– Alberto Salazar talking in 2006 about the idea that Chris Whetstine might have sabotaged Justin Gatlin by rubbing him with an illegal substance.
A key part of Salazar’s defense is that he tested testosterone on his sons as he was fearful that someone like Whetstine could sabotage Galen Rupp, not because he wanted to see how much micro-dosing one could get away with. As a result, it’s worth pointing out that when Whetstine was accused of sabotaging Gatlin in 2006, Alberto Salazar himself was one of the most vocal defenders. One of Whetstine’s first public statements in 2006 was made to LetsRun.com when he wrote, “I am comforted by the continued support given me by members of the running community, specifically Tom Jordan and Alberto Salazar.”
Additionally, a LetsRun.com review of the 900+ pages of Justin Gatlin trial transcript reveals that Gatlin never claimed he was sabotaged with Androgel (he said it was DHEA) and was not busted for violating the T/E ratio which is what Salazar tested. Gatlin was busted for having exogenous testosterone in his system as detected by the more expensive direct carbon isotope ratio test (CIR). Lastly, even Gatlin’s expert defense witness called it “improbable” that an hour would be enough time to sabotage someone after a race as it would likely take longer than that to get into your system.
LRC Questions Arise Regarding Alberto Salazar’s Explanation For Testosterone Experiment On His Sons – In 2006, Alberto Salazar Said The Idea That Gatlin Was Sabotaged Was “Preposterous On So Many Fronts” A key part of Alberto Salazar‘s defense is that he tested testosterone on his sons as he was fearful that someone like Chris Whetstine could sabotage Galen Rupp, not because he wanted to see how much micro-dosing one could get away with.
Goucher, Lagat, Centro, Solomon, Symmonds, Johnson, Infeld, Huling and Blankenship make the cut.
Full Trancsript Of Mo Farah’s Sky Sports Interview With Jim White
SkySports: Prove I’m A Cheat Or Leave Me Alone
*Guardian: Farah insists he will split from Alberto Salazar if doping claims proved
*Telegraph: Mo Farah says he will dump Alberto Salazar if allegations against coach are correct
*Independent: Salazar must prove innocence or I’ll be first person out
*BBC: Mo Farah says he is 100% clean
LRC Emma Coburn Sets Meet Record In Women’s Steeple As Stephanie Garcia And Colleen Quigley PR And Punch Their Tickets To Beijing Coburn was simply sensational, but also a little lucky to not be DQed. We explain. Leah O’Connor wiped out on the last barrier.
*MB: Leah O’Connor: “God damnit, f***”
*MB: Gut wrenching fall for Leah O’Connor in the steeple
*MB: Ben Blankeship appreciation thread. Thanks for not being a pansy and leading the race.
1,500 Final: LRC Matthew Centrowitz Amazes & Robby Andrews Kicks His Way Onto US 1,500m Team As Leo Does What He Always Does (Updated with new Beijing team info) What a race. Matt Centrowitz destroyed everyone with the largest margin of victory since 2004, Robby Andrews had an incredible kick, and Leo Manzano had his 10th straight top 3 finish.
Post-Race Reaction: LRC Matt Centrowitz On The NOP Doping Investigation And Dominating The 2015 USATF 1,500m Final
*MB: 1:48.7 last 800m for Centro
*MB: What was Robby Andrews thinking? I’ll tell you – I wanna go to Beijing!!! He’s Back Baby!! Andrews 2nd, Leo 3rd
*MB: Ben Blankeship appreciation thread. Thanks for not being a pansy and leading the race.
*Ken Goe:A Motivated Matthew Centrowitz Dominates The USATF 1,500 Final
Juniors: LRC: Blake Haney Takes Down Andrew Hunter & Grant Fisher To Win USA Jr. 1,500 Title Haney got the best of the high schoolers Haney and Fisher. Post-race video with all three.
*Raevyn Rogers (2:06.64) Wins 800 Title
World Record Attempt LRC Paris 5k Preview: Almaz Ayana & Genzebe Dibaba Will Battle For The Win – And The World Record?In 16 additions of the Meeting Areva in Paris, a World Record has never gone down. Ayana (14:14 PR from Shanghai in May) and Dibaba (14:18i PR from Stockholm in February) will be looking to change that in a field that is truly comparable to better than a World Championships final. Behind them, the race contains the top four finishers from World XC and the top 7 fastest women over 5k in 2015.
More Doping News: Victor Conte Thinks Use Of IGF1LR3 Is “Rampant” – Says He’s “Heard Hundreds Of Athletes” That Are Microdosing 7mg Of Testosterone A DayBoth forms of cheating appear to be nearly undetectable and the IFG1LR3 only costs $200 for a 40-day supply.
*Jamaica Anti-Doping Agency Joins The Modern World – Has Started Blood Testing
Alan Abrahamson Pans New Boston 2024 Bid – “Bid 2.0 is DOA” He urges the USOC to pick LA for 2024 or 2028.
