Doping in sport: why it can't be stopped

Many sports' reputations are being tarnished by doping scandals. The International Olympic Committee and The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) should be responsible for tackling drug cheats-but are they at the heart of the problem? Read more here: econ.st/2Weuels
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It was one of sport’s darkest episodes. Following the Sochi Winter Olympics of 2014 Russia was proved to have carried out a vast state-sponsored doping operation. The scandal didn’t just expose an epidemic of foul play it called into question the credibility of a system that’s supposed to guard against doping and protect honest athletes.
So is there a lack of will to catch the cheats? Doping isn’t just a Russian problem it’s a global problem. In 2011 an anonymous survey asked more than 1,200 athletes whether they had used performance-enhancing drugs. The result, which was kept quiet for six years, was astonishing. 44% admitted to doping but typically only 1-2% of samples test positive.
Just like the Olympic motto athletes want to be “faster, higher, stronger”. Performance-enhancing drugs promise just that. But all drugs come with health risks and crucially, they tip the balance in competition. The sports governing bodies, especially the International Olympic Committee or the IOC say they want to stop the cheats.
Back in 1999 the IOC declared war on doping. It created the World Anti-Doping Agency, or WADA. WADA was set up to be the anti-doping watchdog and to write the rulebook that would dictate best practice globally. But WADA’s independence is questionable. 50% of WADA’s funding comes from 190 governments and the other half comes from the IOC. And WADA’s average annual budget of $27m is less than 2% of the IOC’s revenue in an average year. WADA has around 120 employees. Only seven of them are tasked with conducting investigations into doping schemes worldwide.
With no power to enforce WADA relies on the national anti-doping agencies and sports federations to do drug testing. But different countries have different means, ability and yes, political will, to catch dopers.
The 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics were a huge success for the Russian team. Two years later and just weeks before the opening ceremony at Rio 2016 something happened that no one had anticipated. Grigory Rodchenkov, the head of Russia’s anti-doping laboratory turned whistleblower. His admissions captured in the Oscar-winning Netflix documentary “Icarus”, thrust Russia’s actions into the public consciousness like never before.
WADA had been investigating allegations of Russian doping since 2014. But it wasn’t until July 2016 that it published a report conducted by independent lawyer Richard McLaren. Russia tampered with urine samples of athletes in a thriller-like, cover-up operation. They even mixed in salt and coffee to contaminate doped samples. More than 1,000 Russian athletes were accused of doping. Russia was categorical in its denial.
WADA was determined that Russia should pay the full price. But the IOC rejected WADA’s recommendations. The IOC allowed individual athletes to appeal against the decision at the Court of Arbitration for Sport, or CAS. The result? Over two-thirds of the Russian team were allowed to participate. Two years later the IOC cleared 169 Russian athletes to take part in the Winter Olympics. But were those outcomes entirely due to concern about the rights of individual athletes? The answer may lie in a complex web of politics and power in sports.
Alexander Zhukov, Russia’s deputy prime minister doubled up as president of the Russian Olympic Committee. Pavel Kolobkov was deputy minister of sports and part of WADA. And then there’s Vitaly Mutko. He was sports minister during the Sochi scandal but he wasn’t sacked for this embarrassing episode. In fact he was promoted to deputy prime minister. But placing influential people in positions of power isn’t just a Russian affair. The IOC has two bodies that are predominantly dedicated to fighting doping. WADA and the Court of Arbitration for Sport, CAS. Like WADA, CAS was also established by the IOC. These two bodies are meant to be independent but an intricate network of rules and people has raised questions.
Despite its $5.7bn revenue per Olympic cycle the IOC is registered as a non-profit organisation and benefits from Switzerland’s lenient association laws which means it has a lot of leeway in how it runs itself and raises the question is anyone governing the governing bodies?
So can anyone hold the IOC to account?
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  • @danmartinez9497
    @danmartinez94972 жыл бұрын

    44% admitted to doping 56% admitted to lying..

  • @noodlechicken4169
    @noodlechicken41694 жыл бұрын

    They should have an olympics where doping is allowed so we can see these roided up athletes going wild

  • @JohnDoe-nz7xm

    @JohnDoe-nz7xm

    4 жыл бұрын

    Agree would be awesome to watch it 🤣🤣

  • @justyouraveragefluff2298

    @justyouraveragefluff2298

    4 жыл бұрын

    SNL did a skit on this

  • @JP-dl5rt

    @JP-dl5rt

    4 жыл бұрын

    That would be the regular Olympics... Or why do you think they are the best? Because no other one would take them? I don't think so

  • @DaPeePeePooPooCheck

    @DaPeePeePooPooCheck

    4 жыл бұрын

    Would be the exact same as it is now because everyone is on steroids😭

  • @placeholder2836

    @placeholder2836

    4 жыл бұрын

    Noodle Chicken it’s already happening

  • @eeooooee2234
    @eeooooee22344 жыл бұрын

    As long as money is involved someone’s always gonna dope

  • @greyroof3120

    @greyroof3120

    4 жыл бұрын

    And reputation

  • @seanandsectiomuir3324

    @seanandsectiomuir3324

    3 жыл бұрын

    Not just money. Amature, unknown sport has dopers. It is the mindset of some people. External values attract an external locus of control.

