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Test all athletes

We woke up to the more sombre news of one of our elite athletes having tested positive for a banned substance. The athletics governing body IAAF has a list of substances whose ingestion is prohibited for athletes.

As an athlete any animal, plant and drug on that list gives one some superhero powers and can at the very extreme make your legs grow some wings. Well, something like that where you suddenly now develop an ability to outsprint everyone.

Some American athlete with very long nails that look like they have never met a nail clipper in their life and funny outfits was banned prior to the previous Olympics. Shacarri Richardson she is called.

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Justice delayed is trust denied

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