SSC #3: The Glove by Chris Connolly

25/04/2014 24 min
SSC #3: The Glove by Chris Connolly

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In today’s athletics, fractions of a second and miniscule differences in performance can be the difference between winning a competition or not. Athletes exhaust themselves in the training room trying to out perform each other, while slowly approaching their bodies’ limits. Some athletes resort to using performance-enhancing drugs in order to transcend these limits: a choice with obvious health, ethical, and legal consequences.

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