USADA is targeting Rupp

student of the sport wrote:

http://olympictalk.nbcsports.com/2014/04/01/which-u-s-athletes-were-drug-tested-the-most-in-2013/

Most tested athlete of any sport last year, as well as the most tested athlete since 2001 of any sport.

This came up last time they released these stats. He gets tested a lot because he competes a lot, and he's also in an easy city for testers to "randomly" get to.

elfie rupp is not tested nearly enough. This punkassbitch cheating doper needs to be tested every hour every day.

EPO cheats out!

it is all crazy wrote:

It seems pretty clear they are testing the athletes that are at the top the most.

I imagine Horner was tested every day in the tour he was in the top group of the GC. I don't remember when he moved to the top group but that would be a lot of tests right there.

It is funny looking at testing, you can so , oh he was tested so much as there is suspicion, or you could say they are testing so much to quell all the rumors.

Long as folks are passing not much else can be said. Certainly better than not passing....

What do you mean by the "top group"? And what do you mean by "the tour"? He did not race the TdF this year, and there are drug testing rules that govern every Grand Tour. I am sure they followed them in the case of the Tour of Spain in 2013.

I can't tell you whether Horner is a guilty doper or not, but why do people sound off on here about things they know NOTHING about?

Horner has been a top rider at every level he has competed at for 20 yrs.

Guy who heard it from a guywho wrote:

student of the sport wrote:http://olympictalk.nbcsports.com/2014/04/01/which-u-s-athletes-were-drug-tested-the-most-in-2013/

Most tested athlete of any sport last year, as well as the most tested athlete since 2001 of any sport.

This came up last time they released these stats. He gets tested a lot because he competes a lot, and he's also in an easy city for testers to "randomly" get to.

I have nothing against Rupp, but by what standard does he compete "a lot"?

He runs indoor, but not a lot of races, and he runs outdoor, but very few races. He doesn't run XC or road races. Not that he needs to, but in the days before testing was a thing athletes raced 50 times a year. Guys like Nick Rose, Virgin, Lindsay, Rodgers, Shorter ...

Steve Scott routinely raced 50 times a year. There were guys like Ben Durden, Kjell-Erik Stahl and Rodgers that ran 4 marathons a year.

I think Rupp runs 4-6 indoor races and 5-8 outdoor races each year. It would be great if that changes, but I don't see that trend reversing.

Ritz ran more races in one year of high school XC, indoor and outdoor (about 60-80) than he has in the last 5 years as a pro.

Today's distance runners are barely competing.

Daniel Komen's manager described that he used to take every opportunity he could to race.

He also had a professional career that was approximately 2 years long.

As far as recent injuries go... Bekele was injured for over a year. Rudisha has been recovering for nearly a year. Solinsky's injury basically ended his track career. Jeilan was injured shortly after his 2011 WC victory and hasn't been able to replicate his success. Ritz has been injured as frequently as always.

You can imagine why many runners aren't too eager to run in large numbers of races.

Moreover, there ARE many runners who race frequently, namely, the army of Kenyans that pour into the European Circuit and onto the roads each year. Incidentally, almost all of them vanish shortly afterwards.

Mr. Obvious wrote:

Most Interesting Coach ITW wrote:

He's definitely not the most tested athlete since 2001 of any sport. By USADA maybe, but not the most tested overall for sure.

As far as I can tell USADA is the only testing authority that releases he number of times individual athletes are tested. so there isn't any way to know for sure. I have only seen other authorities release data aggregated by sport. If you have individual listings I would much appreciate you sharing.

There are probably too many total athletes tested for WADA to list them for the public, or maybe that's the thinking?

UCI does more tests than any other sport I believe. If you regulary wear a leaders jersey at a grand tour (cycling 3 week race) you are going to be tested A LOT.

Wasn't Armstrong making claims that he was one of, if not THE, most tested athletes in the world during his career?

I don't think being one of the most tested athletes says anything... It doesn't say he's clean (obviously Armstrong wasn't). And it doesn't say he's being targeted if your racing a lot. But, does Rupp really race that much more than anyone else? Or is it that he places in the races he does compete in and the top 3 are tested?

It seems kind of unfair if racing a lot triggers more testing, because a higher frequency of racing has nothing to do with how likely someone is to be doping.

Well, I am glad they are focusing on where the real problem is. Already SCRAWNY distance runners and cyclists harming their health even more by taking ridiculous amounts of drugs. I hope they'll catch them soon.

