2021年经济学人 奥运VS药物(2)

Covid-19 may have made things worse, says Ross Tucker, a South African sports scientist.

南非体育科学家罗斯·塔克表示，新冠疫情可能使情况变得更糟。

Since the effects of PEDS last much longer than the drugs stay in an athlete's body, elite¹ competitors are subject to testing even when they are not competing.

由于兴奋剂的效力比一般药物在运动员体内停留的时间要长得多，所以不参加比赛的优秀运动员也要接受检测。

But travel bans and lockdowns have disrupted that system. Between covid-19, the fallout from Russia and a steady drip of other doping cases, every performance in Tokyo—even those by clean athletes—will take place under a faint but ineradicable cloud of suspicion.

但旅行禁令和封锁打乱了这一体系。在新冠疫情、俄罗斯的影响和其他兴奋剂事件的持续发酵下，东京奥运会上的每一场比赛——即便是无辜的运动员——都将笼罩在淡淡的但却无法消除的疑云之下。

As Kyle Chalmers, an Australian swimmer who won the 100 metres freestyle at the 2016 summer Olympics in Brazil, put it last year, "I can probably not trust half the guys I'm competing against."

正如在2016年巴西夏季奥运会上获得100米自由泳冠军的澳大利亚游泳运动员凯尔·查默斯去年所说的那样，“我的竞争对手里有一半我都信不过。”

No one knows how many athletes still dope. But a glance at the headlines suggests it is far from rare.

没有人知道有多少运动员还在服用兴奋剂。但只要看一眼头条新闻就能知道这种情况屡见不鲜。

In 2019 Nike, a sportswear company, closed down its much-publicised Oregon Project, a training camp for elite runners, after Alberto Salazar, the head coach there, was given a four-year ban for doping. (Mr Salazar is appealing.)

阿尔贝托萨拉查曾是广受关注的精英跑步者训练营俄勒冈项目的主教练，2019年，在其因服用兴奋剂被禁赛四年后，运动服装公司耐克关闭了该项目。(萨拉查正在上诉。)

Kenya is famous for the dominance of its middle-and long-distance runners. These days that reputation is looking tarnished².

肯尼亚以中长跑运动员的优势而闻名，如今这一声誉似乎已经受损。

The Athletics³ Integrity Unit, which polices anti-doping in athletics, lists 68 Kenyan runners currently banned from competing, including Wilson Kipsang, a former Olympic medallist and world-record holder⁴.

负责管理田径运动中反兴奋剂行为的田径廉政组织列出了68名目前被禁止参赛的肯尼亚运动员，其中包括前奥运奖牌得主、世界纪录保持者威尔逊·基普桑。

Nor is it just athletes who are punished.

受到惩罚的不仅仅是运动员。

In March Richard Freeman, a former doctor to Britain's all-conquering 2012 Olympic cycling team, was struck off by regulators for obtaining steroids in 2011 (Dr Freeman is appealing).

弗里曼曾是英国所向披靡的2012年奥运会自行车代表队的一名医生，今年3月，他因在2011年服用类固醇被监管机构除名(弗里曼博士正在上诉)。

When it comes to hard numbers, official statistics provide a lower bound to what is happening.

当谈到硬性数字时，官方统计数据给出了当前情况的一个下限值。

In 2018, the most recent year for which there are data, 0.6% of the 263,519 blood and urine samples analysed by WADA-affiliated laboratories led to sanctions.

2018年，也是有数据的最近一年，在世界田联附属实验室分析的263519份血液和尿液样本中，0.6%会带来制裁。

Doping was more common in some sports—and some countries—than others. But WADA's numbers reflect only those who get caught.

兴奋剂在某些运动项目和某些国家更为普遍。而世界反兴奋剂组织的数据只反映了那些被抓包的案例。

David Howman, once WADA's chief operating officer, says he thinks the real figure in elite sports might be more than one in ten—which would imply that over 90% of dopers were getting away with it.

曾任世界反兴奋剂机构的首席运营官的大卫豪曼说，他认为在精英运动中实际的数字可能超过十分之一，这说明超过90%的兴奋剂服用者没有受到处罚。

By and large, he says, only the "dopey dopers" get caught.

他说，总的来说，只有那些“迷糊的兴奋剂使用者”才会被抓。

1 elite   

n.精英阶层；实力集团；adj.杰出的，卓越的

参考例句：

• The power elite inside the government is controlling foreign policy.政府内部的一群握有实权的精英控制着对外政策。
• We have a political elite in this country.我们国家有一群政治精英。

2 tarnished   

（通常指金属）（使）失去光泽，（使）变灰暗( tarnish的过去式和过去分词 )； 玷污，败坏

参考例句：

• The mirrors had tarnished with age. 这些镜子因年深日久而照影不清楚。
• His bad behaviour has tarnished the good name of the school. 他行为不轨，败坏了学校的声誉。

3 athletics   

n.运动，体育，田径运动

参考例句：

• When I was at school I was always hopeless at athletics.我上学的时候体育十分糟糕。
• Our team tied with theirs in athletics.在田径比赛中，我们队与他们队旗鼓相当。

4 holder   

n.持有者，占有者；(台，架等)支持物

参考例句：

• The holder of the office of chairman is reponsible for arranging meetings.担任主席职位的人负责安排会议。
• That runner is the holder of the world record for the hundred-yard dash.那位运动员是一百码赛跑世界纪录的保持者。