Sean Eadie "in jeopardy"...

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"DRS" wrote:

So why do so many endurance athletes, especially cyclists,
inject vitamins?

That's a good question, when you look at the research. I think it's a
combination of things -- partly, it's a bit like shaving legs. Sports
peope are always looking for something to give them an edge, and they're
extroardinary gullible -- witness the rise of of the supplements
industry, making millions by selling stuff that a lot of the time bears
little relationship to what's on the label. And supposedly
health-obsessed people people time and again buy and eat something
purely because someone told them it'll make them go faster. I suspect a
lot of doctors get pestered, shrug their shoulders, and figure it won't
do any harm.

Faith can be an extroadinary thing. Nobel prize winner Linus Pauling's
faith in massive doses of vitamin C has never been supported by any
serious research, and the man was no fool.

He's surrounded by doctors and nutritionists.

Doctors including people like Michel Ferrari. Armstrong is in a position
to surround himself with who he wants to hear, and I presume he does so.
If he asks for something, and they think it can't do any harm, do you
think they'll say no?

Mind you, if you read what Greg LeMond had to say the other day, you
might think there's another theory.

What are your qualifications?

Probably not a lot better than Lance's, although I have at least studied
the basics in areas like biochemistry.

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Shayne Stanley: welcome - a voice of reason!


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Roadie_scum

Eadie wins appeal against drugs case
The Age July 19, 2004 - 9:49PM
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/07/19/1090089098232.html?oneclick=true

Cyclist Sean Eadie is expected to regain his place in the Australian
Olympic team after a judge took less than four hours to dismiss drugs
allegations against him.

Judge Jerrold Cripps of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) upheld
Eadie's appeal against the withdrawal of his Games nomination by the
Australian Olympic Committee (AOC).

Although there are formalities to complete in the next few days, Eadie,
the 2002 world sprint champion, seems certain to be on the plane for
Athens.


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cfsmtb

"cfsmtb" wrote in message
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Eadie wins appeal against drugs case
The Age July 19, 2004 - 9:49PM

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/20...2.html?oneclic
k=true

Cyclist Sean Eadie is expected to regain his place in the Australian
Olympic team after a judge took less than four hours to dismiss drugs
allegations against him.

Cool! Although, after all this, how many of the general public
are going to be thinking "drug cheat" when he wins?

hippy

hippy Wrote:
Cool! Although, after all this, how many of the general public
are going to be thinking "drug cheat" when he wins?

hippy

Has there been any plausible reason for those packages being addressed
to him?

Was it the 'ex-girlfriend?
Or perhaps the 'ex-barber' disgruntled at losing shaving business


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flyingdutch

From The Age today:

Your Say
http://www.theage.com.au/yoursay1/index.html?from=lhsnav

With the Olympics less than a month away, the controversy over athletes
allegedly using performance enhancing substances is understandably
reaching a crescendo, with Australian cyclist Sean Eadie recently
cleared of importing banned drugs.

Should athletes just be allowed to use drugs to improve performance?

(Click on the link supplied above to add your comments)


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cfsmtb

"hippy" wrote in message

"cfsmtb" wrote in
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Eadie wins appeal against drugs case
The Age July 19, 2004 - 9:49PM


http://www.theage.com.au/articles/20...?oneclick=true

Cyclist Sean Eadie is expected to regain his place in the Australian
Olympic team after a judge took less than four hours to dismiss drugs
allegations against him.

Cool! Although, after all this, how many of the general public
are going to be thinking "drug cheat" when he wins?

Apparently Eadie has already lost one sponsor. Mud sticks.

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: Has there been any plausible reason for those packages being addressed
: to him?


I recall from a news report (ABC, 7.30 report?) that the drug company in
question stated that they DO send unsolicited samples to their customers, as
bonuses. So he IS their customer, but has not necessarily ordered any prohibited
drugs.