Justin Gatlin Is An Athlete of His Time, Not A Villain (Article)

[Goat poster]

Everybody at that level cheats

The quicker we realize it and start to allow certain PED'S the better.

 

[Pressure]

He was always one of the most talented sprinters of all time.

People should enjoy it knowing he's getting tested more than the everyone except maybe Bolt and was able to put down fast times at his age.

 

[Pressure]

Side note:

I always thought Wallace Spearmon was a cheat.

 

[Inertia Creeps]

If you're an athlete in ANY sport good enough to earn accolades and recognition on a global scale, you're taking some kind of PED, it's that simple. Whether that's steroids, HGH, EPO, diuretics, anti-inflammatory, etc., you are cyclioon and off something; the human body wouldn't last 3 years through just the TRAINING these people devote almost every hour of every day of their lives to; let alone the actual games/competitions they then have to go through.

If you think an ice bath is all a 30+ year old fighter/boxer needs to just survive through an intensive 8-10 week training canp or if you really believe these lanky, rail thin 180 lb 6'6 and up NBA rookies are magically putting on 20+ lbs of pure muscle in 4 weeks of an offseason training camp just with lifting and some protein powder you're deluding yourself; ALL of these cats are on or have cycled off something to achieve stuff like this. It's what allows them to break world records and conpete at levels above literally every other human being for years like they do. And this isn't some indictment or criticism at all; if governing athletic bodies would drop the BS facade around their drug testing shenanigans and just regulate PEDs so that every athlete had access to everything that's beneficial and safe you'd see the highest level of competition in sports in history; with athletes that play better with bodies and careers that last longer than ever. Itd be a lot better than the phony ass shyt we deal with now where every athlete has to hide their PED use under the table like they're meth addicts until someone finally fails a USADA test and everyone worldwide denigrates them like everyone who didn't get caught ain't doing the exact same shyt.

How tf you think these guys can keep up and surpass the guys who do get caught anyway, through their hard work and good genes? Like the guys who get caught aren't physical specimens who spend hours upon hours training themselves, don't play yourself

 

[Tunez]

Aroids bestfriend

 

[Big Boss]

 

[mykey]

I've got zero respect for that serial cheat Gatlin. He's probably still on the juice too, winning world titles at 35.

 

[The Fire]

If you're an athlete in ANY sport good enough to earn accolades and recognition on a global scale, you're taking some kind of PED, it's that simple. Whether that's steroids, HGH, EPO, diuretics, anti-inflammatory, etc., you are cyclioon and off something;

no. that is just plain wrong
supplements and medication aren't the same as banned substances. In many team sports, the conventional PED's that for example sprinters use would ultimately be detrimental anyway

 

[MustafaSTL]

when blake tested positive the drug was not even banned by the wda

Justin Gatlin was suspended for years

Completely overlooking my entire point to do the exact thing I was referencing in that post.

 

[Kinguno]

It's suspicious he's so fast at age 35 though

But alas every sport should have a ped division

 

[Mensch Fontana]

Gatlin is an american hero