Talk:Waldemar Cierpinski
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A discussion of the controversy surrounding this former East German athlete and drug doping would be useful.
Yesterday an anonymous editor (143.127.3.10) added extensive drug allegations. I have edited them to try to achieve NPOV. My understanding is that there is little if any proof of drug doping in distance running, though I'm willing to be convinced otherwise. I've also removed two of the three links: the medscape.com one required a subscription, while the other was a detailed list of references, but with nothing on Cierpinski, which I believe belongs more appropriately under East Germany or Doping (sport) rather than the Cierpinski article. Rocksong 02:22, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
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I can't find any source for this uncited information, which I have removed:
After receiving the gold medal, he took part in various activities such as smuggling cars into, and heroin out, of Turkey. He violated UN no-fly zones in the War in Bosnia and Herzegovina, attempted assassination of NATO's Secretary General, and spent 15 years in a Russian prison, accumulating various strains of tuberculosis, mutant muscular tissue, scars, and a permanent grimace. Upon his release from prison he has returned to Germany and is currently active in athletics while pursuing a business career in a consulting firm.
On the off chance that it happens to be true, could someone provide a reliable source? Jsc1973 (talk) 01:20, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
