Crackdown on school drug cheats
21 Jan 2013
Schoolboy rugby players caught doping could be suspended for three months or more or face expulsion.
The Cape Argus reports that a new testing programme launches on Monday, spearheaded by the SA Institute of Drug-Free Sport (Saids), which aims to eradicate a growing trend of steroid and drug use among teenagers in schools.
‘The testing will occur at any time and will not only be limited to athletes,’ said Saids chief executive Khalid Grant.
Substances that will be prohibited according to the programme include diuretics (which mask the presence of performance-enhancing drugs by flushing them out of the system), stimulants and steroids. Around 100 of South Africa’s top schools have signed up for the programme that will allow a school’s principle or Saids delegate to test any pupil suspected of doping.
According to Rapport, 18 out of 62 children independently tested in the past six months had positive results for drugs so dangerous they could lead to death.
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21 Jan 2013, 14:43 pm
@Britney Spies-187:
I like you Britney.
@Robzim-191: And another AMEN to that.
@willievz-192: No Willie, you do not want to be seen sitting on the same bike as Robzim and I. ET and the Moralievers won’t like it.
21 Jan 2013, 14:43 pm
@wnbb-199: should read first European tour race.( not the TDF). Just in case his apologists throw a tantrum .
21 Jan 2013, 14:45 pm
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-201: I simply asked a question.
21 Jan 2013, 14:46 pm
@wnbb-199:
Yep…the Mengele of Drug Cheats…
@NZINCHINA-200:
China…this is not going well for our friend…Houston
21 Jan 2013, 14:47 pm
@wnbb-197: Is it fair to say that a rider who has tested positive at least once in his career is a doper? Yes or no?
If yes: I invite you once more to type in a few names from the 2005/2005 tour. No, go back further if you must….
I’m not going to provide you with names, as you will then say that I have given you only names of fellas I know have doped….
Pick a few names, any names……. Give us your feedback.
21 Jan 2013, 14:47 pm
@wnbb-197:
“There is no proof that anyone else cheated in all those races that the ‘two farking apologists’ hero participated in.Fact.”
No Proof that anyone else cheated??
I know you just stirring but please read this for background on doping at the Tour de France:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doping_at_the_Tour_de_France
21 Jan 2013, 14:48 pm
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-201:
21 Jan 2013, 14:49 pm
@willievz-203: It is the wrong question.
It implies that you also reckon the whole peleton was doped to the eyeballs….not just Lance…
And the moralievers don’t want to know too much about that.
21 Jan 2013, 14:51 pm
@Te Rangatira-204:
He he oh dear I was going to have an early one I think I’ll ang around and see what unfolds…
21 Jan 2013, 14:53 pm
@Robzim-206: Folk do not want to know these truths…… And simly put, the entire planet knows that the TDF is a dope or choke show – the end.
Hence my disgust at sponsors “shock”, the UCI’s “shock” the moral citizens of the globe’s “shock”…..
No doping, No TDF in it’s current (or previous) form.
21 Jan 2013, 14:57 pm
@Te Rangatira-204:
Richard Young, an attorney for USADA, rejected that argument and instead likened Armstrong to the leader of a drug cartel in an era or rampant drug use.
If Armstrong had cooperated, he might have gotten a lighter sentence, Young says. But he didn’t, and Young says the massive amount of evidence pointed to Armstrong as the ringleader of an elaborate scheme to cheat and avoid detection.
“The guy who is the head of the cartel is in a different position in terms of treatment than either the dealer on street or guy that you catch (using drugs),” Young says. “His role was significantly different than other riders.”
Copyright 2012 USATODAY.com
21 Jan 2013, 14:58 pm
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-170: “supreme athlete” a juiced up richie mccaw would mean fokkol to me…lance relinquished any rights to being a credible sportsman when he gooned the 1st time…no moral high ground, just.a bloody cheat like marion jones. one guy, just one guy not doped up!
@willievz-192: “considered” by who? has it been proven beyond doubt that ALL those cyclists he raced against were on drugs?
21 Jan 2013, 15:01 pm
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-210:
Fully agree.
Too easy to just jump on the bandwagon and throw stones at Armstrong.
I am going to miss a deadline due to this flippin blog.
Out for now. Cheers.
21 Jan 2013, 15:02 pm
“178.i_love_u_bakkiesbotha said:
21 Jan 2013, 14:22 pm
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-163:
Pierre is an upright christian.
big difference.”
