• Question: why do people use drugs in sport?

    Asked by xkeex to Davie, Gemma, James P, James V, Nuala on 27 Jun 2012. This question was also asked by russia, xchloex.
    • Photo: James Pope

      James Pope answered on 27 Jun 2012:

      Hi xkeex, russia and xchloex.

      Some people use drugs to get an advantage in sport, because they aren’t good enough to be the best at their sport or don’t want to work hard enough to be the best, so they cheat to try and make up what they can’t get. It’s terrible because it’s not fair for the other athletes who have worked as hard as they can to be beaten by someone who has achieved the same through cheating with drugs.

      Personally, I never cheat because I’d rather lose knowing I was honest and gave my all than win and know deep down it was because I’d cheated. The best feeling in sport is winning and knowing you didn’t cheat, because that win is all yours!

    • Photo: Nuala Carson

      Nuala Carson answered on 28 Jun 2012:

      Hi xkeex, russia and xchloex.

      Some sportsmen and women choose to use drugs to enhance their natural ability. When people are at the very top of their game then there is very little that separates number 1 from number 2. Our bodies can only do so much with natural training and preparation and sometimes people choose to have an unfair advantage to push them that little bit more.

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