  • @michaelniessner9489

    @michaelniessner9489

    3 жыл бұрын

    Buuuut there is no doping in football!!!!

  • @oulfawydad

    @oulfawydad

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@michaelniessner9489 leicester in 2016...

  • @ernestfrigelj2876

    @ernestfrigelj2876

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@seanandsectiomuir3324 only because those ppl want to go pro to earn money :D

  • @chrisnolan8132
    @chrisnolan81324 жыл бұрын

    I wish they hadn't focused so much on the Russia allegations. The Kenyans have a similar state-sponsored doping program, and the United States also circumvents the rules in the form of corporate-sponsored doping, given how companies like Nike and the US athletics governing bodies are so intertwined.

  • @doloman77

    @doloman77

    3 жыл бұрын

    Facts.

  • @bjornragnarsson8692

    @bjornragnarsson8692

    3 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely!

  • @helperboy5020

    @helperboy5020

    3 жыл бұрын

    o.......i dint know. where can i read more bout it?/

  • @zonalsky7888

    @zonalsky7888

    2 жыл бұрын

    How can you say that like they definitely have a state sponsored doping program? Your just spouting nonsense out of nothing without any credibility. Of course there may be some, but saying stuff like 'state-sponsored' like Russia is bs without any concrete evidence.

  • @houseoftyrell1544

    @houseoftyrell1544

    2 жыл бұрын

    And China as the Russia of Asia

  • @jjeherrera
    @jjeherrera4 жыл бұрын

    I was born in the 1950s and raised to believe in the nobility of sports and the Olympic movement. I was taught that sport was an integral part of education and a means for a healthy life. As I've grown up I've become increasingly disappointed in the Olympic movement as it has become a circus managed by entertainers, which defeats the whole spirit that Pierre de Coubertin envisioned.

  • @gunner4life568

    @gunner4life568

    4 жыл бұрын

    I think money is big contributor gor athletes taking that risk

  • @bonitabanana9342

    @bonitabanana9342

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@gunner4life568 money is also the cause why officials turn a blind eye to what is obvious

  • @altacalifornio5375

    @altacalifornio5375

    2 жыл бұрын

    In due time, the truth reveals

  • @fruitcake4t

    @fruitcake4t

    Жыл бұрын

    @@altacalifornio5375 sometimes tragically - Florence Griffith Joyner

  • @kikaa1884

    @kikaa1884

    9 ай бұрын

    Big 3 players in Tennis don't take steroids and PED drugs. Messi and Christiano Ronaldo don't take steroids and PED. Some athletes takes PED and steroids.

  • @vraelatao2264
    @vraelatao22643 жыл бұрын

    What they point out is sad but so true. We dont catch that many cheaters while there are many of them, simply because we would discover that most of our heroes, the stars of the sport, role models... would for most of them be on drugs. Agencies, sponsors... don't want that. Revenues would drop drastically. It took years to finally see L. Armstrong be caught when everybody knew he was on drugs. It's pretty much the same for most athletes.

  • @ernestfrigelj2876

    @ernestfrigelj2876

    8 ай бұрын

    90% of elite athletes are using some kind of illegal substance.

  • @mydemon
    @mydemon4 жыл бұрын

    Crazy that a professionally-made video with professional research gets 750 views, whereas any cute cat video gets 10 million

  • @alaskangirl7475

    @alaskangirl7475

    4 жыл бұрын

    The cute kitty has no reason of using propaganda. This one was slick and subtly done, well almost.

  • @raptorjesus6398

    @raptorjesus6398

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@alaskangirl7475 "Everything that doesn't fit my worldview is propaganda"

  • @lazypunk794

    @lazypunk794

    4 жыл бұрын

    not everybody cares about doping in sports

  • @joneh9483

    @joneh9483

    4 жыл бұрын

    The Russians are deleting this channels views

  • @involuntarysoul3867

    @involuntarysoul3867

    3 жыл бұрын

    this is just another western propaganda

  • @bpetersson5024
    @bpetersson5024 Жыл бұрын

    When inhalers for athletes with asthma became a legally approved aid for athletes when training or racing, 50% of the Norwegian cross country ski team became asthmatic. So did Chris Froome of Tour de Fame fame. When testing improved in the 90s, all the new Chinese competitors with recent gold medals disappeared. Micro-dosing was developed and then new super humans emerged. Since the development of amphetamines in the 30s to make German soldiers go days without sleep, doping has become a necessary tool to with a gold. Most countries protect their athletes including the U.S., from getting caught. And with some scientific research, there is a lot that can be used to improve performances that is not on the black list at IOC, but trying to catch even the biggest cheaters, is a race against time, and one that we most likely will not win.

