Re: [sumo] drug use in sumo

[Alex Ferguson <abf@cs.ucc.ie>]

On Sat, Apr 03, 2004 at 05:08:33AM +0000, ozora ozora wrote:
> Sekitori & sumotori get annual health checks, which includes blood and 
> urine, the have the necessary samples, it is a simple step to test, but it 
> seems that it is OK.  I am not sure if there is any drug testing in any 
> sport here in Japan.  Perhaps like most behavior in Japan, if no one knows 
> about it, it is OK, so perhaps sumo kyokai has a dont ask, dont tell policy 
> or something along those lines.

Even if they were testing for steroids, or metabolates thereof, an
annual check at a known date would be horribly easy to avoid getting
caught, while still getting the benefits of using 'em.

Cheers,
Alex.
[EndPost by Alex Ferguson <abf@cs.ucc.ie>]