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As far as I can tell this is a real story. I don’t really know what to say about it.

At just 2 ft 9in, Indian muscleman Aditya ‘Romeo’ Dev is the world’s smallest bodybuilder.

Pint-sized Romeo is well-known in his hometown of Phagwara, India; for his ability to lift 1.5kg dumbbells – despite his overall 9.07kg body weight.

(HT: Daily Mail )

Read it for yourself FOXNews.com

(HT:   BBC NEWS )

33 year old Austrian Markus Stoeckl has smashed the World Speed Record for series mountain bikes. Stoeckl, nicknamed “Hercules” because of his 6′4″, 220 lbs. frame, broke the 8 year old record by 14 mph on the 2000 meter, 45 degree La Parva run in what are known as the Chilean Alps. Because of the extreme cold, Hercules had to hold his breath for the 40 second duration so his helmet didn’t fog up.

HT Wired Blog

In the face of hippies everywhere, New Jersey has plans to build the first nuclear power plant in the US in over 30 YEARS! . The cheapest and best “alternative” energy. http://www.dailytech.com/NRG+Energy+Files+First+New+US+Nuclear+Power+Plant+Application+in+30+Years/article9080.htm

Read full story at Yahoo News

It seems to me that when anyone is really good at anything they get accused of cheating. I guess that is because people do cheat. Well now it has come to tennis players and golfers. You hear about people being accused of cheating in cycling and baseball, but what about golf. I never thought that golfers would be doping, let’s be honest, most of them do exactly look like “well oiled machines”, but doping is everywhere.

GOLF

Golf finally joined other major sports Thursday when its leading organizations announced an anti-doping policy that will begin in 2008.

PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem, who also serves as chairman of the World Golf Foundation, said the policy includes a list of banned substances, and methods for each golf organization to carry them out.

[ from Golf Digest ]

TENNIS

What about Tennis? Yes they are worried about doping in tennis too.

The Tennis Anti-Doping Programme is a comprehensive and internationally recognized drug-testing strategy that applies to all players competing at tournaments sanctioned by the ITF, ATP, and WTA Tour.

[from ITF Tennis]

I thought he was innocent, they are always going after the winner, they always want to prove that the people that put in the hard work were cheating, but then again there are cheaters. So its been decided…

PARIS (AP) — Floyd Landis lost his expensive and explosive doping case Thursday when arbitrators upheld the results of a test that showed the 2006 Tour de France champion used synthetic testosterone to fuel his spectacular comeback victory, The Associated Press has learned.

The decision means Landis, who repeatedly has denied using performance-enhancing drugs, must forfeit his Tour de France title and is subject to a two-year ban, retroactive to Jan. 30, 2007.

Read story at SI.com

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 Seven-year-old Finley Collins thought her pet 12-inch bearded dragon might be giving birth when she noticed an unusual protrusion near the lizard’s tail.

If you really want you can read the whole story here.