  • @AB-ii8st
    @AB-ii8st4 жыл бұрын

    The IOC is a joke and I don't understand how anyone can still take the Olympic Games seriously. It's a company driven by profit above all disguising as a sport organization.

  • @r3dp1ll

    @r3dp1ll

    4 жыл бұрын

    exactly. someone who got it

  • @lazypunk794

    @lazypunk794

    4 жыл бұрын

    same as FIFA

  • @AB-ii8st

    @AB-ii8st

    4 жыл бұрын

    Goutham Absolutely

  • @nicksteve5392

    @nicksteve5392

    3 жыл бұрын

    Well... it's a COMPANY that's running an event. They need to make money. So things will be ignored for money. Don't know why this is a shock since the athletes are their primary money making mechanic If they made money outside of the athletes then they could be better at enforcement but they need that money

  • @anokurauvone604

    @anokurauvone604

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@lazypunk794 what do you mean about fifa

  • @importantname
    @importantname4 жыл бұрын

    sport has become part of the international battle to prove the dominance of a society = money and power. It is no longer sport, it is business and nationalism. Sport has lost the initial meaning = that which we do for pleasure.

  • @r3dp1ll

    @r3dp1ll

    4 жыл бұрын

    been about power for thousands of years. Money more recently

  • @navishdalal616

    @navishdalal616

    4 жыл бұрын

    Right said

  • @shanejohnson2752

    @shanejohnson2752

    4 жыл бұрын

    It's been that way for 100's of years

  • @nicksteve5392

    @nicksteve5392

    3 жыл бұрын

    Dude, sports is just another form of dominance. What fantasy you been believing..? The one they tell you? It's just a friendlier form of fighting for dominance over others. Besides, the original Olympics were slaves and warriors (one step away from slaves) fighting to the death to entertain people lol All about power. Never forget that. The world runs on it in its various forms and always will as long as humans exist

  • @bitethatbullet7054

    @bitethatbullet7054

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@nicksteve5392 It doesn’t mean that the individual athletes do it because of that though, so it could be authentic because of that

  • @Anon-rv1np
    @Anon-rv1np3 жыл бұрын

    "Everyone's on steroids" ~Nelson Mandela

  • @isassetuba
    @isassetuba4 жыл бұрын

    The background sounds are just mad 😂 😂

  • @listenup2882
    @listenup28824 жыл бұрын

    Should've had Lance Armstrong in the thumbnail.

  • @garyvee6023
    @garyvee60232 жыл бұрын

    Ban the athlete, ban the coach and ban who ever tried to cover it up..., for life..., not just a few years.

  • @ErickOberholtzer
    @ErickOberholtzer4 жыл бұрын

    put in harsher and harsher penalties until it stops. its worked reasonably well in the ufc.

  • @matthewhardwick365

    @matthewhardwick365

    4 жыл бұрын

    Don't believe it's stopped in the UFC. It is heavily reduced/changed though.

  • @yokdeprotagonists5773
    @yokdeprotagonists5773 Жыл бұрын

    The problem is it is so hard for you get caught if you know what you are doing

  • @gboxm8563
    @gboxm85633 жыл бұрын

    Most top athletes dope in every sport plain and simple

  • @trevk8233
    @trevk82334 жыл бұрын

    "Russian politics and sports are very often meshed." But the western world isn't?? France is like the king of involving politics in ANYTHING! Never mind just sports.

  • @ranelgallardo7031

    @ranelgallardo7031

    4 жыл бұрын

    Trev K The city of Houston pro sports teams do this

  • @waterproof4403
    @waterproof44032 жыл бұрын

    The ones that got the medals through lifetime of hardwork are the true superhumans!💜

  • @user-co1gi7yd2r

    @user-co1gi7yd2r

    2 жыл бұрын

    So all of them?

  • @waterproof4403

    @waterproof4403

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@user-co1gi7yd2r the few that used drugs are a disgrace

  • @bingbong6127

    @bingbong6127

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@waterproof4403 the few? I guess ignorance is bliss...

  • @glendjunuslodoli211

    @glendjunuslodoli211

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@waterproof4403 what ?, even if ones use steroids, they still need dedicate their life time to train, steroids aren't Captain America super soldier serums.

