The news just came out that a North Korean shooter was disqualified from the Olympics and stripped of his medals when he failed a drug test. My initial reaction was, "Really? Steroids for air pistol? How could that possibly help? Does it mean you can pull the trigger faster? Plus, if an athlete in a sport is called a 'shooter', don't you expect them to be doing drugs?"
It turns out that he was taking propanolol, a beta blocker that apparently can help keep you from trembling. I wonder if they also test for Ritalin and pot, just in case someone is trying to focus while also calming their nerves...
For those of you wonder, "What is this sport like and what am I missing out on?", here's a little preview. Oh, and the answers to your questions are "slow" and "not much":
As for the people they show in the video about thirty seconds in, are those judges or did someone trick them by saying, "Come see women athletes in their fun outfits perform at the highest level!"?
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