event > (like the Olympics) the blood is put back into the > body (usually the > night before) making that same activity > significantly easier, giving > them a performance advantage. You have needle marks > in your arms and > empty blood bags. There are no tests to be done > done, as they inject > their own blood, not a foreign substance. > > Testing during the Olympics athletes in question for > blood doping > were kept up all night while their residence was > searched. > > With that in mind, I have a few questions for you: > > 1. Do you think that this gives the athletes that > participate an > unfair advantage? > > 2. Do you think that it should be allowed in the > Olympics? > > 3. Do you agree with how the testing was done during > the Olympics? > > 4. Do you think that they should test those in > question of blood > doping or test everyone? > > 5. How would you perform the testing? > > 6. Any comments on this subject? > > 7. Are you an athlete? Which sports? > > 8. Would you use blood doping to enhance your > performance? > > 9. How old are you? > > > Thanks! > > Mandi Allen > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Jen in NE CR: "Chocolat" by Joanne Harris JF: "Angela's Ashes" by Frank McCourt My bibliophil.org webpage: http://tinyurl.com/a8858 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Have you told a friend today? http://bookcrossing.com/tellafriend Archives and email list settings: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BookCrossing Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BookCrossing/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
