Drugs in other sports and the media.

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  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    Crap translation

    We should look at today in the press the case of "Mamadou Sakho He has a chance to play in the euro( football) ... Revolting!
    A cyclist is banned for 2 years ? and it's sick. The fight against doping is uneven.
    Yoann Offredo lost a year of his career for a "no show" and Sakho, he might go on to play the euro having admitted to be loaded.
    Distressing.
  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    Baseball player in the US gets banned for 80 games for Testosterone and Clostebol

    Linky

    They play 162 games a season, between start of April and start of October. So that equates to about a 3 months ban. :roll:
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    Salsiccia1 wrote:
    Baseball player in the US gets banned for 80 games for Testosterone and Clostebol

    Linky

    They play 162 games a season, between start of April and start of October. So that equates to about a 3 months ban. :roll:

    The frustrating thing with this story (along with one of the faces of MLB being busted) is all the talking heads saying "but he's so skinny! steroids don't help with speed + endurance!!". For a sport that has an entire era named "the steroid era" it's depressing how little the majority of their pundits understand.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    hangeron wrote:
    Another Welsh Rugby Roider

    http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugb ... o-11254557

    Loads of em at the moment

    http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugb ... h-11254886 - so much so even the press here are starting to notice

    Latest one was from the club I support. As Rich has previously said most of these are probably more about the Valleys gym culture and body image rather than an attempt to cheat in low level, semi-pro sport (not that this excuses anything). My concern in rugby is the authorities will point to their success in catching the steroid users in the lower levels whilst my guess is there's systematic and more sophisticated drugs being used at the top levels.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    Had a large pub argument about drugs in sport this evening because everyone had heard about Yates but had not heard about Sakho, despite one playing in a much more visible sport. And for some reason Yates positive proves that cyclists are all dopers (knowledge of the actual story was sketchy) but the Sakho story doesn't mean anything.

    I know its a bit passe and bitter for cycling fans to talk about this these days (and I've had a couple of beers) but the level of bias in not just media reporting but also the public interest in doping seems very unfair sometimes. Most people I know seem to only know about cycling because of stories like this and the motorised doping thing but doping in other sports is basically ignored.

    Paris-Roubaix was such a good sporting event but most people's only knowledge of cycling this year seems to be the bike motors, Yates positive, Sutton sexism and yesterday's tour de Yorkshire TV debacle. Crying shame.
  • smithy21
    smithy21 Posts: 2,204
    I wouldn't let it bother you,

    You are talking about attitudes that have been ingrained for years/decades.

    Cycling does have an extremely dodgy track record here so it is not surprising that to a casual observer nothing has changed.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    In fairness to most people in the UK doping is more interesting than a bike race
    _
  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    It's only because of Armstrong.

    If the same happened to Farah or Bolt, or Ronaldo they would soon know.
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    Clenbuterol beef strikes again.

    HOUSTON -- Not long after a bye week trip to Mexico, Houston Texans left tackle Duane Brown received an unpleasant surprise. It was a letter from the NFL informing him of a violation of the league's policy on performance-enhancing drugs, having tested positive for clenbuterol.

    According to sources, the NFL Players Association proved to the NFL that the culprit was Mexican beef.

    The receipts from Brown's meals became evidence in his appeal.


    http://www.espn.co.uk/american-fb/story ... arning-nfl
  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    Turfle wrote:
    Clenbuterol beef strikes again.

    HOUSTON -- Not long after a bye week trip to Mexico, Houston Texans left tackle Duane Brown received an unpleasant surprise. It was a letter from the NFL informing him of a violation of the league's policy on performance-enhancing drugs, having tested positive for clenbuterol.

    According to sources, the NFL Players Association proved to the NFL that the culprit was Mexican beef.

    The receipts from Brown's meals became evidence in his appeal.


    http://www.espn.co.uk/american-fb/story ... arning-nfl

    Build a wall I tell ya, then those damn drug-ridden cows can't get in.
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    South Africa's lab has been suspended by WADA, with Moscow, Lisbon, and Beijing all also out.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    dish_dash wrote:
    South Africa's lab has been suspended by WADA, with Moscow, Lisbon, and Beijing all also out.

    Right so say I'm a Safa athlete. Who's testing my p!ss?
    _
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    dish_dash wrote:
    South Africa's lab has been suspended by WADA, with Moscow, Lisbon, and Beijing all also out.

    Right so say I'm a Safa athlete. Who's testing my p!ss?

    Ros Tucker in his homemade lab... :lol:

    I think it gets shipped out to an accredited lab elsewhere.
  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    dish_dash wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    dish_dash wrote:
    South Africa's lab has been suspended by WADA, with Moscow, Lisbon, and Beijing all also out.

