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Really?
You can have an infection in say your arm that requires medication. The medication is on the banned list but it'd really sort out your arm problem. The arm issue doens't stop you racing.
Or TUEs for legit asthma or any number of reasons.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sailing/2016/09/16/i-am-not-ashamed-of-getting-an-therapeutic-use-exemption-but-the/
hippy-
The question then is why is it on the banned list.
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was it Baxter whose inhaler cost him his medal...
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Really?
Yes, really. A medical condition can either stop you racing altogether, or it can allow you to race with diminished performance. In the former case, you get an out of competition TUE and come back to racing when you're better. In the latter case, you have a choice - stop racing and get treatment, keep racing and take legal performance enhancing treatment via an in competition TUE where required, or race without treatment and accept the lower performance. The middle path is available for certain condition and treatments, but that doesn't mean it's the one a Corinthian would choose.
GoatandTricycle
gbj_tester
Isn't your argument here a little contradictory.
If the ailment doesn't stop you racing why do you need a TUE?