[sumo] Sumo doping test

[Jim]

It's the right way to do it.  It indicates that they're probably very 
aware of the use of steroids and other performance enhancing drugs and 
wish to allow rikishi to get these drugs out of their systems.  Some of 
them take many months before they're flushed.  The ideal situation would 
be that nobody gets busted and the kyokai isn't embarassed by further 
scandals.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Philip Sherman" <philnorm at webtv.net>
To: "Sumo Mailing List" <sumo at webtrek.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 9:07 AM
Subject: Re: [sumo] Sumo doping test


> Why do they wait until 2009? They could start testing right now if they 
> wanted to.
> Their choice indicates to me that they are not very serious about the 
> matter.
>
> PHIL
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Achim Pawelczyk
> Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 7:08 AM
> To: Sumo Mailing List
> Subject: [sumo] Sumo doping test
>
> Starting in 2009 the rikishi for the first time will have doping tests
> during the 6 main basho. The 2nd session of the anti-doping commission
> decided on that on the 16th.