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She's "long been suspected of doping"?
by Sundown
If Torres has "long been suspected of doping" why doesn't the article give any details? Did it start at her first Olympics in 1984? Or was it something that didn't come up until much later? Shouldn't Shaffer easily be able to pinpoint the first time she started hearing these rumors? Shouldn't she be REQUIRED to do so if she's going to make such a claim?

And what specifically do these suspicious folks think she's on exactly? All the article manages to dig up is she's on asthma medication. But the Olympics allows that in her case, so that's not very likely the main reason she's still competing at 40.

This is a terrible article in that there's absolutely no way Torres could successfully respond to it, even if she wanted to try. Her attempts to explain her success get labeled as a smokescreen and her passing repeated drug tests are just seen as proof of how effective a cheater she really is. You might as well declare she's an alien from outer space, then use the fact doctors say she's human as evidence of just how good her disguise is.
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