World Cup 2010 Blog: Where’s The Steroid-Injected Beef?

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Where’s The Steroid-Injected Beef? Posted: 18 Oct 2011 07:37 AM PDT When questions of cheating and the Under 17 World Cup come ’round, usually it’s more “Why does Nigeria’s defensive mid using a cane?” rather than “Where’s the beef…for testing purposes?” Luckily, the tournament was held in Mexico this year, which means questions of tainted food were never going to be too far off. And we weren’t disappointed: Over half of the participants of this year’s u17 World Cup tested positive for steroids due to tainted beef. So basically most of the tournament’s participants were cheater, cheater, ground chuck eaters. "It was an enormous surprise that 109 samples showed traces of clenbuterol, that means 52.4 percent of the players." Mexican authorities have admitted the country has been affected by the practice of injecting cattle with the steroid, which is banned by WADA. The players of the Mexico team that won the tournament tested negative because they had stuck to a diet of fish and vegetables. "It's not a doping problem, it's a public health problem. When, in the first week of the tournament, we detected three cases and then another it was quite a surprise," Dvorak said. Now taking bets on when Mexico will be allowed to host another World Cup-type tournament. (After much deliberation, ‘Whenever Colombia’s financial backing collapses again.’ will be accepted as a valid answer.)

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