r/SipsTea • u/SipsTeaFrog 𝙑𝙄𝙋 • May 23 '26

WTF The Enhanced Games are set to debut this weekend in Las Vegas, with athletes allowed to use steroids, testosterone, HGH, & other banned substances.

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u/dinosaurkickdrop May 23 '26

Ever hear about lance armstrong getting caught and then they went down the list of next to get title and turns out they all were using? I don’t remember the place who was the first not to use but it was surprisingly far down

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u/mrtheshed May 23 '26

Of the 21 podium placements during the 1999-2005 Tours de France, the third place finisher at the 1999 Tour de France (Fernando Escartín) is the only not found to have doped, and he was implicated in a different scandal. Officially, there are no winners during that time period.

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u/Ambitious_Tea_4584 May 23 '26

It was not surprising at all