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Yeah I meant that, she had been using the drug for a fucking long time, her entire career, then it gets banned all of a sudden and she gets popped. So yes she was stupid but it also illustrates the arbitary nature of what is banned and what isn't, and that it can take WADA a long time to decide whether something is performance-enhancing or not, or at least performance-enhancing enough to be banned. If riders shouldn't be using tramadol then the authorities should just fucking ban it, rather than a team or rider's ethics be questioned for using it.
Makes me wonder what other drugs yet-to-be-banned are being used.
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No, she got pinged for a drug that was added to the banned list.
If fat choppers like me who get tested now and then can keep up with the list, then sure as shit some multimillion £££ full time fucking athlete should know the rules.