[ecoli]

Originally Posted by W.B. Yeats

At about 90% effort I'd say

Still suffering from his achilles is hoping to be fully fit in about 2-3 weeks according to his doctors

[YFlyer]

Pity he is not competing in the commonwealth games

[Inquitus]

I have never seen BBC commentators do all bar ourright call a competitor a drug cheat than that russian who won the womens 1500m prior to the mens 100m. They are right mind, but it's rare to here them be so succinct about it.

[YFlyer]

Love Colin Jacksons' shirt. Saw him in Patrick Street in Limerick a number of years back.

[ecoli]

Originally Posted by Inquitus

I have never seen BBC commentators do all bar ourright call a competitor a drug cheat than that russian who won the womens 1500m prior to the mens 100m. They are right mind, but it's rare to here them be so succinct about it.

I think it was because they were trying to compare to Chambers as he has not been in exile in terms of top quality race meets since his return from his ban. I think her 3 month ban was the difference in terms of the race organisers decision mind you

[W.B. Yeats]

Originally Posted by Inquitus

I have never seen BBC commentators do all bar ourright call a competitor a drug cheat than that russian who won the womens 1500m prior to the mens 100m. They are right mind, but it's rare to here them be so succinct about it.

To be honest though they were dead right to highlight that lady's history as was Dobrisky
What a performance, to come back from a suspension and run the fastest time of the year

[YFlyer]

Originally Posted by ecoli

I think it was because they were trying to compare to Chambers as he has not been in exile in terms of top quality race meets since his return from his ban. I think her 3 month ban was the difference in terms of the race organisers decision mind you

What? Three months is not much of a ban

[YFlyer]

Bolt is the ticket.

[YFlyer]

The Jamaican accent comes out when he is been interviewed in Jamaica

[ecoli]

Originally Posted by YFlyer

What? Three months is not much of a ban

This was the sanction given from the Russian athletic Federation and approved by the IAAF. there reason for giving the lighter sentence was said to be because she treated herself with an over the counter cough medicine. This appears to be common length ban for what appears to be genuine mistakes as opposed to intentional attempts at performance enhancing (not my opinion before people attack me just an observation on what Athletic Federations have deemed as genuine mistakes) and there are a few examples of such light sentences

[Pherekydes]

Originally Posted by YFlyer

What? Three months is not much of a ban

For pseudoephedrine? It's commonly found in over-the-counter cold medicines. You want to ban her for life for this, no doubt. 3 months is OTT. DQ from the current competition and a public warning is loads.

The BBC commentators didn't just imply she was a drug cheat; they implied all Russian 1500m women are.

[YFlyer]

Originally Posted by Pherekydes

For pseudoephedrine? It's commonly found in over-the-counter cold medicines. You want to ban her for life for this, no doubt. 3 months is OTT. DQ from the current competition and a public warning is loads.

The BBC commentators didn't just imply she was a drug cheat; they implied all Russian 1500m women are.

No not at all. Just didn't know the details

[IrishTrackFan1]

Originally Posted by Pherekydes

For pseudoephedrine? It's commonly found in over-the-counter cold medicines. You want to ban her for life for this, no doubt. 3 months is OTT. DQ from the current competition and a public warning is loads.

The BBC commentators didn't just imply she was a drug cheat; they implied all Russian 1500m women are.

Isn't it a masking agent that can hide other substances in tests? Therefore it should be treated the same as those underlying substances since its intake prevents detection of those drugs.

[W.B. Yeats]

Originally Posted by Pherekydes

The BBC commentators didn't just imply she was a drug cheat; they implied all Russian 1500m women are.

FOr the record reported by Reuters about Alminova and her suspension:

"Seven other top Russian female athletes, including twice world 1,500 metres champion Tatyana Tomashova and world indoor 1,500 metres champion Yelena Soboleva, were handed two-year doping bans for manipulating their drug samples in 2008".

It wouldn't be unreasonable to think that the female Russian middle distance runners have more than a whiff of suspicion about them

[Pherekydes]

Originally Posted by IrishTrackFan1

Isn't it a masking agent that can hide other substances in tests? Therefore it should be treated the same as those underlying substances since its intake prevents detection of those drugs.

Is it? Have you a link? Best to tell WADA. They haven't got it down as a masking agent.

Originally Posted by W.B. Yeats

It wouldn't be unreasonable to think that the female Russian middle distance runners have more than a whiff of suspicion about them

You want to be suspicious of athletes simply on the basis of their nationality? And this is reasonable to you?