Ethiopian runner Abeba Aregawi who defected to Sweden and won a 1500m gold medal at the 2013 world championships has been busted for doping.

Then I think doping is too rampant to be controlled in athletics

This doping issue is really complex. Even simple over the counter medicines for coughs and colds can cause an athlete to fail a drug test.

When an athlete is busted for doping they always pretend eti they took something for a cold or coughing ama sijui nini. In reality they are doping while pleading innocent.

Hot Chica Maria Sharapova (aka Shutup, Over) has been busted for doping

http://www.theguardian.c...ralian-open-2016-tennis

As far as I know, this is the only high profile tennis player ever busted for doping.

Let me tell you. Everyone is a thief , only some people are scared of the consequences and others get caught.

People should stop using Sharapova as an excuse to support thieves. Tennis is one sport where I do not think there is mass doping. The sport is about shot placement, quick feet, quick mind, ball control etc. Doping will not help you there.

People become really good at tennis by playing the sport their entire life with good coaches since they were 7 years old.

In Sharapova's case it could be that she is just careless. Dozens of sportsmen and women have been using meldonium as a supplement for over a decade. It was added to the banned list in January of 2016 and a few weeks later Sharapova failed a dope test for meldonium.

It could be a case of carelessness. Everytime WADA updates the list of banned substances, it is incumbent upon each player to check the label of every supplement they are taking to make sure the new substances are not there. But Sharapova was too busy partying in her penthouse in Miami, modeling and advertizing products. AKA carelessness. At the very least she should hire someone to take care of these things.

If Sharapova were a track athlete where doping actually makes a big difference, I would have been more likely to dimiss her as a cheat who is just making excuses.

Also if she was busted for a steroids or EPO, I would say she has no excuse.

I suspect Sharapova will only be banned for around 6 months.

I see my stalker is still obsessed with me personally and follows me around like an unhinged fellow.

For your info, When WADA initially adds a new substance to the banned list, they typically add it for every sport.

So yes that means that the blood booster EPO which mostly helps marathon runners is also banned from chess even though its benefits to chess are non-existent or close to zero.

This ought to be a no brainer to anyone. Tennis players are tested very often. If doping was rampant in tennis, there would be a lot more failed tests. Clearly there is less motivation to dope in tennis. One might say its not even worth it because the benefits are minimal.

And in Sharapova's case, doping makes almost no sense. She makes so much money outside tennis that it does not even matter if she wins. She could retire now and still make boatloads of money. She is already the highest paid woman, way ahead of Serena Williams.

loads of bullcrap unfortunately. so if a spot is all about shot placement, quick fee, quick mind etc then taking a drug which would enable you to say have more stamina, concentration, manage stress etc, would not give you competitive advantage over your opponent?

My stalker is posting while drunk, posting all kinds of incoherent gibberish. So at this point I choose to ignore him.