Best excuse or denial for doping!

[Ripper]

Wow, this one is not even that funny because WADA’s handling is bat-sh*t crazy and obviously politically or image protection motivated. Can you imagine the blowback from China and elsewhere if they banned 23 athletes en mass before the Olympics?

This could be a great strategy for large teams. If all athletes dope with the same product you just have a blanket excuse ready (common dining, AC system, whatever) and then if the drugs are detected the IOC or WADA have to deal with a too-big-to-fail problem.

Indeed! What are the odds that TMZ gets gets in the kitchen and all over the place? I mean, "it did not explain how a prescription drug available only in pill form had contaminated the kitchen"

 

[Sciatic]

Indeed! What are the odds that TMZ gets gets in the kitchen and all over the place? I mean, "it did not explain how a prescription drug available only in pill form had contaminated the kitchen"

It’s mind blowing.

 

[Rob5091]

Here's an oldie but goldie that I had not heard about - watch out for lightning!
https://newrepublic.com/article/116303/great-moments-north-korean-sports-beyond-dennis-rodman

• June 2011
  Lightning Strikes Women’s World Cup Team
  Five players on the North Korean women’s World Cup team fail a drug test—the result, North Korean officials explain, of steroids that were mistakenly ingested after lightning struck the athletes during training. The lightning strike is also offered as a reason for the team’s 2-0 loss to the United States.

 

[AmRacer]

Here's an oldie but goldie that I had not heard about - watch out for lightning!
https://newrepublic.com/article/116303/great-moments-north-korean-sports-beyond-dennis-rodman

Makes you produce high watts.

 

[Izzyeviel]

Their 2011 campaign was notable for different reasons - North Korea's women were caught up in football's biggest doping scandal in a generation.

Five of their players tested positive for a rare kind of steroids. North Korea's explanation was even rarer.

They said that the positive tests were caused by a traditional medicine made from the glands of a musk deer., external Officials explained it had been administered to the players after lightning struck their training ground back in North Korea.

North Korea: Women's football's sleeping giant

North Korea lags behind most of the rest of the world in several areas. But the hermit state has had an outsized impact on international women's football.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Sciatic]

Someone else mentioned this in a social media post but I think it bears repeating and enshrining in this thread. There was such beautiful, symmetrical irony in the fact that American distance runner Shelby Houlihan, after serving a 4-year doping ban for Nandrolone—which she famously argued was due to unapproved wild boar offal in her food-truck burrito—made her return to racing at the recent Univ. of Arkansas Invitational meet. For those unfamiliar, the U of Arkansas are the “Razorbacks”, another name for wild boars!! 😆

 

[Sciatic]

Someone else mentioned this in a social media post but I think it bears repeating and enshrining in this thread. There was such beautiful, symmetrical irony in the fact that American distance runner Shelby Houlihan, after serving a 4-year doping ban for Nandrolone—which she famously argued was due to unapproved wild boar offal in her food-truck burrito—made her return to racing at the recent Univ. of Arkansas Invitational meet. For those unfamiliar, the U of Arkansas are the “Razorbacks”, another name for wild boars!! 😆

And then this yesterday: https://www.facebook.com/share/165Jqrigrr/?mibextid=wwXIfr

 

[Froome]

"Because of cycling before my time, in any sport, if someone is winning, there’s always jealousy and haters ... I tell you now, it’s not worth it. Taking anything to risk your health is stupid.”

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Raymundas Rumsas: "These drugs were for my grandmother."
Cycling official: "Yeah, if my grandmother took those drugs, she could ride the Tour de France too."

 

[Unchained]

Whiskey Defense: Seems Like Another Whopper (Published 2006)

Floyd Landis is asking people to stretch their inner oath of fairness, now blaming a Jack Daniel's binge for his A sample spike a night before Stage 17.

www.nytimes.com

Jack Daniels did it..

 

[Unchained]

Floyd Landis to pay nearly $500,000 to legal defense fund donors | Daily Business Review

Cycling whistle-blower Floyd Landis has agreed to pay nearly $479,000 restitution to legal defense fund donors who contributed before he acknowledged using performance-enhancing drugs while racing.

www.law.com

And no I didn't get my money back from Brooklyn Brewery fund raiser..and no I didn't get cash returned from roller races event held at Parkside Lounge!!

 

[Unchained]

Racing in Bars, Going Nowhere Fast (Published 2011)

Roller races, which are nearly as old as cycling itself, are held in New York using an antique set of British-made rollers from the 1960s.

www.nytimes.com

He had the book signing events and Drink Floyd complete with Pink Floyd rainbow pyramid!! I drank gallons of the Koolaid..

Roller Race with Floyd Landis - NYVelocity

It has a name! The party is TONIGHT!! The Chipin has ended, so we’ll see you there tonight. Update November 28: The party is this Thursday! Here’s a link to... Read more »

nyvelocity.com

I feel like I was in a cult!!!

 

[Nomad]

Tested positive OOC for a SARM (ligandrol). Claims contamination via the transfer of bodily fluids:

Imogen Simmonds tests positive in out-of-competition test, but points to partner - Triathlon Today

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tri-today.com

"I have an intimate relationship with my partner and my team and I came to the conclusion that the ligandrol must have entered my body through bodily fluids (such as saliva or semen, ed.),” she said. “My partner and I engaged in intimate relations both the day of and day before my 8 December 2024 doping control test – my legal team and I have concluded that this substance got into my system via the transfer of bodily fluid.”

 

[AmRacer]

Tested positive OOC for a SARM (ligandrol). Claims contamination via the transfer of bodily fluids:

Imogen Simmonds tests positive in out-of-competition test, but points to partner - Triathlon Today

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tri-today.com

"I have an intimate relationship with my partner and my team and I came to the conclusion that the ligandrol must have entered my body through bodily fluids (such as saliva or semen, ed.),” she said. “My partner and I engaged in intimate relations both the day of and day before my 8 December 2024 doping control test – my legal team and I have concluded that this substance got into my system via the transfer of bodily fluid.”

Accidentally 🤔

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Tested positive OOC for a SARM (ligandrol). Claims contamination via the transfer of bodily fluids:

Imogen Simmonds tests positive in out-of-competition test, but points to partner - Triathlon Today

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tri-today.com

"I have an intimate relationship with my partner and my team and I came to the conclusion that the ligandrol must have entered my body through bodily fluids (such as saliva or semen, ed.),” she said. “My partner and I engaged in intimate relations both the day of and day before my 8 December 2024 doping control test – my legal team and I have concluded that this substance got into my system via the transfer of bodily fluid.”

guess it was some bad seed then