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Very, very sad.

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> For those who follow cycling as sport.
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> http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/3489569.stm
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..and http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/3489675.stm Belgian cyclist Johan Sermon
has been found dead from apparent heart failure in his sleep. The death of the 21-year-old, an under-
23 rider with the Daikin team, emerged just hours after Italian cycling star Marco Pantani was also
found dead.

Tony
 
>Belgian cyclist Johan Sermon has been found dead from apparent heart failure in his sleep.

It's a bad weekend for cycling.

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a professional athlete with apparent heart failure at the age of 23.

That'd make him about number six, or so over the course of the last year. Doesn't it strike you guys as a bit odd that arguably the fittest of all pro athletes (cyclists) aged in their 20's have been dropping off. is there s.t. un-natural going on here, i.e. performance enhancing drugs or am i missing something
 
On Sun, 15 Feb 2004 09:57:56 +0000, waffle wrote:

> a professional athlete with apparent heart failure at the age of 23.
>
> That'd make him about number six, or so over the course of the last year. Doesn't it strike you
> guys as a bit odd that arguably the fittest of all pro athletes (cyclists) aged in their 20's have
> been dropping off. is there s.t. un-natural going on here, i.e. performance enhancing drugs or am
> i missing something

It is not completely uncommon for very fit sportsmen to have heart attacks, and just drop down
dead.There have been a number of footballers in the UK that have died when apparently really fit
with no known medical problems. Alan.
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On Sun, 15 Feb 2004 10:19:16 +0000, "A.Lee" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>On Sun, 15 Feb 2004 09:57:56 +0000, waffle wrote:
>
>> a professional athlete with apparent heart failure at the age of 23.
>>
>> That'd make him about number six, or so over the course of the last year. Doesn't it strike you
>> guys as a bit odd that arguably the fittest of all pro athletes (cyclists) aged in their 20's
>> have been dropping off. is there s.t. un-natural going on here, i.e. performance enhancing drugs
>> or am i missing something
>
>It is not completely uncommon for very fit sportsmen to have heart attacks, and just drop down
>dead.There have been a number of footballers in the UK that have died when apparently really fit
>with no known medical problems. Alan.

Get real - no other sport has the problems cycling is now experiencing. Unfortunatley there will be
many more over the next few years as the effects of blood doping takes it heavy toll.

Regards! Stephen
 
Steve McGinty wrote:

> Get real - no other sport has the problems cycling is now experiencing. Unfortunatley there will
> be many more over the next few years as the effects of blood doping takes it heavy toll.

Strange that the greats like Merckx, Hinault, LeMond, Indurain etc have all survived. And Anquetil,
of course, died of cancer which probably had nothing to do with his cycling career.

Maybe the modern doping is more dangerous - Merckx has hinted that performance-enhancing drugs were
in use back in the 70s.
 
On Sun, 15 Feb 2004 10:33:06 +0000, Steve McGinty wrote:

> On Sun, 15 Feb 2004 10:19:16 +0000, "A.Lee" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 15 Feb 2004 09:57:56 +0000, waffle wrote:
>>
>>> a professional athlete with apparent heart failure at the age of 23.
>>>
>>> That'd make him about number six, or so over the course of the last year. Doesn't it strike you
>>> guys as a bit odd that arguably the fittest of all pro athletes (cyclists) aged in their 20's
>>> have been dropping off. is there s.t. un-natural going on here, i.e. performance enhancing drugs
>>> or am i missing something
>>
>>It is not completely uncommon for very fit sportsmen to have heart attacks, and just drop down
>>dead.There have been a number of footballers in the UK that have died when apparently really fit
>>with no known medical problems. Alan.
>
> Get real - no other sport has the problems cycling is now experiencing. Unfortunatley there will
> be many more over the next few years as the effects of blood doping takes it heavy toll.

Yes, cycling has dope problems (as do many other sports),but neither of these 2 deaths have been
directly associated with doping.Pantani was known to be depressed, and has reportedly put on a lot
of weight recently,thus ruling him out of any serious racing,the Belgian rider was found dead after
a heart attack. As stated above,heart attacks do kill young people, and it seems to afflict very fit
people more, proportionally, than 'average' people. Pantani was an allegedly known drug user (though
he always denied it),so drug abuse cannot be ruled out yet, but leave it to the inquest to find out
the truth. Alan.

