For a change the author changed tracks and focused on some realities taking place elsewhere outside India. That's good - some breath of fresh air !! Back to doping, the author completely omitted the mention of coach and managers, who rule the lives of athelets. These two people are key figures, whom the athelets trust. If they spike the drink or food with enhancing drugs, these athelets will never know. As rightly mentioned by author, no matter how much drugs a sportsperson use, end of the day, it takes many years of hard practise to produce spostmen like Gatlins and Landis. Its not fair to blame the media, as they are not directly involved, and they infact help promote a sports personality, which encourages him to perform better and better. If there was no TV sponsorship, sports will suffer, and we will never hear or know about great athelets. Ofcourse, media has a way of twisting facts to sensationalise or promote a personality, but its not restricted to sports only.
RE:DOPING
by Manilal on Jul 17, 2007 04:48 PM Permalink
Mr.Hanif, Why are you so worried when Mr.Francois tell the truth. When some Indian tell these things he will be tagged as a 'Hindu Fascist', isn't it?
