Will most athletes succumb to using performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) in order to win? An article from The Globe and Mail sports columnist Cathal Kelly asserting this conclusion drew a strong and thoughtful rebuttal from a Canadian Olympic gold medalist. Kayaker Adam van Koeverden responded in his own article: “You’re wrong Kelly: It is about being clean.”
In challenging Kelly’s assertion that athletes are primarily entertainers, van Koeverden wrote that “the argument that PED ...