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This has been coming for a while. As it is, synthetic erythropoietin (EPO) runs unchecked in professional sports. There (until recently) is no test for it, and its effects are definitely beneficial to most athletes.
The problem is, this will affect all sports. Professional sports would become more about who is willing to take more risks with what they inject themselves with or what gene therapy they go into rather than their academic prowess. Hopefully someone will develope some kind of test, but Im not holding my breath for things like gene doping. It just opens too many doors--what if someone really was born with tremendous ability? Thats already how many sports stars are. Look at Lance Armstrong, for instance. Sure, he trains harder than probably anyone else in the pro peloton, but it sure as hell doesnt hurt him to have an "engine" much larger than his competitors.
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