This is probably the positive that has hit me hardest. I want to believe him but know I can't. I will wait for the B sample hoping there is somehow a possibility it's not true, but I'm afraid I've already lost one of my heroes.
It’s a shame. He is really good for the sport here in Australia. People really got around him during the olympics and comm games.
does anyone who knows any more about drug tests than me know what the chances of a false positive might be? I want to believe but damn
As far as I know there's never been a false positive in history for EPO... except Lagat
It was likely Lagat was using the same bespoke Epo that Heredia was bragging about. The same stuff Marion Jones was using. It decayed randomly so that A samples never matched B samples after X period of time.
Sorry, his a sample was positive in early October and his b hasn't even been tested but he's been banned?
Surely a reasonable time frame is:
Event, sample at finish. Test within 48 hours.
If positive, test b within 48hrs or maybe 7 days if athlete needs to get organised.
Announce positive b test to public within 24 hrs.
possible immediate provisional suspension.
Debate etc.
Innocent / suspend.
I don't think you understand exactly what a B sample is. Or what an Out of Competition test is.
B sample is taken at the same time as the A sample. It is then frozen and only tested to corrobate an A sample result.
Testing for all different substances can't be done "within 48 hours". It's not a standard blood test where the doctor says "we're testing this blood to see the iron levels". The doctor says "we need to test this blood/urine for one of thousands of banned substances". Therefore testing can take a longer period of time.
An athlete also usually serves a provisional suspension before the test has been announced to the public when there are genuine reasons the athlete might have to argue their innocence. There is no reason to have "debate etc" before a conviction has been made, and I am not sure why you think there should be. This protects their reputation from being damaged on the small chance that they are innocent.
Its time to start holding the management team and not the athlete responsible. .He was just following orders and trusted his team..They clearly made a mistake with his dosing protocol and now the poor guy has to take the fall.Very unfair on the athletes that test positive.
Guess his coach? He used to come on here and masquerade as some sort of 800m guru!!
I hope Pete gets the ban he deserves.
But weirdly, I have a sense his coach is not part of this. Rinaldi has toiled away for many years, coaching plenty of B and C graders, and from everything I've listened to, is as knowledgeable as it gets on the 800. He's not even a full-time coach. He loves coaching, but doesn't need to coach.
I could be very wrong, I don't think he'd sacrifice his reputation and decades of hard work, for a quick win with Peter Bol.
Guess his coach? He used to come on here and masquerade as some sort of 800m guru!!
I hope Pete gets the ban he deserves.
But weirdly, I have a sense his coach is not part of this. Rinaldi has toiled away for many years, coaching plenty of B and C graders, and from everything I've listened to, is as knowledgeable as it gets on the 800. He's not even a full-time coach. He loves coaching, but doesn't need to coach.
I could be very wrong, I don't think he'd sacrifice his reputation and decades of hard work, for a quick win with Peter Bol.
I doubt Alex Rowe was juiced. He was a speedster and got a million stress fractures. Would have used it on him.
Over the years, my faith in these tests has continued to diminish. Like he says, let the process play out.
ETA: Never knew LR had an edit feature. Just to clarify that my lack of faith in testing is about athletes from wealthier countries having the scientific backing and know-how to evade getting caught. Kenyan dopers are still crude and unsophisticated.
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