If we disregard rules because we want nice outcomes, we get MLB or cycling. Thanks ill pass.
Right because taking a decongestant is equivalent to a performance enhancing drug. I guess I can see the logic of how the other side is thinking now.
If we disregard rules because we want nice outcomes, we get MLB or cycling. Thanks ill pass.
Gotta give highest priority to a randomly picked hockey player over all medalists and randomly picked athletes from all other sports from past couple of days.
Doping is a serious issue in curling. Last year a Canadian curler was suspended for two years. Not a laughing matter...
Right because taking a decongestant is equivalent to a performance enhancing drug. I guess I can see the logic of how the other side is thinking now.
Right because taking a decongestant is equivalent to a performance enhancing drug. I guess I can see the logic of how the other side is thinking now.
No Backstrom, no Sedin, No Zetterberg, sweden had no chance, hopefully with Nylander and Mika in next olympics this is a non issue. Crosby should also be a little out of his prime with Landeskog, And Karlsson in their peaks.
what a joke this is he was suspended on the day of the game for taking an allergy med, what a disgrace
what a joke this is he was suspended on the day of the game for taking an allergy med, what a disgrace
The IOC has gone way over the lines in many cases and will continue to do so in the future until they are reigned in. Let's also ban caffeine, and sugar. No coffee, no candy bar between periods. It's cheating!! Simple as that.
The Swedish doctor said that there are more players on team Sweden using the same medication. Doesn't that mean that if they would test all of team Sweden, they would all lose their silver medals?
They should fly him first to sweden then to NA for bloodtests there. I dont trust the IOC for one second, it wouldn't suprise me if they threw him under the buss to save face.
In the other end of the spectrum NHL has no interest fighting peds at all. I prefer the IOC way.
In the other end of the spectrum NHL has no interest fighting peds at all. I prefer the IOC way.
"...indicated the presence of pseudoephedrine, in a
concentration of 204.6 micrograms per millilitre, being greater than the WADA limit of 150
micrograms per millilitre"
So looks like Lubomir Visnovsky had even higher levels in 2010.
Source: http://www.olympic.org/Documents/Co...DecisionDisciplinaryCommission-eng-260210.pdf
Damn, after reading some articles on this story, it makes you wonder how much of the allergy medication Backstrom takes. I didn't realize they had jacked the acceptable level that high.
If he's really been taking the stuff for 7 years, and he's taking that large of a dose, maybe he needs to figure out another way to manage his sinus issue.
2) Finland hates Sweden
Do peds enhance the ability to play hockey?