Michael Phelps, the most titled athlete in the history of the Olympics, voiced his support for harsher penalties.
Idman.biz reports that the 23-time Olympic champion emphasized the importance of winning without using banned substances.
The former swimmer of the US national team is against amnesty for those who use banned substances: "If everybody is not going through that same testing, I have a serious problem because it means the level of sport is not fair and it's not even," Phelps said, per the Associated Press (h/t ESPN). "If you're taking that risk, then you don't belong in here. People called me a cheater throughout my career. I subjected myself to do more testing -- blood and urine -- weekly. Why? For the reason that I could say I'm not cheating, and I am clean, and here are the results. I don't think I ever competed in an even playing field or a clean field. I have some speculations of some athletes that I competed against that I thought they were [doping]. But that's out of my control. I did it the clean way. I won 23 Olympic gold medals the clean way. It can be done."
Phelps, who participated in Athens 2004, Beijing 2008, London 2012 and Rio 2016, won 23 gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze medals.
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