There have been plenty of examples of ugliness in sport this summer. The defensive, ugly formations on show in South Africa; though many would say 'parking the bus' is purely pragmatic against some opponents.
The real ugliness is drugs in sports. Recently, the Jamaican sprinter and the world's fastest woman, Shelley-Ann Fraser's tested positive in a drug test, however she claims it stemmed from a toothache relief supplement. In a sport where people are hung out to dry when doping is mentioned, we will have to wait and see what the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) have to say about recent events. It certainly dampened the British Athletics event in Gateshead yesterday.
This year's Tour de France, a competition plagued by drug scandals, has an air of militancy among the riders, fed up of the constant drug tests required by officials. It is for the benefit of those watching and taking part to know what they are seeing is through human achievement, nothing else. Let's hope rage is the only thing in their blood.
The real ugliness is drugs in sports. Recently, the Jamaican sprinter and the world's fastest woman, Shelley-Ann Fraser's tested positive in a drug test, however she claims it stemmed from a toothache relief supplement. In a sport where people are hung out to dry when doping is mentioned, we will have to wait and see what the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) have to say about recent events. It certainly dampened the British Athletics event in Gateshead yesterday.
This year's Tour de France, a competition plagued by drug scandals, has an air of militancy among the riders, fed up of the constant drug tests required by officials. It is for the benefit of those watching and taking part to know what they are seeing is through human achievement, nothing else. Let's hope rage is the only thing in their blood.
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