Belgian bodybuilders flee drug tester

All 20 Belgian male bodybuilders grabbed their gear and ran when a drug tester showed up at the Belgian National Bodybuilding Competition over the weekend (May 17, 2009). So Brussels gains no national champion, but quite a legacy.

It's funny except that it's so sad, pathetic, and it points up the dangers facing younger and more intellectually vulnerable generations at the steroid crossroads. I've written and compiled a body of work on drugs and bizarre practices in bodybuilding, and this just points up the problem in all its urgent relevancy.

I'm boycotting AP, which carried the story, but you can read more it in SportingNews.com.