Conte wants to make amends by helping WADA
Victor Conte, the former steroids magnate who owned the infamous Bay Area Laboratory Cooperative (BALCO) still believes that more than half of the semi-finalists in the London 2012 Olympics will likely use illegal drugs at some stage of their training.
According to an interview conducted in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the World Anti-Doping Agency, Conte believes that cheating in sports, through performance-enhancing drugs is still rampant, despite improvements in steroids and drug testing.
Asked about his opinion as to how many of the sprinters who were able to make it to the semi-finals may have possibly used steroids, he replied by using the term “an overwhelming majority”.
The lab Conte used to own may have been tiny, but Bay Area Laboratory Cooperative became big news due to the steroids scandal in 2003 that continues its “legacy” in the sporting world, destroying careers of hundreds of athletes, even including his own.
Some of Conte’s prominent clients include Marion Jones and Tim Montgomery. Both made their way to the Olympics and even earned medals with the help of BALCO products.
Conte said he regretted getting involved in doping and would like to make amends by contributing his knowledge in doping and steroids.
From Reuters:
MONTREAL (Reuters) – Cheating is still rife in sport despite improved testing and more than half the sprint semi-finalists at the London 2012 Olympics are likely to use illegal drugs at some stage of their preparations, says Victor Conte, the man at the heart of the BALCO doping scandal.
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