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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"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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"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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"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

 

[TheKidsCallMeBoss]

Ukraine claims that banned Chelsea football player Mudryk received stem cell injections from the Ukrainian national team's physiotherapist to aid his recovery. The stem cells came from a cow that was likely exposed to the banned substance meldonium.

Ukrainian journalist reveals fascinating new details on Mykhailo Mudryk doping case

Mykhailo Mudryk received a stem cell injection whilst with the Ukraine national team which could have caused his failed doping test according to Ukrainian journalist Igor Burbas.Mudryk has been charge...

sports.yahoo.com

 

[Rob5091]

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.”

and the ITA believed her ....(unless something else happened ...)
https://ita.sport/news/ironman-athl...-no-fault-for-her-anti-doping-rule-violation/

Over the course of the results management proceedings, the athlete was able to establish that the presence of ligandrol in her sample was due to inadvertent contamination through intimate contact with her partner who was taking supplements containing the prohibited substance without her knowledge. The athlete was also able to establish that she bore No Fault or Negligence² for the ADRV and, therefore, no period of ineligibility is imposed³ and the athlete is free to compete effective immediately. As the sample was collected out-of-competition, there are no competitive results to disqualify.

 

[Sciatic]

and the ITA believed her ....(unless something else happened ...)
https://ita.sport/news/ironman-athl...-no-fault-for-her-anti-doping-rule-violation/

It’s so weird how these sports tribunals/courts do not operate like law courts in requiring defendants to provide replicable proofs or verifiable alibis. If this was a criminal case (in most countries) wouldn’t the defendant’s attorney have to provide documentation/research that a significant enough amount of the illicit product can be carried in semen and then show up in a drug test?
That’s what seems ridiculous about this excuse, though it’s not as fun as the contaminated burrito or chimeric twin defenses.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

It’s so weird how these sports tribunals/courts do not operate like law courts in requiring defendants to provide replicable proofs or verifiable alibis. If this was a criminal case (in most countries) wouldn’t the defendant’s attorney have to provide documentation/research that a significant enough amount of the illicit product can be carried in semen and then show up in a drug test?
That’s what seems ridiculous about this excuse, though it’s not as fun as the contaminated burrito or chimeric twin defenses.

Little bit more reading suggests that they did go further than simply proposing this as a possibility: there was precedent, and there was medical evidence that his concentration was very much higher than hers,

Imogen Simmonds Cleared of Doping Allegations

A doping investigation has found Ironman triathlete Imogen Simmonds' positive sample for Ligandrol was “due to inadvertent contamination.”

www.triathlete.com