Final Day: MB: Official Day 4 2015 USA Outdoor Live Discussion Thread
M5,000: LRC Ryan Hill Wins It As Galen Rupp Almost Misses Out On Making U.S. Team At 5,000 Rupp was beaten by an American, make that two, for the first time since 2013.
*MB: Holy ***!! Ryan MF Hill takes down Rupp. Hill 1, True 2, Rupp 3. Bernard Lagat is left at home. Recap coming.
*MB: An Emotional Bernard Lagat Speaks about Missing Worlds Team — MUST-WATCH
M800: LRC Nick Symmonds Is Back, Symmonds Wins 6th US Title As Erik Sowinski And Cas Loxsom Punch Their Tickets to Beijing Duane Solomon took this one the “Twilight Zone.” Symmonds was smart enough to stay away from that zone and then mow down the field in the final 200.
W1,500: LRC Jenny Simpson Repeats In A Wild Women’s 1,500 10 women had a shot at the team with 100 to go. Simpson and Rowbury went 1-2 but guess who got 3rd and 4th to punch their tickets to Beijing?
w800: LRC Supermom Alysia Montano Is Your 800m Champion!!!Simply unbelievable as Alysia Montano, less than one year after giving birth, beat a tremendous women’s field including one of the favorites for Worlds, Ajee Wilson, who lost a shoe and held on to make the team.
Steeple LRC There’s Never Been A Better Steeple At USAs As Evan Jager Leads The Way As Top 3 All Beat Previous USA Meet RecordEvan Jager led a record brigade as the top 3 all broken Dan Lincoln‘s previous USATF meet record.
W5,000: LRC Nicole Tully Edges Marielle Hall Hall To Claim Her First US Title In Thrilling Race – Abbey D’Agostino Third This race had everything a distance fan would want – fast pace, PRs all over the place and an amazing finish. Now a woman who only scored once at NCAAs and who only had previously been 10th at USAs is the national champ.
Complete Coverage In Our 2015 USA Outdoor Special Section
Bored At Work?Watch The Peachtree Road Race Pre-Race Press Conference With Shalane Flanagan At 11am ET On Thursday For FreeGebre Gebremariam (Team Africa), Daniele Meucci (Team Europe), and Yusuke Hasegawa (Team Asia), as well as Tatyana McFadden, will also be at the presser. The race itself will be live on USATF.tv on July 4th starting at 7:15 am ET. NBC Sports Network will have a highlight show on July 6th.
Q&A With Lindsey Scherf, Who Went From 2:37 To 2:32 At Grandma’s
Learn All About The “Town Of Runners Champions” – Bekoji, Ethiopia – Which Has Produced Kenenisa Bekele, Tirunesh Dibaba And Derartu TuluWe assume Genzebe Dibaba is from there as well. The town’s population – 16,730. Can you say Sports Gene? You can now watch the documentary, Town of Runners, for $4.99.
Kara Goucher said she doesn’t like being labeled a liar and said she will come out with a lot more information to show she is not one.
*MB: “People have been threatened at this meet” – Kara Goucher
*MB: When asked if he’d testify under oath, Salazar says he’d have to ask his lawyer
*MB: Is Rupp prepared to testify under oath? “We’ll see.”
*Oregonian: Kara Goucher has harsh words for Salazar after women’s 5,000 and hopes everyone gets to testify under oath
LRCW 1,500/M Steeple Prelims: Alexa Efraimson Goes Home While Mary Cain Advances; Evan Jager & Donn Cabral Look Great In Steeple The favorites advanced except for Efraimson while Evan Jager talked supplements and what about people who think he might be doping after.
LRC 800 Semis: US #1 Boris Berian Goes Home, Nick And Duane Are Back Ready To Rumble, And What A Women’s Final We Have The 800 finals on Sunday are tremendous even without Boris Berian as Nick and Duane look like they are back just in time.
LRC: Nick Symmonds: “I owe Salazar an apology unless some better evidence comes out … this process is great for this sport.” Symmonds was impressed with Salazar’s rebuttal, thinks more evidence will come out, and praised the Gouchers and Steve Magness for coming forward and LRC for asking the tough questions.
*Duane Solomon Going To Go To “Twilight Zone” And Take 800m Final Out At WR Pace Video.
Friday Live MB Talk:1,500 Semis: Order is restored. Mary Cain is in!! Alexa Efraimson is out!! Videos with both.
*800 Semis: Shocker In Men’s Race: Order is restored. Nick Symmonds is in!!! Boris Borian is out!!
*Women’s 800 Final Is Gonna Be Unreal In heat 2, Wilson, Price, Vessey and Montano were within .09 of each other and that was just one heat.
*Evan Jager Addresses People Who May Think He’s On Drugs And His Supplement Usage
*Dan Huling Talks About His Allergies And Getting An Inhaler
Day 2
100s LRC Tyson Gay’s Return To USAs Results In Victory In Men’s 100 – Tori Bowie Wins First US Title In Women’s Race Afterwards:
*Tyson Talks About Being Listed As Nike And Supplements
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