Unbelievable doping excuses

[Breezy1985]

I'm pretty sure there was never an accusation of theft. Stimul was available from the corner pharmacy and was widely used by long-distance drivers. If it was was obtained from the team doctor - I presume you mean the swanny, Willy Voet - then it wouldn't have come as a such a surprise to all concerned.

Oh, and Kelly has never admitted he faked that test. It's still one of those mysteries, as far as he's concerned.

Apart from those quibbles, great story...

True he never tells the story himself it's more an old word of mouth story that's told about him.
As for the other details you are probably right as my memory and that of the people who told me would be fuzzy

 

[fmk_RoI]

True he never tells the story himself it's more an old word of mouth story that's told about him.

So not an excuse used by a doper, then...

 

[roundabout]

Having Sex when anti doping folks went to his house to test him was a good excuse as any... I think it was a belgian rider

Leukemans

https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/doctors-deny-leukemans-sex-life-responsible-for-test/

 

[F_Cance]

Athlétisme: la terrible histoire de Boxberger, mise hors de cause et dopée à son insu

Accusée de dopage à l'EPO, Ophélie Claude-Boxberger est sortie ce jeudi de 48 heures de garde à vue éprouvante. Comme le rapporte l'Equipe, les enquêteurs en charge des auditions l'ont mise hors de cause après avoir entendu son terrible récit. L'athlète aurait été dopée à son insu par le...

rmcsport.bfmtv.com

Not sure if this 'excuse' is actually true or not. First it was supposed to be her doctor (who also is/was her boyfriend) that provided the EPO. Now she says it was her stepfather and he confessed, therefore she was cleared of a ban (for now).

confessed to inject Ophélie Claude-Boxberger EPO without her knowledge.
[...]
In this context, he would have injected EPO into the athlete's body while sleeping.

 

[Mayo from Mayo]

https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry...EtZvjAHdHXIeNPuLwmXera97As1WXjscVtDp0Xnk_ogdY

'The panel convened by the International Canoe Federation cleared her to compete after it accepted that the 11-time world champion did not knowingly take ligandrol.
The federation also accepted that she was the victim of third-party contamination — namely, it appeared to accept her lawyer’s argument that the trace amount of the substance got into her system through the transfer of bodily fluids from her now ex-boyfriend.'

O Canada

 

[RedheadDane]

Athlétisme: la terrible histoire de Boxberger, mise hors de cause et dopée à son insu

Accusée de dopage à l'EPO, Ophélie Claude-Boxberger est sortie ce jeudi de 48 heures de garde à vue éprouvante. Comme le rapporte l'Equipe, les enquêteurs en charge des auditions l'ont mise hors de cause après avoir entendu son terrible récit. L'athlète aurait été dopée à son insu par le...

rmcsport.bfmtv.com

Not sure if this 'excuse' is actually true or not. First it was supposed to be her doctor (who also is/was her boyfriend) that provided the EPO. Now she says it was her stepfather and he confessed, therefore she was cleared of a ban (for now).

Just seeing this now, but... someone injected her with EPO while she was sleeping? That's… that's abuse! Not so much the EPO part, but the injecting her while she was sleeping part. You don't inject people with anything while they're sleeping.

 

[BullsFan22]

https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry...EtZvjAHdHXIeNPuLwmXera97As1WXjscVtDp0Xnk_ogdY

'The panel convened by the International Canoe Federation cleared her to compete after it accepted that the 11-time world champion did not knowingly take ligandrol.
The federation also accepted that she was the victim of third-party contamination — namely, it appeared to accept her lawyer’s argument that the trace amount of the substance got into her system through the transfer of bodily fluids from her now ex-boyfriend.'

O Canada

ICF decision on Laurence Vincent Lapointe

An anti-doping panel convened by the International Canoe Federation has delivered its decision on a positive drug test returned by Canadian canoe sprint athlete Laurence Vincent Lapointe.After taking into consideration scientific expert evidence provided by Ms Vincent Lapointe’s legal team, and...

www.canoeicf.com

What an absolute joke, and Canadians are one of the more outspoken when it comes to the Russians. I am almost 100% certain that had it been anyone else, especially a Russian, the Canadians would be up in arms over this, but since it's a Canadian, and an Olympic medal hopeful, crickets.

 

[The Meenister]

Perhaps wise for all athletes, even when using other methods of contraception, to always get off at Haymarket.

 

[F_Cance]

Marion Sicot (aka the menstrual EPO excuse, https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/marion-sicot-says-menstrual-cycle-could-have-sparked-epo-positive/), wants to explain her case today.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1236269605422862336

View: https://twitter.com/marion_sicot/status/1236269605422862336


Looks like Vayer is on her side.

 

[86TDFWinner]

(Wonderboy):" What am I on? I'm on my bike 6 hours a day"(which in his case, apparently didn't help him much, as he was doped to the gills throughout his ahem illustrious career).

 

[hrotha]

That's not even an excuse, that's just a denial.

 

[fmk_RoI]

SA rugby player Chiliboy Ralepelle turns to God to save him from a doping ban, along with some other creative defences:

According to Rapport newspaper, a statement on the SAIDs website revealed Ralepelle tried to argue in the following ways that he did not intentionally take the prohibited substance:

• That his faith as a Christian would prevent him from cheating, which the disciplinary panel did not consider a valid defence against the possibly conscious use of stimulants.
• That his financial and emotional situation meant he would ‘never jeopardise his career by using illicit drugs’, but the panel believes no athlete will use stimulants if he knows he is going to be caught.
• That his previous positive tests had made him aware of the dangers of stimulants and that he would therefore not intentionally use illicit drugs again.

 

[macbindle]

A post race whisky, a post race steak, the last two decades have had it all.