Saturday, August 22, 2009

"The dark side of glory" by Kats

I just wrote specifically about the Beijing Olympics, but here I write about some negative sides of the past Olympics. We watched a video about the East German female athletes and swimmers who took steroids unknowingly. They were so pure and even gullible as to trust their factitious doctors who were actually assigned to give the athletes steroid shots. As a poor Communist country, East Germany craved for one thing that would boost their people's pride and honor, unfortunately in a deceptive way. It is now very obvious to us that those women all looking like men were taking metabolic steroids, but back in the 1970s, the world was not yet knowledgeable enough to notice it. These women are still suffering from all kinds of side effects decades after their retirement. I also remember clearly that Ben Johnson got disqualified because of his taking steroid shots after his triumph over Carl Lewis. It is unfortunate that there are always cheaters who would do anything to win. It is like a cat and mouse chase. If they are so entirely dedicated to cheating, why don't they put the same amount of energy in winning fairly? Those medalists are supposed to be our heroes and heroines. Do heroes and heroines cheat in the movies? I know it is hard, but I expect them to have a higher standard to be a good model.

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