Dope yourself to the limit

Well, let me tell you a story about a the 2004 Olympics. In Hungary it was two very privileged athlete who were considered the next two Olympic champion in track and field for Hungary. (We shell not talk about their names.)   They went into the Olympics with so much confidence that they going to win the GOLD medal. And they did!! But in what cost?? Well the fact the matter is that they got caught and they were stripped from their Gold medals after they had their drug test. In the same Olympics three Hungarian weight lifters got caught with performance-enhancing drugs and the whole weight lifting team got banned for two years. The two Hungarian athletes violated the doping rules and were banned for two years from the sport. Hungary is a small country and the people are willing to do illegal things to get noticed. It is common in Hungary that athletes are taking drugs (but stupidly) to keep up with the world. Since this incident everyone is stereotyping Hungary as a nation that allows their athletes to take drugs. The truth is that the Hungarian federation knew what these people were doing and did not take any action to stop them! It is so common in small countries that they are willing to jeopardize the whole country reputation by allowing these people to go to the Olympics and than they can not cover up their cheating. They destroyed the country’s reputation. It is understandable that athletes are competing with each other but they have to do it within certain boundaries. That means no drugs in sport but this is not possible. There is a lot of money in sports and everyone wants to be the best no matter what. This is a bad attitude because if someone takes illegal drugs that means that he or she is not showing his or her own performance, is only shows the effectiveness of the drug that he or she takes. I have a funny example from the 80’s. The East German woman’s swimming team dominated the world at that time. It was in the Swimming World Championship where someone asked a woman swimmer why is her voice is is so deep. Her response was that she came here to compete and not to sing! This example shows that people are doing anything to be the best.