The Maria Sharapova story continues to intrigue and foment debate. The fine line between a 'clean' and unclean athlete is becoming very grey, or has it always been this way?
When we discover that marginal gains can be obtained by a certain product, then the professionals will undoubtedly want to use it to get the performance benefit, more pay, kudos etc. Even if it eventually becomes illegal, is it wrong that someone will try it out before that time? ..and how do the world's anti-doping experts arrive at their banned list? Soon we might have a list of approved substances rather than unapproved.
e.g. There are (allegedly) a large proportion of professional road cyclist with asthma, and therefore able to use an inhaler. I would not be surprised to see this on the banned list soon.
Meanwhile, the latest junior doctor's strike has not attracted much press attention. There's a lesson to the unions there.
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