On the Olympics and the doping problems: February 16, 2022

I find the situation at the Olympics to be very disturbing. The Hastings Center in 1983 published an article titled “The Coercive Power of drugs in sports”. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.2307/3561718?sid=nlm%3Apubmed

The author has written on this year’s events. https://www.thehastingscenter.org/doping-in-winter-olympics/?fbclid=IwAR3kBBPk08ovmBQj0gtd6xD50vBlK4Pdn3PtvS50_GIz2E9zoPDRVpuDkBY

“Should we regard Kamila Valieva as a villain if her doping is confirmed? Should she be allowed to compete? We can say no to the first question, and at the same time affirm that she should not have been allowed to compete.”

I agree

Sha’Carri Richardson has claimed double standards. The IOC says each case is individual. https://nypost.com/2022/02/16/2022-olympics-ioc-responds-to-shacarri-richardson-claims/?utm_medium=SocialFlow&sr_share=facebook&utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=NYPFacebook&fbclid=IwAR2CDs5OqDWaLmkTLNXleSwnIif-Un41pXxGTLxn66FWvcliwpHJ4AWa6JU #olympics #doping