Before the falling of the USSR, Olympics were intended to show each 4 years what country / what system was better; capitalism vs. comunism were tested bearing in mind the number of gold medals USA and USSR got. Dope technologies were developed to support this propaganda.
Wu Minxia, chinese sportwoman in London 2012, was notified that her grandmather had died during her training for the games months ago and her mother has been suffering from a cancer after wining 2 gold medals in London 2012. She wasn't been notified before to avoid a lack of concentration during the training. China started a program to pass USA olympics medals during Beijing 2008 Games. In 4 years (from Athenas 2004 to Peking 2008) China doubled its medals, from 63 to 110 in Beijing.
Many efforts have been done to control doping. But reading the story of Wu Minxia, it seems to be that drugs has been replaced by psychological technologies, that are invisible to drug test, but perhaps could be as damageful to the sportsmen as doping.
Only time will tell.
Before the falling of the USSR, THE Olympics were intended to show each 4 years what country / what system was better; capitalism vs. comMunism were tested bearing in mind the number of gold medals THE USA and USSR got. DopING technologies were developed to support this propaganda.
ReplyDeleteWu Minxia, A Chinese ATHLETE WHO WON 2 gold medalS in London 2012, wAS notified that her grandmOther had died during her training for the games and her mOther has been suffering from a cancer from SOME time ago. She wasn't notified before to avoid a lack of concentration during the training. China started a program to pass THE USA IN Olympics medals during THE Beijing 2008 Games. In 4 years (from AtheNS 2004 to Peking 2008) China doubled its medals, from 63 to 110 in Beijing.
Many efforts have been done (better: undertaken) to control doping. But reading the story of Wu Minxia, it seems to be that drugs haVE been replaced by psychological technologies, that are invisible to drug test, but perhaps those psychological technologies could be as damagING to the ATHLETE as doping.
Only time will tell.
Well done, Iván. I see "sportsman" and "sportswoman" occasionally, but they still sounds strange to me.
Thank you for the correction!!. I can't believe it!...
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This noise is damaging. Damaging noise!.
THE Beijing GAMES.
(communism is not a useful word to remind... for the moment)
I like the photo that you added. It certainly makes the blog more attractive. I don't know exactly how to do add a photo like that, but I'll give it a try soon.
DeleteThere is a clue posted!...
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