  • @lazarus8018

    @lazarus8018

    Жыл бұрын

    @@glendjunuslodoli211 People have gotten way too comfortable with using steroids as a scapegoat. In reality, steroids only make you _look_ bigger.

  • @MoralScienceEducation
    @MoralScienceEducation5 күн бұрын

    Thank you for an interesting program on a topic relevant to all young top athletes who do choose to compete. Hopefully the “spirit of sport” definition will be carried forward globally.

  • @moderatesunited
    @moderatesunited4 жыл бұрын

    Everyone is on gear. It's all a smoke and mirrors. Too much money is at stake.

  • @rmmva

    @rmmva

    4 жыл бұрын

    Many people don't realize this; they think all of their heroes are clean just because they say so.

  • @christianindividual4550

    @christianindividual4550

    2 жыл бұрын

    Bang on. Similar things can he said for politics, musicians, entertainers, influencers. The following traits are not so conducive, to getting to the VERY top of a particular field: Honest, having integrity, compassion for others, considerate of the next person, selfless. The following traits make it a bit easier (althought it is still difficult to get to the top of anything): Greed, manipulating others, unscrupulous, lacking integrity, dishonest, strive to beat others at all costs, prepared to put others down for selfish gain.... I mean, most people who have Olympians as their heroes, don't even know of the rampant debauchery that is so common at the Games/Olympic Village. And I mean RAMPANT. Google it if you didn't know. If people take time to rationally and logically (without emotional bias) consider what it really took for XYZ person to get to the pinnacle of XYZ field, they may not make heroes out of public figures so easily...

  • @KAPTOFTHEWORLD
    @KAPTOFTHEWORLD3 жыл бұрын

    As far as I know, the thing is you can ban some substances from the sport, but chemically you can change the components of it and when making the doping test it will not came up since it is a new substance with now different chemical components... In that case, WADA would need to have the tools to prevent these new mixes from happening, but with what money?

  • @bjornragnarsson8692

    @bjornragnarsson8692

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes, you are right

  • @Mau5lex

    @Mau5lex

    6 ай бұрын

    No. On the test they can find whatever you take. It always leaves traces. Thats why they had to swap the tests in russia.

  • @avael2451

    @avael2451

    26 күн бұрын

    Not necessarily, when it comes to small molecule drugs they can stick it through HPLC-MS and identify strange compounds that wouldnt be there naturally; but when it comes to peptides that our bodies produce naturally like EPO you cant exactly identify exogenous vs endogenous EPO.

  • @floter4661
    @floter46614 жыл бұрын

    Either allow it for anyone or punish them better - maybe by removing anything they achieved from history. Make them only have any loses they ever had and no wins so they go down as losers, ban them from any sport and remove any pay and medal that they have from sports.

  • @saifchowdhury3581
    @saifchowdhury35814 жыл бұрын

    You can't ban a whole federation for doping even if its the majority doping. You can't punish individual good athletes.

  • @erheetrherh2659
    @erheetrherh26592 жыл бұрын

    Everybody's on steroids - Nate Diaz

  • @luuson7094
    @luuson7094 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks 💐

  • @steveirungu3132
    @steveirungu31323 жыл бұрын

    Doping to me is a global problem I personally believe that awareness and personal responsibility is key to stamp out vices ie doping match fixing in sports ie football rugby cricket etc by Steve Irungu Jermaine

  • @martyncooper7150
    @martyncooper71504 жыл бұрын

    People have always cheated - as long as some of the cheats get found out there is hope for the clean athletes. However ultimately it comes down to the morals of the individual athletes.

  • @KasumiRINA

    @KasumiRINA

    2 жыл бұрын

    It doesn't when your government is a dictatorship.

  • @MRB16th

    @MRB16th

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@KasumiRINA If it's any guide, over 70% of all stripped Olympic medals are from post-Soviet and ex-Eastern Bloc countries. And if I looked through World Championships in Olympic sports, I would probably have a similar result.

  • @nevillethomas1525
    @nevillethomas15254 жыл бұрын

    World anti-doping agency President Witold Banka has warned that the coronavirus pandemic should not be used as an excuse for violating doping rules. Banka underlined that the integrity of the world anti-doping system will be maintained and all cheaters will be caught. The coronavirus outbreak has caused many countries to suspend their testing activities. The WADA chief also noted that due to the postponing of the 2020 Tokyo games, those whose doping bans expire this year will be allowed to compete in the Olympics in 2021.

  • @tranjose
    @tranjose4 жыл бұрын

    To be fair, catching dopers in an age where some compounds leave the body in less than 24 hours would mean 24/7/365 monitoring. This is not only impossible but also unethical, and the slipperiest of slopes.

