Thank you Liam, hows your training going?
like it or not, PA lifters won't be able to lift in these comps on threat of a ban.
So you won't get the top lifters as they are the ones motivated by IPF world comps, and the mediocre lifters like me wouldn't compete as we're not competitive against the top guys who are on the juice.
The no competing outside PA rule is I've been told a mandate from the Australian sports commission and ASADA, to ensure that those lifting in a tested environment can't avoid drug testing by competing untested.
The rule has some loopholes that I don't understand, like Olympic weightlifters are free to lift in CAPO with no sanctions, and there's no issue with competing in strongman comps even if known banned lifters are taking part.
But I don't think the rule will ever change.
Which is nonsensical, since competing in a second federation does not change the drug tests you'll be subject to in the first federation. You're still tested, if you pass the pass is not affected by other comps, it's not like you can absorb performance-enhancing drugs through airborne sweat of other lifters.The no competing outside PA rule is I've been told a mandate from the Australian sports commission and ASADA, to ensure that those lifting in a tested environment can't avoid drug testing by competing untested.
What it'll really be about is not wanting to grant any legitimacy to rival federations, and not wanting those rival federations to be able to claim to be drug-free when all the tests are paid for by PA. So the ban on performing in rival federations is a prestige and money thing, nothing to do with the drug policy as such.
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