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On Sun, 15 Feb 2004 10:46:02 +0000, "A.Lee" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>On Sun, 15 Feb 2004 10:33:06 +0000, Steve McGinty wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 15 Feb 2004 10:19:16 +0000, "A.Lee" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>On Sun, 15 Feb 2004 09:57:56 +0000, waffle wrote:
>>>
>>>> a professional athlete with apparent heart failure at the age of 23.
>>>>
>>>> That'd make him about number six, or so over the course of the last year. Doesn't it strike you
>>>> guys as a bit odd that arguably the fittest of all pro athletes (cyclists) aged in their 20's
>>>> have been dropping off. is there s.t. un-natural going on here, i.e. performance enhancing
>>>> drugs or am i missing something
>>>
>>>It is not completely uncommon for very fit sportsmen to have heart attacks, and just drop down
>>>dead.There have been a number of footballers in the UK that have died when apparently really fit
>>>with no known medical problems. Alan.
>>
>> Get real - no other sport has the problems cycling is now experiencing. Unfortunatley there will
>> be many more over the next few years as the effects of blood doping takes it heavy toll.
>
>Yes, cycling has dope problems (as do many other sports),but neither of these 2 deaths have been
>directly associated with doping.Pantani was known to be depressed, and has reportedly put on a lot
>of weight recently,thus ruling him out of any serious racing,the Belgian rider was found dead after
>a heart attack. As stated above,heart attacks do kill young people, and it seems to afflict very
>fit people more, proportionally, than 'average' people. Pantani was an allegedly known drug user
>(though he always denied it),so drug abuse cannot be ruled out yet, but leave it to the inquest to
>find out the truth. Alan.

David Walsh's article in today's Times is a sobering look at the sad death of Pantani

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2094-1002875,00.html

including:

"Speaking from Rome last night, (Professor) Sandro Donati expressed his sorrow at Pantani’s death
and his disgust at those who contributed to it.

“This night,” he said, “there are some doctors in Italy who should not sleep easily. Journalists,
too, played their part. They knew what he was doing and they urged him to go faster and faster. When
he won, they said he was a legend, when he was very unhealthy. Marco Pantani could have been a
legend by telling young people what he had done and how it had affected his life.”

It would be easy to recall the majesty of Pantani in full flight, but it would another piece of
hypocrisy. Better to remember that Pantani was destroyed by his ambition and by a sport with no will
to police itself properly. "

Regards! Stephen
 
Steve McGinty wrote:
> Get real - no other sport has the problems cycling is now experiencing.

I wonder how much of a problem football might have, following the recent high profile case of a
footballer who 'forgot' to show up for a drugs test.

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[email protected] (dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers) writes:

> >Belgian cyclist Johan Sermon has been found dead from apparent heart failure in his sleep.
>
> It's a bad weekend for cycling.

It's not a bad weekend for cycling. It's a perfectly nice weekend for cycling. It's a bad weekend
for the authorities in charge of the sport of cycling, but seeing they're an unlovely bunch of
reactionary ostriches that's probably good news for everyone concerned - except the fmilies of the
guys who died, of course.

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Steve McGinty wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Feb 2004 10:19:16 +0000, "A.Lee" <[email protected]> wrote:
>

>>It is not completely uncommon for very fit sportsmen to have heart attacks, and just drop down
>>dead.There have been a number of footballers in the UK that have died when apparently really fit
>>with no known medical problems. Alan.
>
>
> Get real - no other sport has the problems cycling is now experiencing. Unfortunatley there will
> be many more over the next few years as the effects of blood doping takes it heavy toll.

I know a very fit amateur sportsman who dropped dead with no warning (and certainly no suspicion of
drugs in that case). It wouldn't surprise me at all if highly intensive training carried an
increased risk of heart problems (I thought it was known that large amounts of long steady distance
training could over-enlarge the heart).

James
 
Originally posted by James Annan
Steve McGinty wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Feb 2004 10:19:16 +0000, "A.Lee" <[email protected]> wrote:
>

>>It is not completely uncommon for very fit sportsmen to have heart attacks, and just drop down
>>dead.There have been a number of footballers in the UK that have died when apparently really fit
>>with no known medical problems. Alan.
>
>
> Get real - no other sport has the problems cycling is now experiencing. Unfortunatley there will
> be many more over the next few years as the effects of blood doping takes it heavy toll.

I know a very fit amateur sportsman who dropped dead with no warning (and certainly no suspicion of
drugs in that case). It wouldn't surprise me at all if highly intensive training carried an
increased risk of heart problems (I thought it was known that large amounts of long steady distance
training could over-enlarge the heart).

James

Agree. Sports is a kind of stress, and some stress can make the body stronger, but too much stress and inadequate rest can damage the body.

Nowadays professional cyclists are facing too much stresses. Not only is the competition fierce, they also have to face various stresses of life, including the never ending suspicion regarding doping.

Our sports could withstand this kind of stress no more.
 
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