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TOI:Sia to take performance enhancing drugs in Humse Hai Life
Abigail Jain
There have been innumerable cases of international sportsmen being caught taking performance enhancing drugs.
The stigma and social ostracism that comes with the taint of a 'cheat' has proved to be the deaths kneel for many careers.
Many famous names in the Indian and international arena have seen their glory and accomplishments annulled due to this scourge. Sports like cricket, football and tennis have also not been left out, with some high stature players being brought under the drug abuse scanner, in the past.
So what leads an athlete to take a performance enhancing drug? Inspite of knowing the disastrous consequences, what makes them choose the easy way out? Is it pressure of performance? Is it the knowledge that the opposing sportsmen/athletes are better? Or is it just plain bad advice?
Channel V's show 'Hum Se Hai Life', which is based on an aspiring woman boxer - Sia ( Abigail Jain), is going to attempt and answer these questions. Sia is a hardworking and dedicated boxer, but there is immense pressure on her to perform at the Delhi Boxing Championship.
This has been a dream for her, as well as her late father. Not only do her coaches & family expect her to perform, but her whole school is rooting for her to do the best.
Under such pressure, Sia in a moment of weakness takes a performance enhancing drug, and knowingly jeopardizes her career. She knows that if caught her career as a boxer would end before it began & not only that all her friends, family, teachers and coaches would turn away from her.
'Humse Hai Life' , through Sia, will attempt to show what makes the most pure athlete or a sports person willingly risk their careers, what pressures they go through, what goes on in their minds.
Link :
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tv/Sia-to-take-performance-enhancing-drugs-in-Humse-Hai-Life/articleshow/15401719.cms
The stigma and social ostracism that comes with the taint of a 'cheat' has proved to be the deaths kneel for many careers.
Many famous names in the Indian and international arena have seen their glory and accomplishments annulled due to this scourge. Sports like cricket, football and tennis have also not been left out, with some high stature players being brought under the drug abuse scanner, in the past.
So what leads an athlete to take a performance enhancing drug? Inspite of knowing the disastrous consequences, what makes them choose the easy way out? Is it pressure of performance? Is it the knowledge that the opposing sportsmen/athletes are better? Or is it just plain bad advice?
Channel V's show 'Hum Se Hai Life', which is based on an aspiring woman boxer - Sia ( Abigail Jain), is going to attempt and answer these questions. Sia is a hardworking and dedicated boxer, but there is immense pressure on her to perform at the Delhi Boxing Championship.
This has been a dream for her, as well as her late father. Not only do her coaches & family expect her to perform, but her whole school is rooting for her to do the best.
Under such pressure, Sia in a moment of weakness takes a performance enhancing drug, and knowingly jeopardizes her career. She knows that if caught her career as a boxer would end before it began & not only that all her friends, family, teachers and coaches would turn away from her.
'Humse Hai Life' , through Sia, will attempt to show what makes the most pure athlete or a sports person willingly risk their careers, what pressures they go through, what goes on in their minds.
Link :
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tv/Sia-to-take-performance-enhancing-drugs-in-Humse-Hai-Life/articleshow/15401719.cms
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