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Ex anti-doping chief says no to needles
Former world cycling anti-doping chief Anne Gripper wants Australia's football codes to consider a strict no-needles policy for their clubs and players....
Gripper, now the Triathlon Australia (TA) chief executive...
"That just has such a great effect on changing the culture of dependence," she told AAP.
"There are players and riders who build up this psychological dependence ... the impact on your psyche of putting something straight into your blood system is really powerful.
"That's something cycling has done that would be a clear next step for certainly the football codes, because I think there probably is a bit of a prevalent injection culture happening there as well."
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"Even though it's been said yesterday was a blackest day in Australian sport, it was an exceptionally bright day for athletes, coaches and sports scientists who choose to do the right thing," she said.
Gripper added that not many countries had enough resources to crack down properly on doping.
"There are only two countries in the world that could do this - that's the US and Australia.
"The UK are getting there."
Former world cycling anti-doping chief Anne Gripper wants Australia's football codes to consider a strict no-needles policy for their clubs and players....
Gripper, now the Triathlon Australia (TA) chief executive...
"That just has such a great effect on changing the culture of dependence," she told AAP.
"There are players and riders who build up this psychological dependence ... the impact on your psyche of putting something straight into your blood system is really powerful.
"That's something cycling has done that would be a clear next step for certainly the football codes, because I think there probably is a bit of a prevalent injection culture happening there as well."
...
"Even though it's been said yesterday was a blackest day in Australian sport, it was an exceptionally bright day for athletes, coaches and sports scientists who choose to do the right thing," she said.
Gripper added that not many countries had enough resources to crack down properly on doping.
"There are only two countries in the world that could do this - that's the US and Australia.
"The UK are getting there."
