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Best excuse or denial for doping!

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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"
 
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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.
 
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.

 
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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!! 😆
 
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
 
"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.”
 

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!!
 
He had the book signing events and Drink Floyd complete with Pink Floyd rainbow pyramid!! I drank gallons of the Koolaid..
I feel like I was in a cult!!!
 
Tested positive OOC for a SARM (ligandrol). Claims contamination via the transfer of bodily fluids:


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


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


"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
 
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