  • @christybyrne9844

    @christybyrne9844

    2 жыл бұрын

    No, all you need is totally random monitoring without warning for athletes hoping to compete in the Olympics

  • @jjh2456

    @jjh2456

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@christybyrne9844 the OP is actually correct because the dopers are way ahead of regulation and testing technology. Even if the come without warning, the compounds now can be undetected as the compounds are made to evade detection. Lance Armstrong was able to get away with this for years until he was ratted out.

  • @christybyrne9844

    @christybyrne9844

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@jjh2456 yep I do agree with that

  • @jon9558

    @jon9558

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@christybyrne9844 most sports have random testing however there are still loopholes… your suppose to tell them your location at all times and they can show up … however if your just not there while you would test positive , you get a missed test violation. Not a substance violation.

  • @neon_necromunda

    @neon_necromunda

    Жыл бұрын

    Lol visual checks work, and all I need is a hair sample and full blood work. Ultrasounds on repeated usual site injection areas also work as scar tissue and the oil/alcohol carrier fluid leave noticeable deviations on a scan

  • @adonaimorales3560
    @adonaimorales35602 жыл бұрын

    Nobody actually thinks that the best people in the world at any sport is actually clean. We know this. Sponsors know this. Broadcasters know this. We all know this. So why do we all pretend like they’re clean. Who are we protecting?

  • @Fernando-rj4yn

    @Fernando-rj4yn

    2 жыл бұрын

    But Usain Bolt is clean , never failed any tests

  • @therealist2000

    @therealist2000

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Fernando-rj4yn Everyone other Jamaican who ran at the same time period as him has been caught for doping, how could it just be him that’s clean…

  • @PepsiMagt

    @PepsiMagt

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Fernando-rj4yn Lance Armstrong was tested thousands of times, and never failed any test either.

  • @annmariebusu9924

    @annmariebusu9924

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@PepsiMagt dude had cancer and still won. That was way too suspicious.

  • @annmariebusu9924

    @annmariebusu9924

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@therealist2000 no one has run his records.

  • @WayneJohn-fq6cn
    @WayneJohn-fq6cn4 жыл бұрын

    Bruh for real you got me over here googling "can I go to the Olympics without doping?" And I'm a runner so in my mind 100% of track athletes are doping

  • @BrayoFitnessTrainer

    @BrayoFitnessTrainer

    3 жыл бұрын

    depending on the country, you're not making the average Olympic team clean. Personally, some drugs that are classified as 'legal" are still performance enhancers thus should be prohibited.

  • @Lewis360
    @Lewis3604 жыл бұрын

    I think doping is just the logical step because we give too much importance to these games, if instead we give more importance and exposure for the scientific advance, social sciences... Etc will be doping our brains with more knowledge.

  • @sancho7863
    @sancho78634 жыл бұрын

    No it can’t be stopped. And we should just stop holding the olympics all together

  • @adem_gun

    @adem_gun

    4 жыл бұрын

    Or create a division for athletes using steroids.

  • @jjeherrera

    @jjeherrera

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@adem_gun It's sad, but I agree with you that the Olympic movement has long lost the nobility that Pierre de Coubertin envisioned. As far as I'm concerned, the Olympic Games are just a circus managed by entertainers.

  • @ranelgallardo7031
    @ranelgallardo70314 жыл бұрын

    The city of Houston is happy about this

  • @braidenno1010
    @braidenno10104 жыл бұрын

    Do redrawing asia! I want to see what it looks like

  • @listenup2882
    @listenup28824 жыл бұрын

    The developed countries have the most doping.

  • @ecchen1

    @ecchen1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Most sophisticated too.

  • @endloesung_der_braunen_frage

    @endloesung_der_braunen_frage

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@DBC00P3R Usain was on peds?

  • @michaelniessner9489

    @michaelniessner9489

    3 жыл бұрын

    No the western countries have the Most doping They are just much better organized and they have a lot more Money and power than poor countries

  • @ryancrichton952

    @ryancrichton952

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@endloesung_der_braunen_frage most of the fastest men in history have tested positive at some point there is no way that Usain can just train harder or have amazing genes and be better than everyone else who’s on ped’s. He has both of those but that is nowhere near enough. Look at Jamaica’s drug testing and you’ll see why the best sprinters come from there

  • @danielsinclair3851

    @danielsinclair3851

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ryancrichton952 like Kenya

  • @rajivmurkejee7498
    @rajivmurkejee74988 ай бұрын

    Well, the Brits gave a couple of extremely suspicious people in cycling knighthoods.

  • @mrdanielleebrown
    @mrdanielleebrown3 жыл бұрын

    Their not going to do that because doping adds to competition and competition adds to entertainment

  • @jacobdeangelis7702
    @jacobdeangelis77022 жыл бұрын

    Who will watch the watchmen…age old question

  • @marklane4403
    @marklane44032 жыл бұрын

    A wise man once told me, "If a human is involved there's corruption". LOL

  • @user-di3st1ei2j
    @user-di3st1ei2j4 жыл бұрын

    "...Thriller-like cover operation." Kill the lights and cue the zombies!

