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We've just watched the 60 minutes article about Mark French and his (and others within the AIS) drug taking or at least vitamin injecting.

This has been going on for around a month now with investigations and more investigations, culminating with the track team being announced late this week and a report coming out about it all on Friday.

So....my pundit 2 cents worth....

Injecting vitamins is NOT illegal it is NOT banned and while is not approved by the AIS code of conduct it is COMMON PRACTICE in Europe cycling and many elite sports. In Australia, we the sporting pubic, have a problem with Olympic atheletes injecting vitamins to get through 40 hour training weeks yet have no problem with AFL players getting injected with IOC BANNED DRUGS prior to matches and during the game to be able to get through injuries. This I don't understand.

Anyway.. our athelete inject vitamins and I have no problem with that. Illegal performance enhancing drugs are another matter...and that's what I think is the bigger issue with the Mark French saga.

60 minutes showed the selected Track team at the CA conference on Friday and asked them about drug taking and injections....ohhhhh dear.... what idiot at Cycling australia decided that it was ok for our Olympic atheletes to have to face direct questioning less than 2 months out from the Olympics......idiotic!!!!

And the result.......disaster. Shane Kelly and Jobie Daiyka looked like they were hiding something and Sean Eddie was tooo cool. Like the master mind of the group. God I hope it wasn't any of them taking eGH.

And Mark French.....well I think he is telling the truth. Injecting vitamins was stupid and he will pay the price but he is being hung out by the various organisations to cover their arses.

Drama drama. Mark - Best of luck and I hope we get to see you ride again soon.