As opposed to bent double?
21 Jan 2013, 15:04 pm
@Robzim-206: No reason to stir.The truth of the matter is that the two of you can’t see past your hard on for Armstrong.He is the absolute all time druggie and cheat.There is still no evidence that all of cyclists used drugs during that period.More than 21 riders participated in all of those Tours back then.Oh yeah!,referencing Wiki now is just real smart!!BTW,I know pedigree might have difficulty with that,but she is behaving like a real d!c k on here in any case.
21 Jan 2013, 15:09 pm
@Transformation-212: There is one guy….the dutch rider….can’t think of his name now.
@wnbb-215: I stick to what I believe. You are all most welcome to what you believe. (Except ET, because he doesn’t really deserve anything….)
Bottom line: Armstrong is taking the fall for over 100 years of doping in cycling.
21 Jan 2013, 15:11 pm
Seven Deadly Sins: My pursuit of Lance Armstrong by David Walsh:
Walsh found it strange if you look at the 56k time trial. In 1993 Lance’s time was 6:03 slower than the winner, 1994 6:23 slower; 1995 6:24 slower than the winner. In 1999 after cancer treatment he won the time trial in one of the best times ever.
BTW, TDF winners Bjarne Riis (1996), Jan Ulrich (1997), Marco Pantani (1998), Floyd Landis and Alberto Contador (2010) all tested positive for banned substances
21 Jan 2013, 15:12 pm
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-205: Armstrong set for hefty ban?
21 Jan 2013, 15:13 pm
@Hurricane-190:
well, then i would say he has some serious questions he needs to ask himself, deep within his soul.
you can run but you can never hide from the truth inside.
people pay lip service too easily to what it means to be moral, ethical or religious for that matter.
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sorry keo bloggers
very busy at the moment
will try to respond to posts
21 Jan 2013, 15:15 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-219:
Post 198 it’s coached into them, I think your halo just broke
21 Jan 2013, 15:16 pm
@Dawn-214:
Ok, saw that now…………..
21 Jan 2013, 15:17 pm
I wonder if it’s the same wiki that said Adidas, who is is the sponsor of WP since 1983 ,will be celebrating their 20th year of sponsoring WP rugby?
. Is it the same wiki that proclaims that the Dutch met Khoe and Xhosa tribes on their arrival at the Cape? 
21 Jan 2013, 15:17 pm
@shooter-218: That’s a 50 000 thread right there. ET will contribute most of the posts….
21 Jan 2013, 15:19 pm
Who else can shed some light on school boy doping in SA?
21 Jan 2013, 15:20 pm
@wnbb-222: Seriously though. The TDF has been dope on a rope since it’s inception.
Anyone thinking otherwise needs a reality upgrade.
21 Jan 2013, 15:21 pm
@NZINCHINA-224: It was being delivered to certain schools via courier….. Kids were getting the sh y te online as well. Parents have to know, because they’re paying for it.
21 Jan 2013, 15:23 pm
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-226:
and this is widely known in SA and condoned?
21 Jan 2013, 15:27 pm
After finishing second in the U.S. Olympic time trials in 1992, Armstrong was favored to win the road race in Barcelona, Spain. With a surprisingly sluggish performance, however, he came in only 14th. Undeterred, Armstrong turned professional immediately after the Olympics, joining the Motorola cycling team for a respectable yearly salary. Though he came in dead last in his first professional event, the day-long San Sebastian Classic in Spain, he rebounded in two weeks and finished second in a World Cup race in Zurich, Switzerland.
Interesting.
21 Jan 2013, 15:29 pm
@NZINCHINA-227: I guess it’s condoned by certain parents, coaches etc. Otherwise it wouldn’t be as widespread.
Certainly not condoned by the entire rugby fraternity.
21 Jan 2013, 15:31 pm
@Dawn-214:
yes, hehehe i mean he is a good, honest christian man and not ‘standing up straight’.
upstanding i suppose is better than upright, which now that i read it, is rather funny hahaha
‘bent over double’ sounds fishy though..?.
@NZINCHINA-220:
with all due respect to the blogger, i think the anecdotal evidence of one blogger and a now uncovered episode of 18 schoolboys is not indicative of a large scale conspiracy.
but you know this.
21 Jan 2013, 15:32 pm
@wnbb-228: Are you another of ET’s ‘alter egos’? Please say it isn’t so…..
