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Mountaineering’s Drug Problem Doping in Cycling

Mountaineering’s Drug Problem

Editor’s Note: Thanks in part to Nims Purja’s incredible scaling of the 14 highest mountain peaks in just over six months, we’ve got mountaineering on the brain. But before your next climb, check out this resurfaced 2017 investigation, which explores thought-provoking questions about the different kinds of assistance we use…
bubmag
March 1, 2020
Thirty years on Doping in Cycling

Thirty years on

On Feb 27 1990, Dutch cyclist Johannes Draaijer passed away in his sleep. While the cause of death was not specified on the autopsy, it was assumed to be Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome. However, following on from the death of another Dutch cyclist, Bert Oosterbosch, six months earlier, doubts over…
bubmag
February 27, 2020
Thirty years on Doping in Cycling

Thirty years on

On Feb 27 1990, Dutch cyclist Johannes Draaijer passed away in his sleep. While the cause of death was not specified on the autopsy, it was assumed to be Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome. However, following on from the death of another Dutch cyclist, Bert Oosterbosch, six months earlier, doubts over…
bubmag
February 27, 2020
Mo Farah’s reputation is unravelling, so let’s stop tiptoeing around and hear the full story of his ties with disgraced Salazar Doping in Cycling

Mo Farah’s reputation is unravelling, so let’s stop tiptoeing around and hear the full story of his ties with disgraced Salazar

Once hailed as Britain’s greatest ever track and field Olympian, Mo Farah is rapidly losing the benefit of the doubt over his association with disgraced former coach Alberto Salazar. Farah is feeling the heat after it was reported he issued denials to US anti-doping investigators back in 2015 over his use…
bubmag
February 24, 2020