Same old Russians, always cheating
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<p>Aren't Jamaica super dodgy with testing?</p>
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<p>Super dodgy understates it. According to a program I watched on ABC about the Russia doping scandal, Jamaica did no out of competition testing for the six months leading up to London Olympics.</p>
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I think there are a lot more doing ped s than people realise , testing only catches the fools who don't know what they are doing . <br><br>
Lance Armstrong never tested positive . <br><br>
You are allowed a certain amount of testosterone in your system before they declare it suss . The amount they allow is to allow for the freak in nature who might have extra high natural levels . Funny that nearly everyone they test is just on that limit . Doctors monitor their levels before comps just to keep them legal . They hit it a lot harder while In training away from testers . -
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<p>Lance Armstrong never tested positive .<br>
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<p>That's actually not true he tested positive once and then got a doctor to write him a back dated prescription for a topical cream to cover it up. The UCI of course accepted it.</p>
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<p>If your interested in the story I highly recommend watching "Stop at Nothing, the Lance Armstrong story" its on netflix and is a good watch.</p> -
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<p>Super dodgy understates it. According to a program I watched on ABC about the Russia doping scandal, Jamaica did no out of competition testing for the six months leading up to London Olympics.</p>
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<p>And they won all the sprinting medals...</p>
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<p>Usain loves to eat McNuggets during the Olympics. That must be why</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.runnersworld.com/newswire/usain-bolt-ate-1000-mcnuggets-at-2008-olympics'>http://www.runnersworld.com/newswire/usain-bolt-ate-1000-mcnuggets-at-2008-olympics</a></p> -
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<p>Sounds like the IOC are going to ban the Russian team within the next 24 hours. Good. Fuck Putin and Russia.</p>
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<p>A friend of mine shared a facebook post from Tony Veitch linking to an article in the Daily Mail saying this. </p>
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Sounds like the IOC are going to ban the Russian team within the next 24 hours. Good. Fuck Putin and Russia.</p></blockquote>
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Should have. Didn't. <br><br>
Ledt it up to the individual sports.<br><br>
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<p>A friend of mine shared a facebook post from Tony Veitch linking to an article in the Daily Mail saying this. </p>
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<p>Is that grounds to unfriend? </p>
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The mood on Brazil seems pretty grumpy generally about the corrupt Olympic movement.<br><br>
I wonder if Russian athletes will be the target of pissed off crowds. Expect some jeering?<br><br>
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<p>I'm not at all surprised with this decision. The IOC is spineless and Coe is full of hot air. :(</p>
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<p>Correction: I should say Bach. Coe can still redeem himself.</p>
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Coe (who I still think is dodgy having been in bed with Diack all these years) at least, as head of the IAAF, stood up and banned Russia from all the athletics. </p> -
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@siam said in Same old Russians, always cheating:
Icarus
Hell of a documentary - (it's on netflix)
I'll second this. Engrossing. Makes you think that top level athletics is riddled with drugs, which is probably because top level athletics is almost certainly riddled with drugs.
https://medium.com/@tomnew/usain-bolt-lance-armstrong-and-the-duck-test-303b7b891e7e
Link worth a read as well.
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China ‘compulsorily doped’ athletes in 1980s and 90s, claims whistleblower
A former doctor for the Chinese Olympic team has revealed that more than 10,000 of the country’s athletes were involved in a systematic doping programme across all sports – and that every one of China’s medals in major tournaments in the 1980s and 90s came from performance‑enhancing drugs.
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@tim said in Same old Russians, always cheating:
China ‘compulsorily doped’ athletes in 1980s and 90s, claims whistleblower
A former doctor for the Chinese Olympic team has revealed that more than 10,000 of the country’s athletes were involved in a systematic doping programme across all sports – and that every one of China’s medals in major tournaments in the 1980s and 90s came from performance‑enhancing drugs.
Whodathunk?
