[DavidG]

Originally posted by rdouglass:
Unfortunately many Olympic atheletes have been training from an early age "encouraged" by their parents. They have grown up sometimes with extreme pressures to win and will do so at almost any cost; even cheating.

I am by no means saying it's OK to do this, but as long as our society puts so much "value" on superstar atheletes, there will be cheaters...

I really don't think you can blame society for this for putting too much 'value' on superstars. I think we want and need heros. Watching atheletes like Beckie Scott win and the joy they get from it is one of the things I truely enjoy. We expect them to play fair. I'd like to think that for the most part they do. No one wants to be a Ben Johnson. I'm am surprised that some stil get caught though. You would think the humiliation and career ending potential of getting caught would make them think twice