Dai Tamesue (43), a bronze medalist at the 400m hurdles on land, explains that it was reported that a large amount of PET bottled beverages were thrown away at the Tokyo Olympics.
The beginning was an article published in the Mainichi Shimbun on September 12, 2021 entitled “‘Dream destroyed’ infection scared, leftover food disposal disappointment felt by the Olympic cleaners.” I interviewed a woman who was a part-time cleaner at the competition venue during the Tokyo Olympics, and said that there were a lot of PET bottles that were thrown away after drinking a sip in the break room of the people involved in the competition, and the woman felt uncomfortable. I wrote that it became.
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Dai Tamesue (taken in 2013)
“I’m afraid someone will put me in a doping drug and I’ll be suspended.”
Mr. Tamesue updated Twitter on the same day while the article gathered a lot of attention on the Internet. While quoting the same article, I explained from the player’s point of view the reason for throwing away the leftover drink.
“Athletes are taught to throw away plastic bottles, fearing that someone could put doping drugs in the bottles and suspend them, and always drink something that has an open lid once you take your eyes off. Because
This explanation includes
“I did not know that!”
“I understand it.”
“In that case, if you take your eyes off, you’ll have to switch to an unopened one …”
Voices were gathered.
In fact, in 2017, at the Japan Championships in canoe sprint competition, it was discovered that a male player mixed a prohibited drug into the drink of a rival player. Mr. Tamesue also touched on this incident and
“Because of these cases, athletes are always concerned about what they put into their bodies.”
Was spelled out.
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