The Biggest DOPING Scandal in Triathlon History JUST Happened.

Anyone who doesnt assume rampant drug use in this sport is a fool.

Wait people thought a professional sport where large amounts of money can be earned was clean?

I have a difficult time believing he is the only one. I don't think its a coincidence we are seeing records not just being broken but absolutely destroyed in the last year or so. I hate to say it, but I think we are going to see some really big names drop dirty.

I have been an amateur triathlete for over 10 years. Just the sheer amount of supplements we have been given at race events, the increasing price tags of (often underserved) sport equipment and events, have led me to believe it is a market driven sport, where performance and equipment flex are valued more than health, sportsmanship... doping is definitely a big part of it. It serves the interests of the triathlon industry. Sean from Naples, Italy

I follow professional cycling closely. When I read about some of the watts produced in tri and try to compare it to cycling’s best current riders, many questions come up.

It is shocking that since the return of the pandemic the time record are broken over and over and we suddenly get 10 athletes below 8h at Kona.

There are other huge triathletes that where caught- Kona winner Nina Kraft, Olympic winner Brigitte McMahon, Tim Ton

If there is big prize money there will always be drug cheats.

I rode for a cycling club in Brooklyn back in 1977 called The Prospect Wheelers.We raced in Prospect Park.A couple of the guys would go to Central Park right after the the first race and race again! I thought I sucked.Found out they were doping for 100 dollars and some hubs.I loved being clean.I felt like I was living my dream of racing and feeling great naturally.Still ride at 66 years old.Always stay clean.Your self respect depends on it.Peace.

Good overview! I find it extremely hard to believe he was not doping before PTO Dallas - everyone (except Collin) died that race including Yo Yo Yo who is also great in the heat. I speculate that Lionel found out at some point after Kona too; seemed like abruptly stopped working together shortly after.

Triathlon isn't cleaner. It's just almost entirely controlled by a privately owned, profit-driven corporation that's not interested in spending much money on testing. This allows the athletes to pursue a career relatively unmonitored and untested in a way that Track & Field athletes or pro cyclists just aren't. There's a ton of carrot and not much stick in professional triathlon when it comes to PED use.

There’s a 0% chance Collin Chartier wasn’t doping at Ironman Mont Tremblant 2022 & Ironman should 100% award Josh Amberger as the winner 🏆 Collin should give back the winning trophy & prize money. I don’t believe him for a second.

If you’re saying this is the biggest drug scandal in triathlon history, you must have never heard of Nina Kraft.

Brigitte McMahon won Olympic gold in 2000 and tested positive for EPO in 2005 again saying that she started after winning in Sydney……surely the biggest drug scandal in Triathlon. TRT /HRT use is not uncommon in age group racing and there is little chance of being caught or challenged,

Everyone is on the sauce. You think the others who compete with him are just full blown natty? Give me a break. These superhuman times are superhuman for a reason.

Putting a lighter aspect to this massive problem, I asked my wife to get me some EPO, but that Evening Primrose Oil was useless

"Cycling, running and swimming have all had big name doping cases come to the light, but not triathlon.." You cannot possibly be surprised...

Brigitte McMahon, the 2000 Olympic champion in Women's Triathlon, tested positive for EPO in 2005. An Olympic champion in triathlon ended her career in disgrace because of doping. Similar to Collin, she said that she was in a dark place, going through a divorce, having nagging injuries and not performing as she wanted. She insisted that she did not dope during the Sydney or Athens Games, and that she won the gold medal fairly. She also said the EPO was for therapeutic reasons only. After the positive test she was immediately removed from the Swiss national team and was facing a two-year ban from triathlon. As a consequence, she retired from the sport. That is by far the biggest doping scandal in Triathlon history.

30+ yrs ago there were athletes I raced against who ‘came out of nowhere’ to win races. One guy I remember had yellowing eyes and looked like he was competing more for body building than endurance. He was not from the PNW where we all raced and we swapped top spots on a race by race basis having good days and bad days. When it looks like someone has found a secret, they usually have and will try to keep that secret. But we can all see it in the sudden jump in performance and the true results always post. There are only two kinda of cheaters in any sport, those who have been caught and those who will get caught. Race hard.

Great video Jack, thank you