shortshorts
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Lost some weight, too. Apparently, she`s still human.She's had lots of health issues this season unfortunately.
It's weird, I have no idea whether to be happy or sadLost some weight, too. Apparently, she`s still human.
I`d be happy. She already is a legend and is still relatively young. If she wants it, she has a shot in Beijing.It's weird, I have no idea whether to be happy or sad
I guess I'll be both. Happy about the medal, sad that her incredible run of just styling on everyone all the time is over. Still unbelievable that this skinny girl from a country with no speed-skating track somehow became the long-distance GOAT.I`d be happy. She already is a legend and is still relatively young. If she wants it, she has a shot in Beijing.
You`d have expected her to become an alpine skier.I guess I'll be both. Happy about the medal, sad that her incredible run of just styling on everyone all the time is over. Still unbelievable that this skinny girl from a country with no speed-skating track somehow became the long-distance GOAT.
Cross-country would have been more likely imoYou`d have expected her to become an alpine skier.
Yes its called asthma and other med abuse. Norway is going to win the medal count and most of their athletes are guzzling this stuff.
It's still suspicious that half the team is taking it without diagnosed asthma. At least the Norwegian team is investigating it openly.zzzzzzzzzz.
Unlike the Russians Norwegian athletes tell the world what they are taking. So if it works it is up to anyone else to do the same. Not that I expect anyone called "RossiyaSport" to understand that.
It's still suspicious that half the team is diagnosed with asthma. At least the Norwegian team is investigating it openly.
Johaug wasn`t banned for asthma medicine, though. And it seems that not the asthma medicine but the overuse of asthma medicine is the problem.How is that suspicious?
There is not a single fan, athlete or anyone involved in cross country skiing that do not know these days (and have for years) that many Norwegian athletes (and of course athletes that are not Norwegian) are using asthma medicine. Do you believe then, in the open, that Norwegian athletes are able to get away with anything that either a) everyone else could also do (if it benefits healthy athletes as well as those that got asthma) and/or b) no-one else are able to stop?
This is a general medical question. Of course Norway is a "superpower" within the sport, but to think that Norway, to its benefit, can dictate what is medically allowed within cross-country skiing, biathlon etc. is quite odd (for biathlon a country like Germany is much more important than Norway - so if one wants to think along those lines the Germans could influence it in another direction).
Just so that is said. I don't have a view on the medical side of it. I expect every Norwegian athlete to follow the rules. I supported the ban Johaug got - as an example.
I agree. I'm not sure how to deal with that as well. And I like it that the Norwegians are very open about it. It's an ethical and medical question. I do follow the sports but not enough to follow why some substances are banned and others aren't. I know that some media mentioned it (sounded like complaining).I know Johaug was banned for something else. Just an example of a ban of a Norwegian athlete that I supported (these things tend to be clouded by the country you are from - Norwegians supporting Norwegian athletes, Russians blaming the world etc.).
The headline is quite misleading. It's not that easy to determine what kind of medical problems one should be allowed to treat and too what extent. One could make all asthma medicine illegal and every single Norwegian skier using them would stop the day after. They would then not be able to compete of course. Maybe that is fair? I honestly don't have much of a view on that.
I do not however find it "clouded" by anything or suspicious that athletes are using medication openly. It's written down on lists. Anyone could check them. Even Johaug wrote down before the test that she had used the product that contained the substance she was later caught taking. That should not be mixed with the general discussion what athletes should be allowed to use or not.
Problem is that it's too many uneducated "fans" out there who compare asthma to doping. Where the first one gives people the chance to compete with those who have clear airways, while the second one give you a clear advantage over anyone.It's an ethical and medical question.