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Zach Lund Is Back in the Sled

Cory — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:11:02 +0000

Seems the receding hair line may have been just the thing to push Lund over the top. Last week, the skeleton racer claimed the first World Cup win of his career by a margin of 0.16 seconds.

The Times Union has a nice story on Lund and his travails.

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Zach Lund Is Back in the Sled

Zach Lund – Back on the Sled

Cory — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 21:15:13 +0000

US World Cup skeleton rider, Zach Lund, has completed his one year suspension from the sport, and in ready to compete. Last year, Lund was suspended for using finasteride, the active ingredient in Propecia. Lund maintains that he used the drug to combat hair loss – a claim supported by the photo which accompanies this USA Today article. The problem, is that finasteride can be used as a masking agent to conceal other steroids. Ultimately, Lund lost his appeals and had to sit out.

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Zach Lund – Back on the Sled

The Fragile Sportsman

Cory — Thu, 18 May 2006 13:28:07 +0000

I’m sure a number of you caught the Zach Lund story back during the winter Olympics. He’s the US skeleton racer who was banned for having used finasteride (aka Propecia), which not only helps regrow hair but also masks a few performance enhancing drugs. Zach says he was using it to grow hair, and there’s no reason to doubt him. But my question is: Why was he taking it to regrow hair? And the follow-up: Once he found out finasteride was a banned substance, what motivated him to put his hair above his career? If any segment of the population would have a high self esteem, you’d think it would be the professional athlete, even in the relatively obscure sport of skeleton racing. Zach was top dog, a world-cup points leader.

Perhaps this only goes to show that athletes are just as fragile as the rest of us. Perhaps more. They live in a “what-have-you-done-for-me-now” world, where yesterday’s hero is tomorrows zero. Confidence and self-belief are so essential to achieving the maximum athletic performance. Maybe there’s nothing left in the tank when the game is over – no confidence; no self-belief.

Enough speculation. Time to do some work and see what I can find. Baldiness.com readers want to know!

Now Matt over has Six and Out, has brought attention to cricket bowler Shane Warne, who was found to violate certain rules related to the celebrity endorsement of medicines. What medicine was he endorsing? A hair replacement clinic. That I understand. Shane was chasing the Benjamins.

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Rock Your Baldness

Cory — Sat, 15 Apr 2006 11:37:42 +0000

Now we’re talking! From Metronews comes a piece advocating an embrace of baldness:

Zach Lund, the skeleton slider who was barred from the Olympic games because of his use of anti-balding medicine Propecia, said he took it to feel the best “vocationally, socially and sexually.” But is a man’s fear of a little hair loss worth giving up his spot to compete in the Olympics?

Considering that more than one million men have used Propecia since its launch in 1998, it seems like a lot of men are insecure about going bald. But does it really matter? Most people interviewed said it’s how you rock the bald look that matters.

They also list a few men they consider “sexy bald.”

Patrick Stewart
Evan Handler
Michael Jordan
Bruce Willis
Tyson Beckford

What about you? Let me know who you think is sexy bald.

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Rock Your Baldness