The committee that oversees the Olympics in Italy has just banned a former Olympic cyclist from participating in their events for at least twenty years. (Of course this is effectively a permanent ban since it is unlikely that he would be in a competitive position after that much time has passed.) The reason that he has been banned is because he was caught selling hgh supplements to two amateur cyclists.

The Olympics committee takes the use and sale of performance enhancing drugs very seriously. This is not because of any problems or side effects of hgh. Instead it is because these drugs are very effective at boosting your athletic talent and the Olympics are supposed to be all about the athletic prowess that you exhibit without any help except your own hard work.

The cyclist, Giannia de Ros, was not the only person charged in this incident. There were ten other cyclists that were also punished for various amounts of time due to their involvement in the trafficking of hgh. It is easy to see why it’s so tempting to use this type of product in a setting like this since it can so successfully improve your speed and strength but since it’s not allowed at the Olympics it’s not worth it for people who are competing at this level.

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