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Since a large number of athletes started using super spikes around 2021, times have gotten faster across the board.

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Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, to lobby the International Olympic Committee to limit participation in women’s competition categories to athletes who were born female.

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But a Swedish company now makes a popular product that promises to mitigate the stomach distress that prevented many athletes from using it in the past.

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Now, Houlihan says she hopes to spark a conversation on how to catch athletes who cheat without jeopardizing the careers of those who don’t.

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Its athletes have won 862 medals at the Summer Games, which is more than most countries have won across all sports combined over more than a century.

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