100m Sprinter in Drugs ban shocker

Verbal · Post by **Verbal** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 12:16 am

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528, ... 77,00.html

It is a shame, it seems that along with cycling, sprinting is being dragged through the mud.

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 12:24 am

Verbal wrote:

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528, ... 77,00.html

It is a shame, it seems that along with cycling, sprinting is being dragged through the mud.

It's been there before. Probably will be again. Shows how the USA crack down on these things when they send in the Feds.

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 12:29 am

Verbal wrote:It is a shame, it seems that along with cycling, sprinting is being dragged through the mud.

I'm not sure that your use of the phrase "is being dragged through the mud" is quite as appropriate as "proving to be as corrupt as one and other" there, Verbal.

Verbal · Post by **Verbal** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 12:39 am

Aye. Perhaps I should have added 'by doped-up athletes' on to the end of my statement.

bobby5 · Post by **bobby5** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 12:41 am

"I have let my country down, and I have let myself down. It is with a great amount of shame that I stand before you and tell you I have betrayed your trust.

ffs Little House on the Prairie or what!

sluffy · Post by **sluffy** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 1:07 am

If you can spare ten minutes or so - I found that this article (from the world governing body for track and field the IAAF - International Association of Athletic Federations) an excellent read about how a amateur sportsman (cyclist) took performance enhancing drugs to see how much better they made him.

http://www.iaaf.org/antidoping/news/Kin ... 23876.html

communistworkethic · Post by **communistworkethic** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 9:12 am

perhaps the least surprising piece of news today. What next? Getting punched in the head isn't good for you?

Her husband was found out as a drug cheat and she denied it then.

Dave Sutton's barnet · Post by **Dave Sutton's barnet** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 10:09 am

Verbal wrote:

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528, ... 77,00.html

It is a shame, it seems that along with cycling, sprinting is being dragged through the mud.

as is the venerable sport of tug-of-war

bobo the clown · Post by **bobo the clown** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 11:05 am

communistworkethic wrote:perhaps the least surprising piece of news today. What next? Getting punched in the head isn't good for you?

Her husband was found out as a drug cheat and she denied it then.

The only suprise is the way she's now turned round & admitted it. I assume there's a plea bargain at the back of it ... & maybe a huge bit of "singinging like a canary".

Otherwise it's about as unexpected as the revalation that Flo-Jo was up to it 15 years earlier.

As said, he husband was a supplier of the stuff ... but of course, she wasn't involved herself. Ring any bells with Diane Modahl, the Manc athelete who's Norwegian husband was an admitted steroid supplier ... she tested positive, but challenged the findings on the grounds that the 2nd sample hadn't been kept in a fridge !!!

She got away with it ... British athletes did the old "we all know Diane's clean" stuff & she ended up with loads of media contracts. God she was shite at that ... maybe should have taken drugs.

Ireland's swimmer Michelle de Bruin had the exact same history. She too claimed it was a coincidence that her husband was a drug-banned coach. She went from 45th in the world to gold medal winner in a matter of weeks. She never admitted anything, but was proven later to be giving false urine samples.

What next ???

Linford Christie's late development suspicious ???

Steve Backley's javelin throwing was very erratic & poor throws tended to coincide with meetings where testers attended ???

Red Rum was a horse ??

Never I hear you cry.

fatshaft · Post by **fatshaft** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 3:25 pm

Dave Sutton's barnet wrote:
Verbal wrote:

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528, ... 77,00.html

It is a shame, it seems that along with cycling, sprinting is being dragged through the mud.
as is the venerable sport of tug-of-war

boom boom

fatshaft · Post by **fatshaft** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 3:28 pm

bobo the clown wrote:
communistworkethic wrote:perhaps the least surprising piece of news today. What next? Getting punched in the head isn't good for you?

Her husband was found out as a drug cheat and she denied it then.
The only suprise is the way she's now turned round & admitted it. I assume there's a plea bargain at the back of it ... & maybe a huge bit of "singinging like a canary".

Otherwise it's about as unexpected as the revalation that Flo-Jo was up to it 15 years earlier.

As said, he husband was a supplier of the stuff ... but of course, she wasn't involved herself. Ring any bells with Diane Modahl, the Manc athelete who's Norwegian husband was an admitted steroid supplier ... she tested positive, but challenged the findings on the grounds that the 2nd sample hadn't been kept in a fridge !!!

