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eSkeptic for May 31, 2020 Doping in Cycling

eSkeptic for May 31, 2020

Wicked Games Lance Armstrong, Forgiveness and Redemption, and a Game Theory of Doping by Michael Shermer Toward the end of Marina Zenovich’s riveting documentary film on Lance Armstrong, titled simply Lance and broadcast on ESPN May 24 and May 31, 2020, the former 7-time Tour de France champion grouses about…
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May 31, 2020
U.S. Open mulls no fans, group flights, coronavirus tests as decision looms Doping in Cycling

U.S. Open mulls no fans, group flights, coronavirus tests as decision looms

Charter flights to ferry U.S. Open tennis players and limited entourages from Europe, South America and the Middle East to New York. Negative COVID-19 tests before traveling. Centralized housing. Daily temperature checks. No spectators. Fewer on-court officials. No locker-room access on practice days. All are among the scenarios being considered…
bubmag
May 30, 2020
Tour de France samples re-tested for unnamed substance: report Doping in Cycling

Tour de France samples re-tested for unnamed substance: report

Samples from the 2017 Tour de France are being re-tested as authorities look for a previously undetectable performance-enhancing substance, Belgian newspaper Het Nieuwsblad reported on Saturday.Belgian newspaper Het Nieuwsblad reported Saturday that samples from the 2017 Tour de France are being re-tested as authorities look for a previously undetectable performance-enhancing…
bubmag
May 30, 2020
Jamaican bobsledders want to return to the Olympics, so they’re pushing a Mini Cooper Doping in Cycling

Jamaican bobsledders want to return to the Olympics, so they’re pushing a Mini Cooper

The International Luge Federation is still planning for a full 10-race international season this fall and winter, though it has yet to say what protocols will be added to deal with the coronavirus. The FIL released a slightly updated plan for the season Thursday, with no changes to the previously…
bubmag
May 29, 2020
Lance Armstrong, Jan Ullrich and a Tour de France rivalry that brought tears Doping in Cycling

Lance Armstrong, Jan Ullrich and a Tour de France rivalry that brought tears

Lance Armstrong reportedly breaks down into tears in Sunday’s second episode of his ESPN documentary, discussing his closest rival during his run of seven Tour de France titles, all later stripped for doping.Armstrong visited Jan Ullrich in Germany in 2018, after Ullrich was released from a psychiatric hospital following multiple reported arrests…
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May 29, 2020