2018 Winter Olympics, Alexander Krushelnitsky
Russia had little representation at this year’s Winter Olympics in South Korea due to sanctions against the Russia Olympic Committee for systemic cheating via drug enhancement in its sports programs. Russia's team was officially banned from the games because of widespread doping at the Sochi Olympics four years ago, but 168 Russians were allowed by the IOC to compete as "Olympic Athletes from Russia" under the Olympic flag. But despite sanctions and special arrangements to allow for Russian participation the doping just wouldn’t stop. One athlete in particular, Alexander Krushelnitsky, attracted much attention when he was stripped of his bronze medal in curling for use of a banned substance (a heart medication).
Drugged Olympics are the only kind of Olympics that I`m interested in.
As I’ve said before, I don’t care about sports, but as long as we’re on the topic, I kind of admire the gumption of doping athletes for their pursuit of success. Drugged Olympics are the only kind of Olympics that I`m interested in. Sports are stupid and useless, the IOC is corrupt, sycophantic and irrelevant, and the Olympic Games are an economic and cultural disaster. So if we are going to have them foisted on us then what I want to see is the extreme limits of what the human physique is capable of - safety, or good sportsmanship be damned - and the only way to do that is with drugs and hormones. I want to see a man run 100 meters in 4 seconds. I want to see swimmers hold their breath under water for 5 minutes. I want to see a man lift 2,000 kg straight overhead. I`d like whingers to duct-tape shut their self-righteous gobs about drugs in sports. Hell, drugs are the only interesting thing about them! But I could be wrong. The Olympics, by the way, are not the pinnacle of sporting achievement. That status goes to the World Championships of each sport. The Olympic Gold Medalist might also be the World Champion, but if she is then that`s more by chance than by design. So long as we have World Championships, why do the Olympics even exist? It`s such a waste and whinging about any aspect of it is an even greater waste. Or not.