She last competed in February of 2025 according to WA, why would she take PED's and thus avoid testing if she wasn't even competing? This doesn't make sense unless she retired and she doesn't care about a suspension.
She posted a video on Instagram denying a drug use and stating it was because of 3 missed tests. Did not provide an explanation and claimed she cannot tell the whole story now, but is appealing and will tell the story when she can. So ultimately, it doesn't tell us anything.
Yes, that's what the ban is for, but no one misses three tests unless they're going to test positive. One - ok crap happens. Two - highly likely someone is doping if they miss 2 tests, but at this point they'd religiously make sure they didn't miss another because their career depends on it. Three missed test is essentially a way for athletes to admit to doping while saving face. Only the most naive believe athletes who are banned for whereabouts failures could be clean. I'm sure its happened before to a clean athlete with a horrible sense of time and planning - or who somehow had a series of emergencies, but its the exception.
Alyssa Newman has a degree from Miami - she is smart enough to know how the system works.
She last competed in February of 2025 according to WA, why would she take PED's and thus avoid testing if she wasn't even competing? This doesn't make sense unless she retired and she doesn't care about a suspension.
She last posted training content on instagram 3 weeks ago - video of her vaulting in training. She probably had an injury.
She last competed in February of 2025 according to WA, why would she take PED's and thus avoid testing if she wasn't even competing? This doesn't make sense unless she retired and she doesn't care about a suspension.
She last posted training content on instagram 3 weeks ago - video of her vaulting in training. She probably had an injury.
I believe there is some kind of document you can provide if you want an injury exemption.
She posted a video on Instagram denying a drug use and stating it was because of 3 missed tests. Did not provide an explanation and claimed she cannot tell the whole story now, but is appealing and will tell the story when she can. So ultimately, it doesn't tell us anything.
Yes, that's what the ban is for, but no one misses three tests unless they're going to test positive. One - ok crap happens. Two - highly likely someone is doping if they miss 2 tests, but at this point they'd religiously make sure they didn't miss another because their career depends on it. Three missed test is essentially a way for athletes to admit to doping while saving face. Only the most naive believe athletes who are banned for whereabouts failures could be clean. I'm sure its happened before to a clean athlete with a horrible sense of time and planning - or who somehow had a series of emergencies, but its the exception.
Alyssa Newman has a degree from Miami - she is smart enough to know how the system works.
Absolutely spot on. 2nd missed test shouldn't even happen.
Earmark of doping statistically speaking.
I personally feel WADA should only test at meets. Let everyone dope out of competition. You would catch those who mess up the micro dosing. Probably catch more dopers at races anyway. Hell, federations are protecting their athletes from doping positives anyway.
Test way more road racers/thonners as well.
Save the testing $$$$ for testing way more athletes. Dump the out-of-season testing.
I watched the video and actually believe her. She sounded honest, didn't exhibit the usual traits of lying and admitted she "came up short" this year. Gabby Thomas on the other hand...
Yes, that's what the ban is for, but no one misses three tests unless they're going to test positive. One - ok crap happens. Two - highly likely someone is doping if they miss 2 tests, but at this point they'd religiously make sure they didn't miss another because their career depends on it. Three missed test is essentially a way for athletes to admit to doping while saving face. Only the most naive believe athletes who are banned for whereabouts failures could be clean. I'm sure its happened before to a clean athlete with a horrible sense of time and planning - or who somehow had a series of emergencies, but its the exception.
Alyssa Newman has a degree from Miami - she is smart enough to know how the system works.
Absolutely spot on. 2nd missed test shouldn't even happen.
Earmark of doping statistically speaking.
I personally feel WADA should only test at meets. Let everyone dope out of competition. You would catch those who mess up the micro dosing. Probably catch more dopers at races anyway. Hell, federations are protecting their athletes from doping positives anyway.
Test way more road racers/thonners as well.
Save the testing $ for testing way more athletes. Dump the out-of-season testing.
Yes?
no f'ing way should out of season testing by dropped. Athletes are using science and testing behind the scenes to know if they're going to get popped before they even test (probably why Newman didn't take the test). They'd simply guarantee they'll test clean before they race - easy to do with marathoners who race a handful of times a year or less.
They introduced her at a Canes football game after she won the bronze medal. I was the only one in my area who knew who she was. But once she started shaking on the sideline everybody was paying attention. She even did the Cam Ward Zombieland gesture
I watched the video and actually believe her. She sounded honest, didn't exhibit the usual traits of lying and admitted she "came up short" this year. Gabby Thomas on the other hand...
Yes... the poor thing just was at a different location than the mean tester, only 3x in over 300 days. Small administrative error. Not her fault!
She probably got tested successfully twice as often, which proves her innocence.
She posted a video on Instagram denying a drug use and stating it was because of 3 missed tests. Did not provide an explanation and claimed she cannot tell the whole story now, but is appealing and will tell the story when she can. So ultimately, it doesn't tell us anything.
OWD friendly reminder: please provide pics and vids. Especially the twerking vid. Step up your game, all this info without visuals is really disappointing and creates an unnecessary workload.
I'd like to see a pro athlete comment on this topic. I know it can be a pain letting them know where you are, basically at all times. I guess they give you a window of time.
This has been discussed to death. Every time a prominent athlete has a whereabouts failure, the media runs comments from elite athletes about the issue.
The consistent take is that it's a mild pain and quite easy to keep the app update if you put any attention to it at all.
Not something that should be hard for a person who's been managing their diet, international travel, other logistics etc etc for years.
No excuse.
100%.
& then news sources often print whatever legally prepared talking points the athlete wants to put out. There's no excuse for missing one test, let alone 3. Whereabouts should be public, and they should be treated as more serious offenses. Stop letting athletes get less time because they're avoiding tests that would land them the more serious offense. T&F just isn't incentivized to do much about doping. The sport revolves around fast times & acts ignorant to what leads to those fast times. Whereabouts serves that system. Why even get one? Maybe let an athlete challenge a one-time miss & define reasonable grounds for missing a test. My best guess is that 90% of athletes spend their 2 misses every season. The sport occasionally catches someone who didn't cycle off so it looks like they're doing something & that's what looks like the outlier.
More testing. Public whereabouts. Stronger penalties. Less allowed misses. Public TUEs (within reason). Etc. Idc if races are won in slower times. They can still be compelling.
She last posted training content on instagram 3 weeks ago - video of her vaulting in training. She probably had an injury.
Coming back from injury is probably when people may turn to substances to help them get back quicker. I saw a competitive local level group athlete asking for bnp on their story for a pulled muscle the other day
I watched the video and actually believe her. She sounded honest, didn't exhibit the usual traits of lying and admitted she "came up short" this year. Gabby Thomas on the other hand...
I'm assuming this is /s - but wtf does "I came up short this year" mean with regards to doping control?!
There is a long story in the New York Times about another sort of EPO-like drug. Developed 25 years ago but never approved. But it is showing up in doping positives. Unfortunately some may be "false" because the drug readily attaches to things even like the leg and arm sleaves. One case had some using such a sleave and it had been used by another athlete that did use the drug.
I'm surprised that this isnt a thread here. Someone with better understanding of stick things should share their opinion