Positive dope tests damaging sports: Aussie cyclist

New Delhi, Sep 30 (India Report)
Disappointed with Alberto Contador&aposs positive dope test, Australian cyclist Shane Perkins, who is here to participate in the Commonwealth Games, said the result is"damaging"for the tainted sport.
Three-time Tour de France champion Contador tested positive for clenbuterol, which is a muscle-building and fat-burning drug, at this year&aposs Tour, the International Cycling Union said.
"Of course it&aposs disappointing,"track cyclist Perkins told media here.
"Anyone that tests positive in any sport, it&aposs going to be damaging."
Perkins himself has a dope-tainted past as he had tested positive for methamphetamine at the World Junior Track Championships in 2004 but his post-race sample was found to be clean.
He was suspended for six months after the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled that he inadvertently took the drug from a nasal inhaler.
"Definitely the drug testing is getting a lot better, shutting a lot of people down,"Perkins said.
"It&aposs doing it&aposs job. They&aposre trying to fix the sport."
The Australian team&aposs chef de mission Steve Monaghetti said compared to previous years, athletes are more open to drug testing as they want to ensure that their sport&aposs integrity remains intact.
"Athletes feel it&aposs a very fair environment. In my day, there was a bit more happening underground,"Monaghetti said.
"We seem like we&aposre detecting them almost as they&aposre using them, so I think we&aposve caught up a little bit.
"The more testing you do, the more chances you have of eradicating it,"he added.