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You should have made a poll about this:
Does anyone truly believe that Floyd really required an IV when:
- His weight was relatively stable for 30 days
- He weighed in at 146 and was drinking orally another ~2lbs
- Came in at 149 on fight night and Floyd said he ate a lot and felt physically extremely strong?
- Since he weighed 146, he could have started drinking even BEFORE the weigh in since he had 1lb to play with. Water has a fixed weight.
- There are plenty of alternatives
- Its illegal to do so (see WADA rules)
.Last edited by ADP02; 03-19-2016, 12:09 AM.Comment
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USADA is not supposed to be handing out approvals for someone who just needs to drink some fluids. Imagine, all this time, Lance was doing it all wrong. There was no need to smuggle and hide using IVs.
"I don't know how closely you've followed our investigation into cycling, but you saw it used a lot in cycling.
Because, putting a bag of saline over 50 ml, for example is the rule, would potentially mask the testing that was done." - Travis Tygart, CEO of USADA"
Its just too funny!
USADA/WADA
WADA has justified the inclusion of IV infusions on the Prohibited List given the intent of some athletes to manipulate their plasma volume levels in order to mask the use of a prohibited substance and/or to distort the values in the Athlete Biological PassporT.
Further, it must be clearly stated that the use of IV fluid replacement following exercise to correct mild rehydration or help speed recovery is not clinically indicated nor substantiated by the medical literature.
There is a well-established body of scientific opinion to confirm that oral rehydration is the preferred the****utic choice.
Legitimate medical indications for IV infusions are well documented and are most commonly associated with medical emergencies (emergency TUE), in-patient care, surgery, or clinical investigations for diagnostic purposes."Comment
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