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frodo8sam | 4 months ago

Perfect blood doping.

Kind of sad that that's the first thing that comes to mind...

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I find it ironic that thats the first thing that comes to mind. I know people with rare blood groups, I think this could be huge for them.

lawlessone|4 months ago

If that's what it takes get this technology everywhere i'm all for it lol.

An alternate Olympics where everyone is sponsored by medical companies :D

makr17|4 months ago

We have the Enhanced Games (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enhanced_Games), so we already have an alternative Olympics that definitely includes medical companies.

djmips|4 months ago

I believe this could also be detected.

vintermann|4 months ago

Yes, it would be exactly the same as the original, "crude" blood doping of injecting your own blood.

For people talking about "augmented games" and such, bear in mind that one of the reasons it was banned was that young athletes were suddenly dying a lot from heart problems.

nick49488171|4 months ago

Could you do this using current medicine by extracting and donating blood back to yourself after a week?

bobbylarrybobby|4 months ago

Yes, Lance Armstrong did just that! https://www.usada.org/wp-content/uploads/ReasonedDecision.pd...

salamanderman|4 months ago

I'm pretty certain I read of people doing this in cycling tournaments.