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Experts predict gene doping is next temptation for athletes
By Greg Bishop
Seattle Times staff reporter
Athletes are human guinea pigs, suckers for experiments, all too willing to be poked, prodded and pushed to live up to the credo of a champion — those who take the human body beyond its limits.
And yet we wonder why they sometimes push further than rules allow.
We wonder why they ate ground horse hooves in ancient Greece, why they experiment with everything from coffee to cocaine, why they carry Whizzinators through airports to pass their drug tests..........