I might disagree with you, but I enjoy shooting the breeze with you. This would change, if it were made known that you are only another figment of ET’s imagination.
21 Jan 2013, 15:33 pm
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-229:
And they finish school get picked up by the provinces and it stops or is there an issue higher up the tree as well?
21 Jan 2013, 15:34 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-230:
Is that you Lance?
21 Jan 2013, 15:35 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-230: “upstanding” is the term you were looking for quite possibly?
Bakkies, I’m quite certain every country in the world has similar issues with ‘doping’ amongst the younger fellas. It’s certainly not a Saffa specific problem. Rather out in the open than denying it exists or what say you?
21 Jan 2013, 15:36 pm
Well lets ask the punters then if they have ever experienced or heard of this is SA schools, two bloggers have already and 18 have tested positive recently.
21 Jan 2013, 15:39 pm
@NZINCHINA-232: Nope, most of the kids using (according to the latest report) are NOT 1st team players (those likely to be picked up by the unions)…. It’s the 2nd and 3rd team type fella, who feels that by using he might make it into the 1st team (which rarely happens it seems….). Because as I’ve been trying to say re: Lance, DOPING means nothing if the natural talent isn’t there….
21 Jan 2013, 15:40 pm
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-236:
True! Ask me.
21 Jan 2013, 15:42 pm
@Transformation-212: Maybe not all.
But pretty much all.
Pretty much all of those TDF cyclists have tested positive at least once in their career.
21 Jan 2013, 15:42 pm
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-231:
. Don’t be daft now!We will be friends again as soon as the Super15 starts.Can never discard a fellow Stormer in the battle against the guppy polluters. 
21 Jan 2013, 15:42 pm
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-236:
That’s great to hear that it probably doesn’t exist higher up the tree, I hope there is a testing regime for international school boy tournaments though!
21 Jan 2013, 15:44 pm
@willievz-238:
Willie you seem to be on the inside, from your experience was there doping going on at SA schools? ( you are under oath)
21 Jan 2013, 15:48 pm
@NZINCHINA-241: Yes.
21 Jan 2013, 15:49 pm
@willievz-242:
Thanks for your honesty.
21 Jan 2013, 15:52 pm
Here are a list of top-finishers in the TDF that we know have tested positive in the last few years:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/08/24/sports/top-finishers-of-the-tour-de-france-tainted-by-doping.html
Is it just me, or does Levi Leipheimer bear a striking resemblance to Lance?
21 Jan 2013, 15:55 pm
@willievz-242: I was in high school MANY years ago…and it was going on then already…. Once more, those who deny it need a reality upgrade.
21 Jan 2013, 15:57 pm
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-245:
And often it is the DAD that encourages the kid.
21 Jan 2013, 15:58 pm
I consider Miguel Indurain as the best cyclist in the modern era of the TDF.He also had his problems ,but can be considerd as the cleanest of all recent TDF winners.He is a true legend of the TDF,not Armstrong.Ok,before the apologists scream ‘Doper as well’ I’ve prepared this little package for them.
In May 1994, Indurain tested positive for salbutamol following the Tour de L’Oise in France. Though the ?2-adrenergic agonist, found in nasal inhalers, was on the banned substance list of both the IOC and UCI, both organizations permitted sportsmen with asthma to use it. However in France there was an outright ban on its use.[21] The IOC agreed with the UCI that Indurain would not be punished for using a drug banned outright in France because they accepted the salbutamol was contained in a nasal inhaler he had been using legitimately to aid his respiration. In Spain, the incident was interpreted as another case of the French attempting to hinder Indurain’s domination of the sport.[22]
21 Jan 2013, 15:58 pm
@willievz-238: ” But pretty much” says it all for me then…cheats aren’t greats in my book…no wangle room
you are either one or the other.
21 Jan 2013, 16:00 pm
lance armstrong: most supreme athlete to ever cheat his way to a TDF victory.
21 Jan 2013, 16:04 pm
@willievz-246: Dad pays….Dad arranges/orders and often administers the gunk.
@wnbb-247: You used Wikipedia to back your Indurain apology?
Dig a little deeper. As I say, the sport is tainted full stop. Top to bottom. But I will keep watching, and admiring. Because there is nothing more thrilling than watching the peleton start the climb on the 1st mountain stage (doped to the hilt or not…)
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