Sean Ingle and Martha Kelner, the journalists who broke the story about Chris Froome failing a drugs test, are online now to field questions 1.57pm GMT markgreenwood asks:Hi Martha, Sean. What should we think about the state of British sport? Is this story another example of why we’re only a small step away from the Russian/Armstrong approach? Or, by challenging an extra puff on an asthma inhaler does it show how British is scrupulously careful and leading the world in keeping sport clean?I genuinely don’t think there’s anything on the scale of systemic doping in Russia going on in British sport but I think the recent duty of care scandals have shown we’re increasingly adopting a win at all costs mantra in Olympic sport. We have to be cautious that doesn’t stray into abuse of medicine. 1.54pm GMT Michael Charlie Smith replies:How much salbutamol actually is 1000mg (or whatever the limit is), how many puffs of an inhaler would you need to take to put that much in your system?It’s 16 puffs over 24 hours, or eight puffs over 12. Continue reading…
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