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When doping wasn't considered cheating

  • Written by Duncan Stone, Visiting Researcher, University of Huddersfield
imageJim Thorpe and Ben Johnson were both banned from the Olympics. But if each had played at different points in history, they would have been allowed to compete. Nick Lehr/The Conversation, CC BY-SA

Trying to gain an advantage over your opponent is as old as sport itself. But what’s considered fair and unfair is often up for debate.

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