The
mantra of the Olympics is Citius, Altius,
Fortius—faster, higher and stronger for human feats to excel
Not
enhancement drugs that make it higher, or are much stronger or leave the body
faster to conceal the drug peas under the moving shells
The
Russian track and field team got caught with its paws in the drug enhancement
cookie jar
They’re
banned from Rio and the rest of the Russian team to compete face a very high
bar
The
pressure to win a medal in a country like Russia is very intense
If
some athletes are doping the pressure on others to not be left behind will pull
them off the fence
Steroids
to increase performance impose on a body a frightful and deadly toll
Liver
damage, infertility, heart attacks are to be expected when to the doping devil
selling your soul
The
Olympic Flag has five circles of different hues intertwined
Not
five needles or pill bottles symbols of how to move faster to the finish line
The
Rio Olympics are beset with problems by the score
Zika,
polluted venues, ISIS concerns, and economy in near collapse, the Games do not
need one more
Kudos
to the IOC for the integrity of the Olympics to affirm and defend
Kudos
also to a brave whistle blower, Yulia Stepanova, who exposed the doping and
whose career may now be at an end
The
world should pray that she does not also face Putin’s wrath
Having
been caught, a hope that in the future Russia now goes down the anti dumping
path
©
July 24, 2016, Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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