She got away with it ... British athletes did the old "we all know Diane's clean" stuff & she ended up with loads of media contracts. God she was shite at that ... maybe should have taken drugs.

Ireland's swimmer Michelle de Bruin had the exact same history. She too claimed it was a coincidence that her husband was a drug-banned coach. She went from 45th in the world to gold medal winner in a matter of weeks. She never admitted anything, but was proven later to be giving false urine samples.

What next ???

Linford Christie's late development suspicious ???

Steve Backley's javelin throwing was very erratic & poor throws tended to coincide with meetings where testers attended ???

Red Rum was a horse ??

Never I hear you cry.

Couldn't agree more Bobo. I lost interest in athletics years ago. Used to love the Coe, Ovett and Wells years, but you've got to question even them. Strangely I still take an interest in the TDF despite cycling's problems. But hard to beleive any top track & field athlete is clean.

FaninOz · Post by **FaninOz** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 4:27 pm

Unfortunately most sports seem to have a drug problem of some sort.

There's a big issue in Oz at present on the drug policy in the Aussie Rules. They currently have a three strike policy, i.e players only get named and band after their third offence providing they go through some kind of rehabilitation after the first and/or second offence. A lot of recreational drug taking in the game and the Aussie government want to stamp it out by ensuring that all Aussie sports follow a common policy of in and out of competition testing and naming/shaming after only one offence.

finlayson · Post by **finlayson** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 9:08 pm

They should let all atheletes take any performing enhancing drugs they like.

Sport would be a hell of a lot more exciting!!

bobo the clown · Post by **bobo the clown** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 10:09 pm

finlayson wrote:They should let all atheletes take any performing enhancing drugs they like.

Sport would be a hell of a lot more exciting!!

It's really tee-ing me off, as I can't recall his name, but there was a UK athlete from the 1960's/70's who was jailed in the US for n providing steroids.

His arguement was exactly this view.

He said "they are everywhere, they can't be stopped, so let's permit them"

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 10:15 pm

fatshaft wrote: Couldn't agree more Bobo. I lost interest in athletics years ago. Used to love the Coe, Ovett and Wells years, but you've got to question even them. Strangely I still take an interest in the TDF despite cycling's problems. But hard to beleive any top track & field athlete is clean.

Why? Have you evidence any of them ever took drugs?

CAPSLOCK · Post by **CAPSLOCK** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 11:05 pm

bobo the clown wrote:
finlayson wrote:They should let all atheletes take any performing enhancing drugs they like.

Sport would be a hell of a lot more exciting!!
It's really tee-ing me off, as I can't recall his name, but there was a UK athlete from the 1960's/70's who was jailed in the US for n providing steroids.

His arguement was exactly this view.

He said "they are everywhere, they can't be stopped, so let's permit them"

I'll help you on this one

It was David Jenkins

I'd also point out you are so wide of the mark with Backley that I'm not going to even argue the point

bobo the clown · Post by **bobo the clown** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 11:19 pm

CAPSLOCK wrote:
bobo the clown wrote:
finlayson wrote:They should let all atheletes take any performing enhancing drugs they like.

Sport would be a hell of a lot more exciting!!
It's really tee-ing me off, as I can't recall his name, but therewas a UK athlete from the 1960's/70's who was jailed in the US for n providing steroids.

His arguement was exactly this view.

He said "they are everywhere, they can't be stopped, so let's permit them"
I'll help you on this on
It was David Jenkins

I'd also point out you
are so wide of the mark with Backley that I'm not going to even argue the point

Thanks. I could see him, but couldn't get the name.

I know the Backley stuff seems odd, but I had my suspicions a long time before he quit & made something of a study on his appearances. He was regularly not available for competitions ... frequently at very short notice, following "sudden, slight muscle strains". Most of his great throws were in smaller competitions. It became my view that there was something behind that. I became quite good at predicting when he'd be unavailable. Even when he was he could be a world-beater one day, yet throw like a girl the next.

I don't know that I'm right, of course I don't, but there was always something that didn't quite fit to me.

Anyway, Ginseng for Mr. Christie ... Ginseng for Mr. Christie !!

communistworkethic · Post by **communistworkethic** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 7:56 am

not just ginseng for Mr Christie -he accidentally took nandralone too

a1 · Post by a1 » Sun Oct 07, 2007 1:13 pm

the look on carl lewis's face when ben johnson beat him in korea is still ace ..