Random comment on doping, my Mom was prescribed EPO in the late 90's (juvenile diabetes, kidney transplant, and all the stuff that goes with it) and joked about giving me some before the Sectional and State swim meets. No one was testing in the IHSA!
Funny, when Jitty brought up this Liverpool asthma thing, my mind immediately went to my daughter who swam competitively in HS and D3 college and AFAIK she used albuterol inhaler before every meet!