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Asked by sunshine1 to Bob, Katie, Nisha, Sallie, Vee on 3 Jul 2012.
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Bob Bonwick answered on 3 Jul 2012:
Yes. Competing is supposed to be just that, everyone should be pitting their own bodies against each other; if they are taking drugs to get a better body, it’s not their own they are competing with, cheeting isn’t winning.
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Vee Mitchell answered on 3 Jul 2012:
Well effectively they are – a lot of the drugs they take have genuine illnesses that they are used to treat so you can’t get rid of them completely.
The Olympics is being kept drug free (hopefully) by a collaboration between GlaxoSmithKline and Kings College (London). Based in Harlow, Essex they are using state of the art technology and knowledge to test the athletes. I think they shoudl just test them all rather than do this random thing – that way you know you’d get caught and it would be worth the risk. As Bob says – cheating isn’t winning. -
Sallie Baxendale answered on 3 Jul 2012:
That’s a really interesting question – atheletes use all kinds of technologies to help them to be the very best they can be. They have special diets, shoes, clothing and scientifically designed training programs to get them to their fastest. If you put Usain Bolt in a pair of plimsols, the others might be able to beat him if they were wearing the best trainers – so it’s not always a completely fair competition of just one body against another – otherwise everyone would have to eat the same thing, and compete naked! As a society we have decided to draw the line in getting extra help at taking drugs – this is sensible because nobody should take any drugs unless they really need to – nearly all drugs have side effects and can harm as well as help your body – this is the also the case with the drugs that athletes use – they can cause big problems later on in life and make heart attacks more likely.
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