Hope she is there with a couple of bodyguards...
Hope she is there with a couple of bodyguards...
In Africa? it's just the opposite, if your clean you don't make the team.....especialy Kenya and Ethiopia
second that on the bodyguards. perhaps we should crowdfund them (kidding, well, sorta). Still hope Montano beats her but would be a cool story to make the final- keep doping from being swept under the rug further.
itll be interesting to see what shape shes in,and what she runs.isnt she a 1.56 800 metre runner at her peak? has she even qualified this year? id be very suprised if she can run much under 2.02 at the moment.
80 Russians applied for it? 90% at least are probably drug cheats.
She competes as a neuter? Does that means she runs with Semenya?
What anthem do they play if she wins?
Can she request that they crank some Motorhead?
Chariots of Fire
cleans wrote:
Hope she is there with a couple of bodyguards...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/36682109
She didn't do anything wrong.
It seems alot of Russians are being unfairly treated, Russians who have never done anything wrong.
Its even worse that Maria Sharapova, was banned for two years for a weak cardiovascular stimulant she probably needs for health reasons can't compete while other athletes in Jamaica and the United States were only effectively banned for a year for much more powerful drugs.
If we're going to be fair about sports we need to treat athletes fairly for an offense.
Its also unfortunate that Jamaica has had almost as many issues with positive tests and testing issues as well as Kenyan Athletics and these issues are seemingly ignored. Lets be fair about sports. That said Russians should be allowed to compete.
You do know that she failed a drugs test and served a ban, don't you?
Russians who WADA can test and show are not using--to the same limits allowed for Farah and Bolt--should be allowed to compete as neutrals. No Russian flag, no Russian entourage, not National Anthem, no Russian anything; always under OAC/WADA observation during the Olympics with extra testing; and a lifetime permanent ban if caught using. If an athlete accepts that then they can compete.
Oddities wrote:
You do know that she failed a drugs test and served a ban, don't you?
Yes, I'm talking about coverups with regard to sport. Lots of athletes have failed drug tests and were never punished or punished so leniently that it makes the whole sport look like a joke.
If this is the whistle-blower, I'm glad she is being rewarded for her courage, but it does have to be said that she was already banned for doping.
Ghost of Lemmy wrote:
What anthem do they play if she wins?
This could be a thread in itself.
I reckon she should go for 'Born to Run' by Springsteen. Or maybe an '80s power ballad.
If America was booted from the Oly Games there is no way in Hell the American govt would allow American athletes to compete as neutrals,
Face it folks, Russia is now a much more tolerant and free nation than America is. We have become the Soviet Union
I beg to disagree.
OK to Go wrote:
Russians who WADA can test and show are not using--to the same limits allowed for Farah and Bolt--should be allowed to compete as neutrals.
Haha. Amazing. Just amazing. WADA doesn't test anyone. This is on the IAAF, who has a long history of hiding positives.
Good thing wholesale corruption in the IAAF and Russia have never been addressed.
And, let's remind everyone, the only sport with banned athletes is track and field. Good thing the IAAF is working hard to un-ban a teeny-tiny part of Russian participation.
jeff tallon wrote:
itll be interesting to see what shape shes in,and what she runs.isnt she a 1.56 800 metre runner at her peak? has she even qualified this year? id be very suprised if she can run much under 2.02 at the moment.
It is not possible to run under 2:05 without drugs.
Oddities wrote:
You do know that she failed a drugs test and served a ban, don't you?
She was banned, by Russia, because her husband was disclosing Russian doping. Read the NYT story. It is interesting.
You really dew wrote:
If America was booted from the Oly Games there is no way in Hell the American govt would allow American athletes to compete as neutrals,
NBC paid billions for the broadcast AND the IOC is making bank on the broadcast. There's no way in hell American sports would get banned.
I'd like to remind you Russian athletes are participating in all events. There is no ban.