Re: [sumo] (sumo)roids rikishi?

[Richard Moczygemba <moczy@earthlink.net>]

And even with the "police", many athletes still attempt to beat the system!

Ross Mihara wrote:

> Having been a roids user in college, I know first-hand the side 
> effects, and I have long suspected Taka, Kaio, and Dejima of being on 
> the juice.  They exhibit the classic side effects....Taka, liver 
> trouble....Kaio, pimples everywhere on his body....Dejima, gaining 30 
> kilo in around two months.  Akebono, in his fighting days, would 
> allude to the other guys having in-his-words an "unfair" advantage.  
> But like everything else in sumo, I have no solid evidence to back up 
> my observations.
>
> Having said that, Asashoryu, in my opinion, is natural.  He doesn't 
> have the puffy face that most users have (recall Taka as a yokozuna), 
> and has a lean body.  Look at Taka now, as an oyakata-- the difference 
> is startling.
>
> As has been mentioned on the SML before, if there is no steroid police 
> in sumo, any athlete who is looking for an edge.....
>
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