Bridge player banned for using steroids and fertility drugs
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Re: Bridge player banned for using steroids and fertility dr
No, the female fertility drugs like clomid and arimidex and the like are taken by bodybuilders as an anti-aromatase substance (the process by which excess testosterone gets converted in the body to estrogen, which can give side effects like man boobs). He was obviously taking the steroids recreationally to build muscle and the female fertility drugs to reduce the side effects. I doubt he would have any advantage in mind sports.
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Re: Bridge player banned for using steroids and fertility dr
Go equivalent of this bridge world champ title, would be about one of big title titleholders. In bridge almost every player of top30 have world champ title, its not same as in chess where there is current world champ and few more former. You can win world champ title in Bermuda Bowl, Olympique and few else events. But thats not mean Helgemo is weak, there was a time when he was considered best player in world. Now he might be a bit off his peak.John Fairbairn wrote:
Not being a bridge player (lucky me), I had never heard of Helgemo, so I was not previously aware that Norway, with a tiny population of about 5 million, has two world champions in mind sports. Maybe they put something in the water there...