[sumo] Sumo doping test

Dale Carlson drc at oz.net
Thu Nov 1 05:29:43 EDT 2007


At 02:27 AM 11/1/2007 -0400, Kuramarujo wrote:
>On Wed, 2007-10-17 at 21:11 +0000, Philip Sherman wrote:
>
>> I know for a fact it doesn't take a little over a year to flush the
>> drug's out of your system.
>
>	This is true in most cases but the chemicals also show up in hair.
>Since the rikishi need to have relatively long hair the doping chemicals
>would still show up months or even years after they stopped tacking
>them.
>
>	In addition, it takes time to setup the logistics for doing the
>testing.  You need to organize testers and labs and administration and
>all the other things needed to effectively run a business.
> 
>	Lastly, it will probably take that long to come up with the funding for 
>it. 
>  
So, those who use performance-enhancing drugs to gain an advantage 
in the various online sumo games probably have little to fear for now, 
right? Or is testing coming?

Dale



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