  • @sajaljain8843
    @sajaljain88434 жыл бұрын

    27 million dollars is very less for stoping world level doping.

  • @steveirungu3132
    @steveirungu31322 жыл бұрын

    I personal believe that awareness is key to stamp out vices eg match fixing doping etc by Steve Irungu Jermaine

  • @iansteelmatheson
    @iansteelmatheson2 жыл бұрын

    keep in mind that the anonymous study of athletes was of athletes in the IAAF, so athletics. this is one of the sports where doping is the worst. not all sports are equal in this.

  • @MRB16th

    @MRB16th

    2 жыл бұрын

    Completely correct: some sports have very little if any problem. Of course, athletics isn't the worst sport - that dubious honor goes to weightlifting, which has had enough drug scandals over the years to put Hollywood and politicians to shame.

  • @spa2damax
    @spa2damax4 жыл бұрын

    I get that the focus of this video is on Olympic sports, but USADA are running the most successful and stringent anti doping programme around with the UFC.

  • @SamYoungnz

    @SamYoungnz

    4 жыл бұрын

    While I know that is what should be happening, USADA is part of the problem. Watch Alex Gibney's video, The Armstrong Lie. It is quite enlightening just how much whistleblowing was ignored.

  • @amatya.rakshasa
    @amatya.rakshasa3 жыл бұрын

    Athletics are a bit like Formula 1. It’s a mix of natural ability of the athletes to beat their competitors and their country’s doping technology to beat the tests. The IOC need to start offering a constructors championship to national Olympic committees that do the best job of not getting caught cheating lol

  • @jimwonderwood7651
    @jimwonderwood76514 жыл бұрын

    The report is still not absolutely objektive, but I liked that they confirmed that it is NOT ONLY RUSSIAN PROBLEM.

  • @steveirungu3132
    @steveirungu31323 жыл бұрын

    Personal responsibility begins with myself as Steve Irungu Jermaine period by Steve Irungu Jermaine

  • @steveirungu3132
    @steveirungu31323 жыл бұрын

    Doping to me is a global problem to me awareness and personal responsibility is key to stamp out vices is doping match fixing etc by Steve Irungu Jermaine

  • @steveirungu3132
    @steveirungu31323 жыл бұрын

    Personal responsibility begins with myself as Steve Irungu Jermaine by Steve Irungu Jermaine

  • @r3dp1ll
    @r3dp1ll4 жыл бұрын

    There's somethig else you never hear about. Why not keep the samples for let's 15 years and test a bunch of them every few years ? Because most of them after a while would come back positive and it would show that sport at the highest level is a circus.

  • @ricolucas3410
    @ricolucas34104 жыл бұрын

    23 dislikes? Roid rage?!?!

  • @davidhughes6
    @davidhughes68 ай бұрын

    For me i just remember Ben Johnson being caught cheating in the Olympic 100 metre sprint. That was a big story at the time but how many others have got away with it? Quite a lot i think

  • @lifeisgood.4576
    @lifeisgood.45765 ай бұрын

    Look at Michael Phelps, when he competed against younger individuals who had everything he would beat them. Let’s not forget about his adderoll use. Top level athletes always have been taking stuff and always will!

  • @levaann
    @levaann4 жыл бұрын

    Brave man

  • @maxalvarado8951
    @maxalvarado89513 жыл бұрын

    They can have the medals but not the honor, pride, and glory... if that still matters!

  • @waterproof4403

    @waterproof4403

    2 жыл бұрын

    The ones that got the medals through lifetime of hardwork are the true superhumans!

  • @user-kf5yp3do5g
    @user-kf5yp3do5g2 жыл бұрын

    No...

  • @zd6Gtoz6sUyZ
    @zd6Gtoz6sUyZ4 жыл бұрын

    Can we just have a separate bionic Olympics?

  • @IvanHernandez-os3yp

    @IvanHernandez-os3yp

    4 жыл бұрын

    ZenBrane why it’s the same thing they all dope

  • @bigbackman3609

    @bigbackman3609

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@IvanHernandez-os3yp because it contrast with everything that a true athlete should focus...

  • @vase92
    @vase922 жыл бұрын

    How can a sponsor demand change in sport and doping? If one company doesn't want to sponsor an even, another will

  • @kristianapelse8426
    @kristianapelse84263 жыл бұрын

    And that's the reason I'll stick with snooker.

  • @bjornragnarsson8692

    @bjornragnarsson8692

    3 жыл бұрын

    Haha! 😂

  • @anokurauvone604

    @anokurauvone604

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@massivehero4871 are you serious 😮!

