Time for Some Sense on Doping
By Andy Brown
Since it came to light that US sprinter Tyson Gay and five Jamaican athletes have reported positive A-samples last week, pandemonium has ensued. Newspaper articles have consistently described sprinters Gay and Asafa Powell as cheats, despite both insisting that they have never knowingly taken a banned substance. “We do not know the pathology in these particular cases, but the broader message is simple: abnormalities will be found out,” Lord Coe told the Daily Mail. “Th