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I've been watching the Olympics from France over the last week or so and have enjoyed watching sports that may not normally get a lot of television coverage. It's been great to watch people who are obviously at the top of their game and have put massive amounts of effort into their preparation for what may be only a brief appearance if they happen to be knocked out in the first round of their event; it's a few minutes on the world stage preceded by many thousands of hours of training and preparation, years sometimes, and at the end...there's a reward or medal...or not.

There's been some truly amazing stories emerging, it's difficult to single out just one and I think, no matter the country, such stories of massive effort, mental and physical endurance, dedication and persistence would abound; this is certainly the case for my own country, Australia who have officially had their best Olympics from a medal tally perspective ever; so many of our athletes have had to overcome great adversity just to make it through Olympic selection and finally to the Games themselves. It's rather uplifting and inspirational. #goaustralia

What I don't find inspirational and uplifting however is when people fucken cheat; not just in sports but in general. I hate cheats.

Sport is full of stories of drug (doping) cheats, athletes who don't want to work as hard as others to win so turn to performance enhancing drugs to improve their recovery, strength and endurance, clarity and other things. There's countries that are well-known for such behaviours (assholes) which draws into question the legitimacy of the results they may gain - even for their athletes who don't actually cheat. It's disgusting behaviour and I believe a drug cheat and those around them who may also be involved should be banned for life; alas, it seems that's not the case and they come back to compete again.

I feel for the athletes who finish behind competitors that cheat and can imagine their anger, disappointment and possibly lack of motivation when it happens...why continue when one's competitors have that unfair advantage and get away with it? I believe it may lead people into becoming somewhat disenfranchised with those in power who should be effectively policing sport but do not necessarily do so. Understandable I guess right? But, I'm a guy who doesn't quit and many athletes have the same ethos so they continue on regardless...they're the champions in my estimation and the drug cheats...they're just garbage humans.

What are your thoughts on doping in sport and how do you think you'd feel if you lost to a competitor that had that unfair advantage? Do you feel the penalties for cheating in sport are sufficient (I do not) and what would you feel is an appropriate penalty for drug cheats? I am in the total ban camp on that front, and you?

Feel free to comment about cheating in sports at any level or in general life...how do you feel about it and why?