Modern Advantages
Would you buy Lance Armstrong’s poop? It’s a serious question—and I’m not referring to the BS he and other cyclists peddled for years about being clean. Research is increasingly revealing the importance of our microbiome when it comes to performance, and as one scientist recently predicted in The Washington Post, it’s only a matter of time before those hoping to gain an edge through fecal transplants begin seeking out the stools of elite athletes. The future of sports is getting weird.
Indeed, though we’ve published only a few sentences this month on the topic of doping, two of our features offer a scary glimpse at the issues sports ethicists and governing bodies suddenly face around legal performance standards. Policing athletes has always been a somewhat futile and exasperating endeavor. In…
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Outside (Digital) - 1 Issue, September 2017