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Re: Sporting excellence
« Reply #60 on: July 01, 2022, 05:41:43 PM »
Anyone watching the Tour de France?

What odds can I get on someone being busted doping this year?
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Re: Sporting excellence
« Reply #61 on: April 03, 2023, 03:58:14 PM »
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-04/paralympics-athletes-and-officials-call-for-action-on-cheating/102173494

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Paralympic athletes and high-ranking officials have expressed alarm at what they say is widespread and growing cheating, calling for urgent action to salvage the credibility of the Games – one of the world's most-watched sporting events.

A Four Corners investigation this week revealed how Paralympic athletes are deliberately exaggerating their impairments to improve their chances of winning medals, sometimes with the tacit approval or even encouragement of coaches.

At the heart of the issue is a classification system meant to level the playing field by grouping competitors based on how their impairment affects performance in their sport.

But Paralympians and senior classifiers from around the globe have told a current International Paralympic Committee (IPC) review how easy it is to exploit flaws in the current system and expressed their despair at the movement's apparent impotence in the face of the cheating.
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