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Several dogs from one of the top twenty finishing teams at the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race failed a drug test:
It's not your ordinary sports doping scandal: some dogs who mushed this year's Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race have tested positive for the opioid pain reliever Tramadol, the event's governing board said Wednesday.
The Iditarod Trail Committee Board of Directors, which oversees the nearly 1,000-mile race, says that when dogs were tested six hours after finishing in Nome, Alaska, in March, several from one team came back positive for the drug. It is the first-ever positive result since Iditarod testing for prohibited substances began in 1994, officials said.
The Board announced last week that "a prohibited substance" had been found in some of the dogs. The latest information clarifies that it was Tramadol. The Associated Press reports that investigators estimate the drug could have been administered up to 15 hours before the test.
The rules will be changed to require mushers to prove that they did not intentionally administer drugs to their dogs in the case of a positive test. Currently, race officials are required to prove that the doping was intentional.
Also at The Guardian and DW.
See Also: Routine On U.S. Racetracks, Horse Doping Is Banned In Europe
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Doped up greyhounds add to the disgrace dogging parimutuels in Florida
(Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Friday October 20 2017, @01:10AM (2 children)
So they could have an excuse to get together drunk and hoot and pump their fists on game day. Some sports gatherings culminate in the ultimate expression of brotherhood, the football riot.
Although I wouldn't expect anybody to understand this on a site for nerds where the highlight of their week is beating their dick alone to the fat blonde chick on Big Bang Theory.
(Score: 2) by deadstick on Friday October 20 2017, @01:32PM
Fat? JFC.
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Friday October 20 2017, @05:08PM
Watching sports is lame. Watching sports like football, with constant stoppage of play, is lamer. Watching sports like football with constant stoppage of play, on a tiny box, interlarded with enough stupid commercials to suck away half your adult life, is the lamest of all.
Playing sports is infinitely superior. The touch football with friends in your yard on a crisp autumn afternoon will be far more entertaining and meaningful than any NFL game. Also, the beer is cheaper, and you can sing awful dirty songs without pantywaists complaining (actually I don't know if they do that in football the way we did in rugby).
Washington DC delenda est.