UKAD Emails Support Dopers and Doping

[Random Direction]

Typical 'independent' compliance and enforcement bodies that end up being influenced, staffed or run by the same groups who they are supposed to be policing. Absolutely ineffective if there is not complete independence and freedom from conflict of interest. All it takes is one too close relationship between a CEO or CO of the oversight body with the overseen and then the peons who do the work are caught between a rock and a hard place. Or a toke and a bong if you are overseeing cannabis compliance and your boss goes riding with Floyd at high noon.

 

[kwikki]

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Plus there is the simple fact that dopers hold the upper hand and are one step ahead. Anti-doping is expensive, and in the grand scheme of things hardly a national priority.

Yet at the current funding levels it turns out the bio-passport works well. If only sports federations were interested in clean athletes.

So, you can see a whole raft of inherent problems even before you come to the idea of collusion between anti-doping authorities and national and international sporting bodies (which, of course, has been strongly indicated by various cases)

You know the anti-doping authorities have no authority, right? They are directed by others to do things. That includes hiding positives or changing scores in the system if you are in Russia.

The tools they have are effective if they would use them. They choose not to use them.

If you re-read the paragraph you will see that is exactly what I am saying.

As for the efficacy of the Bio passport, there was a bbc documentary last year where a journalist circumvent the BP

 

[Zebadeedee]

There's a common theme across sport. You see this time and again. It's a pattern repeated over and over, whether IAAF, ITF, Olympics committee, pro cycling and now with UKADA: with all these bodies, doping is essentially a problem that is largely managed as a public relations exercise.

 

[DirtyWorks]

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Typical 'independent' compliance and enforcement bodies.

This is one of the things that irks me about this topic. WADA publishes a great deal of information about their legislation and standards and so on... From the beginning it wasn't independent and it was right there in the docs and on their website.

Yet, the sports federation and fellows like this guy just let go from UKAD keep telling another story. As Zebadeedee posted, a PR exercise.

I get irrational about this topic, so apologies if I misunderstood other posts.

 

[hfer07]

When Brits are winning everything in all fronts at Le Tour, there is this thought about how this "Renaissance" can occur without a partnership with UKAD..........

 

[DirtyWorks]

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If you re-read the paragraph you will see that is exactly what I am saying.

As for the efficacy of the Bio passport, there was a bbc documentary last year where a journalist circumvent the BP

I'm a little too irrational on this topic.

As for circumventing the bio-passport, yes, there's no question it can be done, especially at grand tours. But the Seppelt stories and even the CIRC report show, the federations are clearly permitting way beyond that level of cheating.

 

[DirtyWorks]

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When Brits are winning everything in all fronts at Le Tour, there is this thought about how this "Renaissance" can occur without a partnership with UKAD..........

The testing for the Tour is still under the control of the UCI. No UKAD involved.

 

[hfer07]

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When Brits are winning everything in all fronts at Le Tour, there is this thought about how this "Renaissance" can occur without a partnership with UKAD..........

The testing for the Tour is still under the control of the UCI. No UKAD involved.

Yes - Of course.
I'm asking how strong all the Brits "arrived" to this Tour.

 

[kwikki]

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When Brits are winning everything in all fronts at Le Tour, there is this thought about how this "Renaissance" can occur without a partnership with UKAD..........

They aren't winning everything in all fronts.

 

[sniper]

https://twitter.com/Speedking1103/status/779259358408499201
https://twitter.com/Speedking1103/status/779260208577142784

 

[Grandillusion]

Sapstead whining to the Sun cover her own arse, no mention of her organisation's 'investigation' of the Linda McCartney team.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/othersports/1934800/bradley-wiggins-and-team-sky-probed-as-drug-investigators-raid-british-cyclings-hq/

 

[Grandillusion]

Some bedtime reading for Netserk and Sapstead on sporting nationalism :

http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/11/analysis/university-of-texas-professor-explores-cultural-phenomenon-of-doping_265230

 

[DirtyWorks]

Some bedtime reading for Netserk and Sapstead on sporting nationalism :

http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/11/analysis/university-of-texas-professor-explores-cultural-phenomenon-of-doping_265230

John Hoberman's work is required reading if you want the sceptic's version of IOC sport. Hopefully his books are still for sale online. They are worth every penny.

 

[thehog]

Now we know for sure, when UKAD advised against athletes publishing scores, it was because they wanted to make the IAAF's doping stories go away.

http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/uk_news/thedopingscandal/article1606790.ece

Its behind a paywall, and I'm not paying Murdoch a penny.

All I could see was this:

"SHOCKING emails reveal how the head of the UK’s anti-doping watchdog wanted to bury bad news about cheating in athletics in the run-up to the next Olympics.

Nicole Sapstead, the UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) chief executive, sent the emails to the head of the British Olympic Association after an investigation six weeks ago by The Sunday Times and the German broadcaster ARD/WDR revealed widespread blood doping in athletics.

“We’ll do everything we can to ensure the focus is on the positive news,” she wrote. “The last thing we want is a story like this detracting from the Rio countdown.”

The revelations also sparked a frank email from Justin Turner QC, a UKAD board member, who expressed concern that the agency did not even “know how effective” it was at tackling drugs cheats. "

...which suggest that at least some board members are totally switched on, even if the Chief Exec is more concerned with bad publicity than she is with doing her actual job

She's done well to hold on to her position. With Cookson, Slappersted and Reddie it's been a successful time in a British Cycling :lol: