Martina Navratilova: belief

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…What is your opinion of PEDs, performing-enhancing drugs, as far as drug testing in tennis and other professional sports? I think they do a pretty good job in tennis. They even take blood sometimes. They don’t just wait up after the player’s out of the tournament. They test pretty rigorously, and they do out-of-competition testing as well, so you have to give them a schedule. It’s pretty intense. I think for tennis, certainly, there are drugs that would be helpful, but it’s such a complex sport that a drug for, for example, bicycling — it’s all about endurance. It’s very specific. For tennis, it’s much more than just that. There are certainly drugs that would be helpful and they’re trying to do their best. Usually, there are people that are still ahead of the game in that regard. We try to do the best that we can. It can certainly be better. But if people really want to cheat, I think they can still do that, unfortunately. I’m very much against it, obviously. Martina, thank you very much.…

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