From: "John Beamish" 

Go back the Seoul Olympics.  Ben Johnson set a new world record for the
100m and then tested positive for the steroid stanozolol.  As many
subsequent events have demonstrated, he wasn't the only person who was
chemically enhanced back then ... he just happened to be the one who was
caught.  (There's a long, somewhat obvious backstory there but it isn't
important.)

Anyway, great weeping and gnashing of teeth here in Canada and the Dubin
Commission was set up to investigate drugs in sports.  Lots of interesting
(somewhat predictable but interesting nonetheless) testimony.  The best
quote came from Dr. Jamie Astaphan (Johnson's doctor).  There had been lots
of testimony showing that illegal drugs were widely used and I don't recall
whether Astaphan's comments were actual testimony at the hearings or
something he said it afterwards, but it summed everything up perfectly:

"The playing field was always level.  It just wasn't at the level you
thought it was."

On Thu, 27 Jul 2006 12:16:09 -0400, Rich Gauszka  wrote:

> Unfortunately Landis tested positive for the most remarkable 17th stage
> of
> the race. Hopefully subsequent tests will show a different result
>
>
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/27/sports/othersports/27cnd-doping.html?hp&ex=
1154059200&en”16263b07608f96&eiP94&partner=homepage
> Floyd Landis, who on Sunday became the third American cyclist to win the
> Tour de France, tested positive for a banned substance after winning
> Stage
> 17 of the race, his team announced today.
>

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