Abyssinica wrote:Steroids help go players slam down the stones harder. This is an advantage because it often causes fear in their opponet.
Steroids are used by go players to make it easier to run while saddled with a heavy group.
Is Ritalin a banned substance?
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Re: Is Ritalin a banned substance?
Steroids are used by go players to make it easier to run while saddled with a heavy group.
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Re: Is Ritalin a banned substance?
The issue is interesting (staying away from joining certain sporting groups because of the invasive/onerous attentions of WADA).
I think they can't afford and don't want to be that interested in everybody, it's more the high profile/big money sports. As a competitive skydiver overseen by the FAI (in turn affiliated with WADA), I have to sign a waiver at nationals every year and international meets from time to time, agreeing to be drug tested, and I've never even seen an inspector.
I think they can't afford and don't want to be that interested in everybody, it's more the high profile/big money sports. As a competitive skydiver overseen by the FAI (in turn affiliated with WADA), I have to sign a waiver at nationals every year and international meets from time to time, agreeing to be drug tested, and I've never even seen an inspector.
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Re: Is Ritalin a banned substance?
Well my dislike of WADA didn't stop my playing in the World Mind Sport Games 2012 in Lille which probably had some drug test conditions, I don't remember. But I do recall some testing reported in the WAGC, one of the interviews on ranka with some asian kid said he thought it was a bit strange.