At the same time I am glad they're following a more sensible approach with sprinters, who work hard for the physiques they carry. When you train 8h a day, you have no time to bother with drugs (and drug controls). Case in point: most positives in sprints where tainted supplements (see Tyson Gay) and had nothing to do with intentional drug abuse.

Rather than looking at how many times an athlete is tested absolutely, maybe look into how many time they are tested proportionate to the times when they could be tested? If Rupp runs a lot of events that test or where testing could conceivably be done at that event, doesn't it stand to reason that he would be tested more often?

NTHXC wrote:

Wasn't Armstrong making claims that he was one of, if not THE, most tested athletes in the world during his career?

I don't think being one of the most tested athletes says anything... It doesn't say he's clean (obviously Armstrong wasn't). And it doesn't say he's being targeted if your racing a lot. But, does Rupp really race that much more than anyone else? Or is it that he places in the races he does compete in and the top 3 are tested?

Armstrong claimed a lot of things. Many of those claims were not credible on their face and turned out to be false. I don't take any of his claims at face value.

Most Interesting Coach ITW wrote:

Mr. Obvious wrote:

As far as I can tell USADA is the only testing authority that releases he number of times individual athletes are tested. so there isn't any way to know for sure. I have only seen other authorities release data aggregated by sport. If you have individual listings I would much appreciate you sharing.

There are probably too many total athletes tested for WADA to list them for the public, or maybe that's the thinking?

http://www.wada-ama.org/Documents/Resources/Testing-Figures/WADA-2012-Anti-Doping-Testing-Figures-Report-EN.pdf

UCI does more tests than any other sport I believe. If you regulary wear a leaders jersey at a grand tour (cycling 3 week race) you are going to be tested A LOT.

According to that report Athletics had about the same number of tests as cycling. I would guess those are distributed over a larger number of competitors in Athletics but without more data it is impossible to know for sure. Football actually had the most tests by a wide margin.

I have checked other federation websites (France, Germany, Italy) and can't find that any of them list athletes by name either. I am not fluent in those languages but I am pretty certain of that. Without any listings it is possible Rupp is the most tested athlete in the world, or possible that he is #9000 on the list of most tested. No way to say for sure. I wish that information was available for other countries.

Yes, switched hotels AND notified all the proper authorities within the accepted deadlines that he was planning to make the switch. They couldn't find him because they were unable to follow their own protocol. Doping officials confirmed after the fact that they did have on hand the proper documentation of this changing hotels ahead of time.I have no opinion whatsoever about his cleanness, but if you're going to make a claim like this please provide all the relevant information.

just sayin wrote:

the usada hired spanish anti doping to test him in a 'sting' operation the day after his vuelta win

but he had switched hotels and they couldn't locate him

No, Rupp is being mega-tested because he has a mass quanitity of TUEs. He is one of the sickly athletes in the world. He has slept in an altitude tent since high school. His pantry is filled with special multivitamins. He is forever improving his time--even as he gets old in runner years. Things don't add up, that is why Rupp gets special testing.

interesting facts mdsdf wrote:

They are targeting him because he is WHITE.

interesting facts mdsdf wrote:

They are targeting him because he is WHITE.

They can't stand the fact that he was the lone white guy at the Olympics humiliating almost every African out there. Plus you could just watch his stance by running, the difference between blacks and whites was perfectly clear. Like we are totally different species. It drove the liberals INSANE.

Are you retarded?

Knot White wrote:

No, Rupp is being mega-tested because he has a mass quanitity of TUEs. He is one of the sickly athletes in the world. He has slept in an altitude tent since high school. His pantry is filled with special multivitamins. He is forever improving his time--even as he gets old in runner years. Things don't add up, that is why Rupp gets special testing.

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Mr. Obvious wrote: I'm a blind Rupp Fanboi.

Yes, you are very blind. You are also one of the stupidest posters on LRC.

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mother clucker wrote:

Makes you wonder why they would target him.

student of the sport wrote:http://olympictalk.nbcsports.com/2014/04/01/which-u-s-athletes-were-drug-tested-the-most-in-2013/

Most tested athlete of any sport last year, as well as the most tested athlete since 2001 of any sport.

You and the rest of the Letsrun goons are setting up a guilty until proven innocent (but probably still guilty) culture with running. Keep up the work, this is the only way our sport will grow and flourish!