Rafa Nadal

This past weekend Rafael Nadal beat Roger Federer in the finals of Rome to take yet another title. Since Nadal has returned from his knee 'injury', he has been extremely dominant. It looks like he hasn't missed a stride, as his chances of winning the French Open next week are very high. Many people are shocked at how dominant Nadal is after returning from an injury that took him out for over half the year. Click here to read more about his recent win.

In fact, Nadal's return seems almost too good to be true. Most athletes take a few months to get back into it, and even then, they lose some matches that they should probably win. But this hasn't been the case for Nadal. He is as fit as he was before he was injured and playing even better. I have heard the theory that instead of Nadal being injured, he was suspended for steroid use, and the ATP covered it up by making it seem like he was injured. With an athlete as well recognized as Nadal the ATP wouldn't want the public to know he used steroids, to protect his image. This theory seems plausible in my opinion. I did my junior theme on the topic of steroids, and I learned several shocking things. No one truly knows how many athletes take steroids, and what organizations do to cover it up. Percentages of steroid users in all sports are shockingly high, yet it gets very little media coverage. Nadal may be one of these cases. What do you think? Is it reasonable to think Nadal may have used steroids?