A sad passing, but a reminder also that any athlete in any sport can be tempted to use PEDs. Whilst we should not pre-judge the causes here, it should be remembered that having decided to go after athletes that we have labelled as "cheat" we also need to consider their longer-term physical and mental health. Some sort of post-ban rehabilitation program may be required, although an alternative - as unpalatable as it may be to some - is simply to legalise PEDs and control their use. I doubt that will happen anytime soon but ultimately it may be the inevitable outcome of ever more generally accepted genetic and pharmaceutical advances. If the general public continues to pop pills and accept virally-delivered genetic patches to improve function and longevity then the "purity" of the "cheater" label becomes somewhat blurred, doesn't it?
Disgraced Olympic champion found dead in apartment
Disgraced Olympic champion found dead in apartment
Disgraced Olympic champion found dead in apartment
HELSINKI: The Finnish cross-country skier Mika Myllyla, who won gold at the Nagano Olympics in 1998, was found dead at his home on Tuesday, police announced. He was 41.
Disgraced Olympic champion found dead in apartment
he won nine world championship medals including four golds; three of them at Ramsau in 1999 at 10km, 30km and 50km.
Myllala then tested positive in 2001 for hydroxyethl starch, a masking agent for the banned blood booster EPO.
In June this year he gave a sworn statement during a court case that he had indeed used EPO during the 1990s.
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