Outside Magazine article on Anti Doping

Outside Magazine, January 2010

Good Cop, Bad Cop
WADA, The International agency that oversees drug testing in sports, has done a solid job of cleaning up some rotten games. But a growing number of critics contend that it's become overzealous and arrogant, sometimes trampling the civil liberties of athletes in the process. As the case of Winter Olympian Zach Lund illustrates, they have a point.

http://outside.away.com/outside/culture/201001/zach-lund-wada-1.html

"Lund, who, despite everything, favors dope testing in sports, calls the current system "a witch hunt." He'd like to fight back, to stand up for athlete rights. But Lund shares a problem that many of us, including the U.S. Senate and governments around the world, share: He is still moved by the Olympic dream, and he is willing to put up with anything to fulfill it." - Outside Magazine

This is a pretty good read and while we are always looking for stronger doping controls in our sport and within WADA and USADA, this article sheds light on some short comings of the system and the very real sacrifices elite athletes make in the name of clean sport.

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