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Positive; an Australian Olympian Reveals the Inside Story of Drugs and Sport
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October 21, 2016
This is an amazing confessional of an athlete. Although this steers into anecdote instead of forensic investigation, I feel that his allegations are at least an accurate representation of what 99% of athletes think is happening in sport, and that is a valuable insight beyond the truth of each and every allegation (of which there are many).
Reiterer himself is an interesting figure. I got his motivation to write the book and I thought his frustration with being a natural athlete was real, but I had my suspicions that he doped much earlier than he admitted in the book, based on the way he talked about an extensive knowledge of dopers and doping right the way through his career. I was also surprised by his pre-Atlanta positive. It is early after his decision to dope and he had doped with a doctor to make sure the treatment was as safe as possible from a health and not getting caught point of view. Next thing he reveals he was chugging down oral testosterone and hadn't known it would cause the other steroids to re-emerge from his tissues causing a positive. It's just a bit strange in the tale of caution and excellence.
This book would benefit from some third parties like retired athletess or doctors corroborating Reiterer's stories, just to give it complete credibility instead of the question marks that have you questioning the details if not the overall truth.
He still has more credibility than the Olympic movement and elite sport, so that is a small win.
Reiterer himself is an interesting figure. I got his motivation to write the book and I thought his frustration with being a natural athlete was real, but I had my suspicions that he doped much earlier than he admitted in the book, based on the way he talked about an extensive knowledge of dopers and doping right the way through his career. I was also surprised by his pre-Atlanta positive. It is early after his decision to dope and he had doped with a doctor to make sure the treatment was as safe as possible from a health and not getting caught point of view. Next thing he reveals he was chugging down oral testosterone and hadn't known it would cause the other steroids to re-emerge from his tissues causing a positive. It's just a bit strange in the tale of caution and excellence.
This book would benefit from some third parties like retired athletess or doctors corroborating Reiterer's stories, just to give it complete credibility instead of the question marks that have you questioning the details if not the overall truth.
He still has more credibility than the Olympic movement and elite sport, so that is a small win.
December 30, 2023
When it comes to PED use, Australia has a habit of pointing the finger at everyone else, when it should be pointing the finger at the mirror.
An honest, behind the scenes from an Aussie athlete. about PED's, cover ups and what it takes to perform at the highest level.
An honest, behind the scenes from an Aussie athlete. about PED's, cover ups and what it takes to perform at the highest level.
April 3, 2025
holy moly modern sport is messed up
October 12, 2011
Positive is an "interesting" book. My personal opinion is that Werner Reiterer was a bitter, frustrated athlete. I found some of the anecdotes from his career interesting although he seemed highly opinionated and I couldn't help but feel some of the stories were embelished. Sports fan, you may find this interesting. For someone who claims to be anti-steroid he appears to know a great deal about them and makes some outlandish claims about his competitors.
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