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Why do athletes take performance-enhancing drugs when they face world condemnation if they are court?
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+Tom Smith Why do athletes take performance-enhancing drugs when they face world condemnation if they are court? The stakes in the olympics are fierce. The difference between an Olympic gold or silver medal could be a one hundredth of a second on the track or in the pool; an inch on the pole vault or shot put. Supposedly the athletes who make the Olympic cut are blessed with the right combination of physical and psychological traits, including an intense competitive drive and an unrelenting determination to be the best. However Long gone is the romantic ideal of an ancient Olympian running barefoot from the village of Marathon, demonstrating a test of brute human endurance, courage and spirit. The reality is that many athletes now compete on a drug cocktail of Performance-enhancing drugs. Performing enhancing drugs or P.E.D's are the Olympics main problem; recreational drugs are not usually an issue as these drugs. Including...
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