  • @billygoat9920
    @billygoat99204 жыл бұрын

    It's a common trait in people to win no matter what .... human nature and it will never change.

  • @ethanz3837
    @ethanz38373 жыл бұрын

    I was watching some docs about Lance Armstrong, and he's the best liar I've ever seen

  • @steveirungu3132
    @steveirungu31323 жыл бұрын

    I believe that awareness and personal responsibility begins with myself as Steve Irungu Jermaine. period by Steve Irungu Jermaine

  • @phea-ron8045
    @phea-ron80454 жыл бұрын

    When adversary currently doing better than you, you must pickup something embarrassing about them to talk.

  • @GeliCarlosJ
    @GeliCarlosJ4 жыл бұрын

    just have one competition where everyone can dope so we can see how far people can go in terms of performance

  • @thekimjongillest1112

    @thekimjongillest1112

    4 жыл бұрын

    so the NFL

  • @Nicholes-Dad

    @Nicholes-Dad

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Carlos Geli Not a bad idea. Just tell competitors that nobody will be tested at any time. Turnout might surprise everyone.

  • @RunForPeace-hk1cu
    @RunForPeace-hk1cu2 жыл бұрын

    Crime in Society: why it can't be stopped | The Realist Can crime be stopped? Should we just give up and not have any police because crimes are continuity being commited?

  • @ericrenner4411

    @ericrenner4411

    7 ай бұрын

    Too long didn't read: doping isn't a crime that hurts tons of people. Doping shows up in other areas of life yet we are very sensitive to doping in sport. The issue may lie in the stated need to make sport clean. Who decided this? Why not let professionals dope? Drop all expectations. We wont feel lied to. The amateurs will continue to compete clean with eachother.

  • @vesperone3905
    @vesperone39054 жыл бұрын

    My country doesnt dope

  • @laserworkstv

    @laserworkstv

    4 жыл бұрын

    F***ck off Dictator ⛔

  • @Climax1988

    @Climax1988

    3 жыл бұрын

    Cause youre to poor for thats juicy juice

  • @steveirungu3132
    @steveirungu31323 жыл бұрын

    Doping is a world wide phenomenon I believe that awareness is key to stamp out vices ie doping match fixing in sports eg cricket etc by Steve Irungu Jermaine

  • @rODIUMuk
    @rODIUMuk7 ай бұрын

    It should be openly allowed. Everyone is doing it , so only the richest succeed

  • @what77980
    @what779802 жыл бұрын

    Never knew olympics was really just a drug feast

  • @mssha1980

    @mssha1980

    2 жыл бұрын

    All sports

  • @steveirungu3132
    @steveirungu31323 жыл бұрын

    World Anti Doping Agency should work with International organizations ie FIFA IAAF IRB ITF ICC etc by Steve Irungu Jermaine

  • @lezel4swarts
    @lezel4swarts4 жыл бұрын

    Simple answer is No

  • @cakej1
    @cakej12 жыл бұрын

    People, it's a business. Athletes take the gear to get paid. If they don't, someone else will take their place. Watch cartoons if this bothers you.

  • @robinhawes8843
    @robinhawes88434 жыл бұрын

    Came here for Callum Skinner!

  • @skylineXpert
    @skylineXpert4 жыл бұрын

    Wherever sports go then doping follows

  • @amm95
    @amm954 жыл бұрын

    It’s a bit ironic to be talking about removing drugs from sports when the Olympic motto is literally “faster, HIGHER, stronger.” I think changing that would be a good first step.

  • @PepsiMagt

    @PepsiMagt

    2 жыл бұрын

    Mew motto: Slower, lower, weaker.

  • @mohamadrudy210
    @mohamadrudy2104 жыл бұрын

    for win.for extra energy.bcoz its how drug done work well done..b4 its okey.but in time its cheater

  • @billyjoeness6546
    @billyjoeness65464 жыл бұрын

    Allright we talk it over when Im sober

  • @noname-bt9ky
    @noname-bt9ky3 жыл бұрын

    Just make 2 olympics

  • @hm1446
    @hm14464 жыл бұрын

    Can anyone explain why they can't make doping legal ?

  • @zapfanzapfan

    @zapfanzapfan

    4 жыл бұрын

    That would force all athletes to use it and thereby sacrificing their health even more than they already do.

  • @r3dp1ll

    @r3dp1ll

    4 жыл бұрын

    they (sport orgs, sponsors, media) sell you a fantasy.

  • @djquiksilva
    @djquiksilva4 жыл бұрын

    If u want a level playing field, then just let them do whatever they want, to get the best outcome 💪🏽

  • @ecchen1

    @ecchen1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Regulate it.

