In actual doping news Jordan Chipangama BANNED for 4 years

Meldonium?! WTF

Likely a Russian joker switched the test sample in via a mousehole.

Coached by Ben Rosario for several years.

Nice try by so-called US "Anti" doping agency, framing a poor Zambian with a harmless non-Western heart medication, just to keep appearances of effect. While post-dated retroactive "TUEs" for bogus conditions make doping legalized and pour out by the hordes to protect the true elites.

Does it really take 11 months to get the results of a drug test! This guy is only going to serve a 3year 3 month suspension. Cheating athletes should serve the full 4 years. In addition, it seems like once an athlete knows they're going to get busted, they can just keep on cheating and defrauding athletes playing fair for months without it counting for another suspension. Two failed tests, he should be banned for life. He's run 1:02:24/2:11:35 btw. But those times shouldn't count as he likely only achieved them with peds.

Contamination Ouch wrote:

Coached by Ben Rosario for several years.

I'm sure they will try to separate the connection but Rosario was coaching him in Rio. One of the original members of NAZ.

An African, doping. I never would have thought.

I would normally agree with the "idiot" comment...but I've known Jordan for many years now and I just don't see him using something like this. I could be totally wrong but doesn't make sense to use something that's not very "high octane," so to speak. Especially since it's well known that meldonium stays in your system for quite a long time.

If he really wanted to cheat, he could have been using epo for years now, yet he's never been popped for that. He's also done a heavy number of races that test, and finishing in testable positions, so it's not like he's ducking testing. Since he's been OOC tested, one would think epo would have shown up, if he were using real juice. I know he's raced many times in Mex, so it's not like he couldn't have obtained epo if he really wanted to. I just don't see it adding up but I could be wrong. Just not your typical doper profile, not by a long shot.

as far as rosario goes, do you really expect every coach to be a fly on the wall with every single one of their athletes? gimme a break, pretty damn sure ben would never condone this sort of thing.

FFF wrote:

An African, doping. I never would have thought.

Who knew that's why they are faster than us.

Is this the beginning of the fall of Flagstaff???

The usual "he's such a great guy, I don't think he was doping" defense. BS. If he got 4 years, you bet your ass that he did it.

He did what...take a previously legal medication that has never been shown to actually improve performance?

Kvothe wrote:

Does it really take 11 months to get the results of a drug test! This guy is only going to serve a 3year 3 month suspension. Cheating athletes should serve the full 4 years. In addition, it seems like once an athlete knows they're going to get busted, they can just keep on cheating and defrauding athletes playing fair for months without it counting for another suspension. Two failed tests, he should be banned for life. He's run 1:02:24/2:11:35 btw. But those times shouldn't count as he likely only achieved them with peds.

Would be nice to have an explanation from USADA why it took 11 months to announce this. I understand that athletes have a right to appeal, etc., but they didn't make any mention of that in the release. If that's why this took so long, say that. And if not...then why did this take so long to come out?

Probably because USADA was trying to pop whoever provided Jordan with the meldonium and/or pop other athletes using it.

jdsd wrote:

Is this the beginning of the fall of Flagstaff???

Not yet. Wait until September.

M. Sharapova wrote:

He did what...take a previously legal medication that has never been shown to actually improve performance?

Except in Russian soldiers in Afghanistan.

Any comment from Ben Rosario?

No comment screams of guilt.

Doesn't Josh Cox represent all of Ben's crew? The same agent that represents Desi Linden.

Why when a certain Italian Agent has a guilty athlete we assume they are all guilty.

Josh Cox ran for Dr. Rosa back with the Fila discovery program

No Comment ? wrote:

Any comment from Ben Rosario?

No comment screams of guilt.

Doesn't Josh Cox represent all of Ben's crew? The same agent that represents Desi Linden.

Why when a certain Italian Agent has a guilty athlete we assume they are all guilty.

Because that Italian agent has now had several athletes popped for EPO. Cox has not. That’s the (obvious) difference.