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Chronic asthma but still able to win the world's most demanding sporting events. Respect.
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It is amazing the amount of top cyclists with asthma.
Didn't Bradley Wiggins have asthma too? I would have thought the one sport where asthma would be a huge disadvantage would be cycling. So as you say fair play to those who can overcome such obstacles. |
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just thinking that maeluk ,all seem to have asthma.
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if you went up some of those mountains on a bike you would wheeze a bit too
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id stop to chunder a few times
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cant get a job at sky without it, compulsory aint it
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amazing how the asthmatics made it thro junior to senior ranks.
Cant remember any asthmatics @ school shining in football/athletics/swimming . As far as i recall they couldnt even make the team. But to be an asthmatic seems to aid performance in this modern era nor hinder it. Wonder what the stats are with regards to asthmatics in the peleton v general joe public. |
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they were always last in cross country at school. safely lay them at 999-1
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First year at secondary school, one guy didn't turn up till Christmas because of his asthma.
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Lovegod altitude training in Colombia (nap)
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Hmm never thought of that haha.
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My wife is asthmatic and gets miles behind when we go hill cycling , going to tell her to she should be ashamed.
Yet again the media go into defensive mode for a so called British athlete . |
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This is not the first scandal to hit Team Sky
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asthma probably made them thin and weak at school so no footy , rugby etc
go off cycling, and with no body weight , due to illness, they find they are good at something... who knows ??? |
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he is now kenyan
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how much do sky pay their patsies, sorry doctors,
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Imagine what 'Our' Chris could have achieved if he'd been fit & healthy.
Re Wiggins' Asthma: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/sep/30/bradley-wiggins-full-story-asthma-allergies-tues Wiggins told the Guardian that he began suffering from asthma at races at the age of 15, and that he first noticed the effects of pollen allergies during the 2003 Giro d’Italia, his first major stage race. He described, “a noticeable difference to performance … When I had a severe attack, the day after I was wiped out.” Asked to describe his symptoms, he stated: “Uncontrollable sneezing, runny nose, watery eyes, the urge to rub my eyes constantly, and in doing that the eyes becoming bloodshot … extreme. My breathing became restricted, like breathing through a straw at times.” He added that he had kept the condition under control using over the counter medicines: “Continual medication … two Clarityns per day, one in the morning, one at night, nasal sprays, inhalers – two in the morning, two at night, eye drops as and when. I was on the maximum for over the counter products.” He described a mountain stage in the 2010 Tour de France, where he finished 23rd while “sneezing my head off, blowing snot out of my nose, unable to breathe”. |
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With many athletes it is the exercise itself which induces the asthma. A recent survey showed 70% of top UK swimmers suffered from exercise induced asthma. Paula Radcliffe and Paul Scholes were other well known sufferers.
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theres lots of stuff that slips out when they speak.....
only take drugs up to legal limit.......wtf? testosterone respondent......yeah!!! legal injections only.....  |
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uncastrated wild boar meat......!
heavy session with the mrs......! contaminated legal supplement......! |
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ginseng tea....!
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I have just retired, i was thinking about getting the old bike out.
No chance now, i might end up with Asthma |
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I also never heard anything about his asthma when winning all those tours de france
why has it only come out now? or is that being cynical? |
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It's been old news for a while asthmatics make good athletes because of the medication they take. Sir Mo another well known asthmatic. You can't get to the top in these endurance events without having asthma/asthma meds.
It's a scandal, I bet there are plenty of footballers with it too, especially those who cover a lot of ground. |
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When I was youngster loads of kids seemed to have asthma. It was almost fashionable. Now as an adult I can't recall the last time I saw someone draw on their inhaler.
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Perhaps they all either died or took up professional cycling.
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Now come on lads and lasses we all know that the most
succsessful sportsman all suffer from something or another that requires the use of a doctors cert.Whereas us normal healthy people who suffer no illness whatso ever just cannot cut the mustard |
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some cycling stages are 5-6 hours long
i never see him puffing on his inhaler during the race??? so if its taken 5-6 hours before urine test then it must have been quite high at race start or does he go behind a hedge to have a quick draw ? |
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It's a sinus Brits need a bit of help with our sporting achievements
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Legacy will not be tainted...... not for you to say , doesn't work like that !
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his excuse seems to be he did nothing wrong, which doesn't mean team sky dr,s didn't up the dosage
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"Wiggins told the Guardian that he began suffering from asthma at races at the age of 15"
Bit strange he never mentioned it at all in his book. VERY sceptical about this with Froome and Wiggins ! |
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Perhaps they all either died or took up professional cycling. |
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Wiggo's wife called Froome a 'slithering reptile'
mmmeeeeeooooooowwwww |
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It's a scandal, I bet there are plenty of footballers with it too, especially those who cover a lot of ground.
Of course but football is better at covering it up. Why kill the goose that lays the golden eggs. |
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They have wonderful team doctors to monitor the asthma.
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Olympic team had 22 times the national average of asthmatics good old honest uk....walofs
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