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Article: USADA must set its sights on THG and it better hurry
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- The Gazette
- Article date:
- October 27, 2003
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Terry Madden sat in his office a month ago talking about the
virtues of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, for which he is the chief
executive officer.
Madden's voice and demeanor bled with the Teddy Roosevelt
principle of speaking softly but carrying a big stick. Madden's
vernacular was that of a poised, self-assured man who's in control.
Each word he used packed the power of the USADA. That's power to drug
test and penalize U.S. Olympic, Pan American Games and Paralympic
athletes.
Madden talked about testing athletes and even testing his own
employees.
We talked about young people taking performance-enhancing drugs
and what can be done to curtail it. We talked of new drug laws and
borderless ...