Sport is still rife with doping
Between 10% and 40% of athletes in Tokyo might be cheating
AS OLYMPICS GO, the 2020 games, scheduled to start in Tokyo on July 23rd, are shaping up to be among the strangest in the competition’s history. Because of covid-19, even their name is out of date, for they are taking place a year late. And contagion-prevention means most stadiums will be empty of spectators, so events will take place in funereal silence.
This article appeared in the Science & technology section of the print edition under the headline “Still doped up?”
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