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Tyson gay/ Asafa Powell fail dope test *MOD NOTE #22

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  • #2
    RandyMann
    Closed Accounts Posts: 920 ✭✭✭RandyMann


    mistermano wrote: »
    http://www.usnews.com/news/sports/articles/2013/07/14/tyson-gay-tests-positive-for-banned-substance

    I'm really disappointed with this news, he is one of my idols..


  • #3
    mistermano
    Closed Accounts Posts: 121 ✭✭mistermano


    he was too good to be true unfortunately


  • #4
    brandon_flowers
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,657 ✭✭✭brandon_flowers


    It'll be interesting to see who the person is that he "put his trust in" because at that level in the US agents, doctors and coaches cover many many top athletes.

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2013/jul/14/tyson-gay-tests-positive-banned-substance?CMP=twt_gu


  • #5
    RandyMann
    Closed Accounts Posts: 920 ✭✭✭RandyMann


    I honestly thought that he would be the last person who would do that as he comes across as an honest, good guy...


  • #6
    average_runner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,928 ✭✭✭✭average_runner


    Sad this considering he was in project believe


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  • #7
    mistermano
    Closed Accounts Posts: 121 ✭✭mistermano


    uh oh..........
    https://twitter.com/AndreLowe_media


    At least three Jamaicans including two Olympic gold medallist have tested positive according to sources. This follows Tyson Gay's positive


  • #8
    brandon_flowers
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    Is Veronica Campbell Brown already included in that I wonder?

    She was also Gay's training partner.


  • #9
    BeepBeep67
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,125 ✭✭✭BeepBeep67


    Disappointed and glad at the same time, if that's possible.


  • #10
    mistermano
    Closed Accounts Posts: 121 ✭✭mistermano


    http://jamaica-gleaner.com/latest/article.php?id=46469


  • #11
    ecoli
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,762 ✭✭✭✭ecoli


    brandon_flowers wrote: »
    Is Veronica Campbell Brown already included in that I wonder?

    She was also Gay's training partner.

    No she is not she left the group 4 years ago. Trains at same facilities but as far as is reported has been bouncing around coaches since


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  • #12
    mistermano
    Closed Accounts Posts: 121 ✭✭mistermano


    "The two sprinters are Olympic gold medallists"
    http://jamaica-gleaner.com/latest/article.php?id=46469


  • #13
    Talib Fiasco
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,428 ✭✭✭Talib Fiasco


    Very sad to hear. Have always been a massive fan of him and prayed he'd beat Bolt in the Olympics...very interesting time for sprinting though...I thought those days were behind the sport but this could uproot everything...at least Gay was probably clean when he had his best moments...


  • #14
    woodchopper
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    TheComeUp wrote: »
    at least Gay was probably clean when he had his best moments...


    He came forth in the Olympic final last year. So how does he get to the gold medal level at age 30?


  • #15
    backgreen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 245 ✭✭backgreen


    brandon_flowers wrote: »
    Is Veronica Campbell Brown already included in that I wonder?

    She was also Gay's training partner.
    was jason smyth also a training partner?


  • #16
    Talib Fiasco
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,428 ✭✭✭Talib Fiasco


    woodchopper wrote: »
    He came forth in the Olympic final last year. So how does he get to the gold medal level at age 30?

    With the second fastest time in history, anything is possible...this just ruined it...I always felt/thought he was an honest athlete who did absolutely everything to make himself better...


  • #17
    walshb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60,283 ✭✭✭✭walshb


    mistermano wrote: »
    he was too good to be true unfortunately

    When I posted about Gay running a 9.78 secs last week it was on my mind to question this sudden return to form. Not allowed on the forum. For a guy who was injured a fair bit, sliding and losing to Gatlin and Blake, to sudenly be posting sub 9.8s.


  • #18
    ABajaninCork
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    Tyson, bwoy. Yuh let me down - BIG TIME!!! :mad:


  • #19
    Mr Pseudonym
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,237 ✭✭✭Mr Pseudonym


    backgreen wrote: »
    was jason smyth also a training partner?

    He'll claim that he saw nothing.


  • #20
    brandon_flowers
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,657 ✭✭✭brandon_flowers


    I think he is still honest about it, no bull**** sabotage story (yet) like my tootpaste was spiked, my steak was tainted etc. It seems he was given a supplement in good faith by one of his team and it busted him.

    I remember watching a docu about Maurice Greene back in the day and he was about to name all the supplements when his manager/agent cut him off and made up some excuse about copyright.

    But in the cold light of day the 100m is the dirtiest race of all, worse than any TdF or anything else. Even with Dasaolu's new time it is being compared as the second fastest time by a Brit even though the fastest time was posted by a cheat over 20 years ago.


  • #21
    A P
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 400 ✭✭A P


    The last paragraph of this article says it all unfortunately:

    http://www.chrisharrisonwriting.com/journalism/_3/
    "I watch sport, but I watch it like it's a show," he says. "I watch the Olympic Games but I don't bother to remember the names of the athletes anymore. It's like theatre - but I prefer the theatre because the relationship between actor and spectator is clear. In sport's theatre, both are still pretending it's real."


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  • #22
    ecoli
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,762 ✭✭✭✭ecoli


    Mod: Before anyone attempts to post the Jamaican names which are currently being reported remember charter rules regarding supplying a link otherwise it is just speculation


  • #23
    mistermano
    Closed Accounts Posts: 121 ✭✭mistermano


    one biggish name
    2 lesser names


  • #24
    rainbowdash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 878 ✭✭✭rainbowdash


    RandyMann wrote: »
    I'm really disappointed with this news, he is one of my idols..



    All I know is this. I know somebody, typical pillar of the community, then one day in broad daylight, I was driving along and saw them, on a quiet local road, with car boot open, unloading sacks of rubbish along the Side of the road.

    The simple reality is we don't know what our neighbours are at, never mind complete strangers.


  • #25
    walshb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60,283 ✭✭✭✭walshb


    As far as I'm concerned the Jamaican's are always going to be heavily suspected. Until they are in line with many other countries then that will be the case.


  • #26
    woodchopper
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    Telegraph Sport are running the story on their twitter page if anyone cares


  • #27
    mistermano
    Closed Accounts Posts: 121 ✭✭mistermano


    https://twitter.com/TelegraphSport

    POWELL SIMPSON CARTER


  • #28
    walshb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60,283 ✭✭✭✭walshb


    It's a shame really. These guys are special athletes. Super human sprinters. Sometimes there are genuine innocent cases where an athlete is let down by someone. Also, some sybstances and drugs are different than others. But, it's up to the athlete to know what is going into his/her body. Trust or not!


  • #29
    mistermano
    Closed Accounts Posts: 121 ✭✭mistermano


    think it could be a supplement?


  • #30
    ecoli
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    mistermano wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/TelegraphSport

    POWELL SIMPSON CARTER

    This was the DNS from madrid referred to in the gleaner article it looks like


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  • #31
    mistermano
    Closed Accounts Posts: 121 ✭✭mistermano


    yes


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