Could it be that the Brits are a couple of years behind the States on the chemical front, and that they are already using the next generation of laboratory assisted training routines!
Hope this is not too contentious but is it not always the case that our recent failed substances were big news abroad a couple of years ago?

I just wish the competitors would compete on a level playing field, i.e. naturally and get off the 'stuff'. How can we as coaches and trainers encourage our athletes to ingest a substance that may destroy them in the long run? I know I cannot. And I am beginning to feel as though I am in the minority in this issue.

one of the biggest problems that I see is not that american athletes arent tested because they are, (could be as stated they are ahead in the chemical development) but the issue of image and revenue, lets face it track and field isn't axactly big in america but it still makes the biggest revenue from it then the rest of us little countries so to have a big star named and shamed would kill the sport (again)

Sometimes I feel that they are just told to retire from the sport and dont make fuss!

But, the reality in our country is this: SUE.

The answer to everything is simplified down to this one word 'SUE'. If you are caught then sue, if it is tested positive sue the results, the lab, the procedure.

It makes me wonder if anyone even knows what self-responsibility and accountability are longer.