BRIDGE PLAYER IS STRIPPED OF MEDAL FOR REFUSING DRUG TEST...

[Frozen]

The WSOP & WPT never do this BS, right?

http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v02.n1632.a09.html

The world of bridge was in uproar yesterday after a drug scandal at the world open championships in Montreal.

Disa Eythorsdottir, an American professional, was stripped of her silver medal for refusing to take a drug test.

[mosch]

Bridge started drug testing a year or two ago, because they want it to become (i'm not kidding), an Olympic event. Chess has had pushes for drug testing too, also by people who mistake it for a sport.

[Vehn]

This is from a year and a half ago.

[SpaceAce]

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Chess has had pushes for drug testing too, also by people who mistake it for a sport.

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Haha, that tickles my funny bone. What are they testing these people for? Ginkgo-biloba? Haha...

SpaceAce

[MicroBob]

indeed it sounds ridiculous....but this was a very significant controversy in the chess-world for a few years.

chess wanted to be an olympic sport....the olympics require durg-testing....FIFE (the world chess federation) starts trying to implement drug-testing at some events.

many players were protesting based on how unrealistic it was for chess to gain olympic status....the invasion of privacy issue....and the fact that no one has discovered any drug that can dfinitively better one's chess performance.


however, i remember a few chess tourneys i played where some players i know swore by ginko-baloba or whatever it is.
they were both better players than me and had winnning results so i couldn't exactly prove them wrong.

[Schmed]

bong hits help your x-box play so they may help your Chess play.....I dunno....... I think they're way off because everytime in college I did bong hits and played chess I got bored with the game....... [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[CrackerZack]

I'm petitioning the olympic committee to make Drunk Mario Kart and olympic sport. I'm not good, but i'm willing to practice alot.

[WDC]

The Daily show on Comedy Central did one of their "reports" on this yesterday. It was very funny.

[MrDannimal]

I'm pretty sure they don't test for alcohol, so you should be fine.

[Duke]

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Disa Eythorsdottir, an American professional,

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That name is as American as apple pie.

Could anyone tell me how to pronounce it?

Is it like "Eye Thor's daughter"?

~D