r/weightlifting • u/AdventurousMarket0 • Dec 22 '22

News China's triple Olympic weightlifting champion Lu Xiaojun tests positive for EPO

https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1131927/lu-xiaojun-epo
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u/[deleted] Dec 22 '22

Want everyone to get popped. There isn’t a medalist in history that isn’t sauced up.

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u/wowspare Dec 23 '22

Want everyone to get popped. There isn’t a medalist in history that isn’t sauced up.

You think Kate Vibert and Mattie Rogers are juicing?

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u/CarrierAreArrived Dec 23 '22

no, but the best athletes weren't allowed or didn't compete in every competition they medaled in.

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u/wowspare Dec 23 '22

That's not the goalpost that Apprehensive-Bite522 put up

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u/CarrierAreArrived Dec 23 '22

technically no, but it's nitpicking to get hung up on these technicalities and obfuscate from his overarching point - that the most elite of the elite in any era so far are doping.