    Right so say I'm a Safa athlete. Who's testing my p!ss?

    Ros Tucker in his homemade lab... :lol:

    I think it gets shipped out to an accredited lab elsewhere.

    If one was positive, Ross Tucker would probably blame Froome for it.
  • dinyull
    dinyull Posts: 2,979
    Have we discussed Golf in this thread. Yes, I know, not really a sport... but there's been quite a few players pulling out of competing in the Olympics and read an article suggesting golf had a big problem.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Dinyull wrote:
    Have we discussed Golf in this thread. Yes, I know, not really a sport... but there's been quite a few players pulling out of competing in the Olympics and read an article suggesting golf had a big problem.
    No money at the Olympics. Several golfers, particularly on the US tour, are just all about the money. If they can earn more elsewhere or their sponsors want them elsewhere then they'll go there.

    And the Olympics has never been part of their sport. When tennis came back in 1988 a lot of stars didn't bother.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    Next Russian revelations in athletics due out shortly.

    If they're allowed to compete in Rio, then it's effectively giving free rein to state-required doping.

    http://www.cbsnews.com/news/russian-dop ... s-exposed/
  • wombly_knees
    wombly_knees Posts: 657
    RichN95 wrote:
    Dinyull wrote:
    Have we discussed Golf in this thread. Yes, I know, not really a sport... but there's been quite a few players pulling out of competing in the Olympics and read an article suggesting golf had a big problem.
    No money at the Olympics. Several golfers, particularly on the US tour, are just all about the money. If they can earn more elsewhere or their sponsors want them elsewhere then they'll go there.

    And the Olympics has never been part of their sport. When tennis came back in 1988 a lot of stars didn't bother.
    Yet they turn up for the Ryder cup. Just that Olympic golf has zero prestige as yet.

    Got no comment on the drugs part of the post.
  • dougzz
    dougzz Posts: 1,833
    wombly knees wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    Dinyull wrote:
    Have we discussed Golf in this thread. Yes, I know, not really a sport... but there's been quite a few players pulling out of competing in the Olympics and read an article suggesting golf had a big problem.
    No money at the Olympics. Several golfers, particularly on the US tour, are just all about the money. If they can earn more elsewhere or their sponsors want them elsewhere then they'll go there.
    And the Olympics has never been part of their sport. When tennis came back in 1988 a lot of stars didn't bother.
    Yet they turn up for the Ryder cup. Just that Olympic golf has zero prestige as yet.
    Got no comment on the drugs part of the post.
    Maybe that's what you're saying and I've misunderstood, but Ryder Cup is a big (Golf) deal, builds profile and gets more sponsors, plus existing sponsors would want you there.
  • Bo Duke
    Bo Duke Posts: 1,058
    Bill Beaumont's comments on becoming head of World Rugby

    Doping

    The spotlight on rugby’s integrity as a clean sport has never been higher and Beaumont has vowed to improve anti-doping procedures.

    “I will see that we maintain transparency and accountability, and make World Rugby’s anti-doping procedures and policies a matter of public record,” Beaumont said. “There is more to be done on a global level for rugby to be considered truly world-class in this regard and I will ensure there is sufficient investment from record Rugby World Cup revenues for targeted testing, whereabouts procedures and the latest detection methods.

    “There will be targeted preventive education, particularly for adolescent players, and enhanced anti-doping provision for the women’s game reflecting its status.”

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/ ... rld-rugby/
    'Performance analysis and Froome not being clean was a media driven story. I haven’t heard one guy in the peloton say a negative thing about Froome, and I haven’t heard a single person in the peloton suggest Froome isn’t clean.' TSP
  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    Pretty damn damning

    http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/13/sport ... -2014.html
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Kenya still failing to get their house in order and potentially facing being banned from the Olympics

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/36275649
  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    Have a look at the letter posted by Hajo Seppelt just now on Twitter. This could blow anti-doping methods out of the water. Huge.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    So big no one else has heard of it.
    _
  • sherer
    sherer Posts: 2,460
    Joelsim wrote:
    Have a look at the letter posted by Hajo Seppelt just now on Twitter. This could blow anti-doping methods out of the water. Huge.

    Can you post a link to the letter. Not a big twitter user
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    yeah... what does this letter say?
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    So big no mainstream press has picked it up.
    _
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    The only thing I can find when I google is an interview with him on Deutschlandfunk
  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    Here you go

    https://twitter.com/hajoseppelt/status/ ... 4141418496

    https://twitter.com/hajoseppelt/status/ ... 2774682624
  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    31 athletes test positive in retests from Beijing Olympics. No further detail at present.

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