  • @BrayoFitnessTrainer

    @BrayoFitnessTrainer

    3 жыл бұрын

    which means, the richest would win, but only live maybe up to their mid 30's.

  • @jonathanng138

    @jonathanng138

    2 жыл бұрын

    Agree I wanna see people break records fck anti doping just dope up all the athletes

  • @steveirungu3132
    @steveirungu31323 жыл бұрын

    I believe that awareness and personal responsibility is key to stamp out vices ie doping match fixing in sports etc by Steve Irungu Jermaine

  • @xandersdinokingdom9443
    @xandersdinokingdom94433 жыл бұрын

    Callum Skinner playing the honest athlete card - laughable. The guy had his TUEs exposed for the world to see by the Russian hackers. He's playing a very dangerous game he got away with doping and some mediocre success but by masquerading as an anti doping advocate all he is doing is risking being outed as part of the British cycling miracle of the last decade. Just idiotic.

  • @dugdrilly
    @dugdrilly2 жыл бұрын

    Which companies make these dopes?

  • @GaMeON159753456
    @GaMeON1597534562 жыл бұрын

    If you can’t stop them from doing the thing, just let everyone do the thing. This way everything is fair.

  • @jacobbrassard2776
    @jacobbrassard27764 жыл бұрын

    Just allow the stuff. Everyone's on it.

  • @staidenofanarchy

    @staidenofanarchy

    4 жыл бұрын

    If you do that, it won't be long before athlete's hearts start giving out mid game.

  • @ecchen1

    @ecchen1

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@staidenofanarchy Regulate it

  • @endloesung_der_braunen_frage

    @endloesung_der_braunen_frage

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@staidenofanarchy Or choose to not do it. Nobody would be forcing you

  • @avarmauk
    @avarmauk2 жыл бұрын

    Turns out that the only fair, level playing field sport is Mr Olympia.

  • @alexistarr
    @alexistarr4 жыл бұрын

    The biggest doping scandal in sport is those women who benefit from 20 years of increased muscle mass and bone density from the testosterone produced in their balls, before getting them cut off in order to compete in women's sport.

  • @igloozoo3771
    @igloozoo37712 жыл бұрын

    It can't be stopped cause there is no shame in doping and the punishment isn't really harsh enough.

  • @amsterdamblow7419
    @amsterdamblow74193 жыл бұрын

    Didn't Lance Armstrong put up a big example for Russia?... I dunno... just saying

  • @shimeih2287
    @shimeih22874 жыл бұрын

    We should have a version of sports where athletes are allowed to take a sh*tload of doping drugs. Like f**k bro, let's see how high a human being can actually jump.

  • @DodgeCity111

    @DodgeCity111

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah it's called Crossfit

  • @efthymiosn3381

    @efthymiosn3381

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thats the current version of sports

  • @JamaicanMeCrazy
    @JamaicanMeCrazy4 жыл бұрын

    I'm Jamaican 😬

  • @vamoneygroup

    @vamoneygroup

    4 жыл бұрын

    Usain was on peds

  • @jovidbodurkhonov7623

    @jovidbodurkhonov7623

    3 жыл бұрын

    VA Money Group You got no proof

  • @revishon
    @revishon4 жыл бұрын

    business people use coffee

  • @drmedicus5183

    @drmedicus5183

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yes that is true but with sports it's competitive unlike a conference meeting or something

  • @revishon

    @revishon

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@drmedicus5183 it's all a competition even this point I am making. Essential human dynamic that be

  • @michaellang8307
    @michaellang83072 жыл бұрын

    we act like we don't want it, if steroids wasn't around we wouldn't see records broken

  • @ladasodaexplains3355
    @ladasodaexplains33552 жыл бұрын

    We should just have a category called “doping category,” and let’s see what is the true limit of human achievement

  • @TheSrkiKralj
    @TheSrkiKralj4 жыл бұрын

    What about Americans? Why WADA is not testing Americans? Make video about that!

  • @kida5020

    @kida5020

    3 жыл бұрын

    because murica is the best countey in the world why would they cheat because all of their athletes are organic and the city rest of the world is bunch of druggies yay murica

  • @grahamstrouse1165

    @grahamstrouse1165

    11 ай бұрын

    Americans get tested as much as anyone else, dingus.

  • @steveirungu3132
    @steveirungu31323 жыл бұрын

    I believe that awareness is key to stamp out vices ie doping and match fixing in sports ie cricket by Steve Irungu Jermaine

  • @Overwatch9
    @Overwatch911 ай бұрын

    I really don't have a problem with elite athletes doping. You eat, sleep, train and live to achieve top performance. At some point you have to take boosters to achieve the results where training can no longer take you to a higher level. It should be public knowledge though.