Letter: Role of performance-enhancing drugs in international sport First Edition
Sanctions against drug-taking athletes can have little effect when opponents of drug-taking often demand athletes push themselves to new physical limits, usually by whatever means necessary. If a ban were ever to work it must be used in conjunction with a comprehensive challenge to the values of spo...
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| Published in | Independent (London, England : 1986) |
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| Format | Newspaper Article |
| Language | English |
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London (UK)
Independent Digital News & Media
27.07.2004
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| Online Access | Get full text |
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| Summary: | Sanctions against drug-taking athletes can have little effect when opponents of drug-taking often demand athletes push themselves to new physical limits, usually by whatever means necessary. If a ban were ever to work it must be used in conjunction with a comprehensive challenge to the values of sport in order to protect athletes from the perils of an uncritical acceptance of all its norms, which in turn often lead to a ruthless and relentless quest for perfection. |
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| ISSN: | 0951-9467 |