World's fastest man Christian Coleman faces potential whereabouts failure ban for 3 missed drug tests

I wonder if he'll use the broken doorbell excuse?

Meanwhile, Elaine and Shelly-Anne are laughing their asses off.

Update: Coleman just released a statement: "I'M POSITIVE that I would have passed those tests, just like I'M POSITIVE I would win the 100 in Doha. I am going to respect the process and I'M POSITIVE I will be exonerated."

YMMV wrote:

Update: Coleman just released a statement: "I'M POSITIVE that I would have passed those tests, just like I'M POSITIVE I would win the 100 in Doha. I am going to respect the process and I'M POSITIVE I will be exonerated."

If he’s positive he would have passed those tests, then he shouldn’t have avoided them. Instead, he was positive that he would have tested positive, lol.

Gherkin wrote:

FlashGordon wrote:

Did anyone else look through that guy's tweet history? That account's hilarious. Almost everything is a poll. Not sure if he's any kind of insider, though.

I loved it, thanks for pointing those out.

He was right about Coleman. So, are Lyles and Baker next up?

Read online that 9 of the 10 fastest in the men's 100m have been linked to doping. Does that check out? Only Bolt hasn't been which is good but makes me think there is no way he is clean & was probably protected throughout his career. What a joke, missing three tests. I don't want to see him back in the sport. & really the fans are hurt by stuff like this because we have to watch Gatlin, another drug cheat, win gold at Worlds this year. What trash.

Yes. From our article:

SlowFatMaster wrote:

So some of this testing stuff is crazy!

I'd say that their scheduling is what is crazy.

Ok so it looks like CC has missed 3 tests, and is appealing the decision based on one or more of those misses being excusable.

Likely it is the third one, otherwise he would have appealed earlier.

IMO when the third one is appealed, the history of all 3 misses must be examined, because 3 represents a pattern of behavior. IMO the excuse offered for missing the third must be considered in the light of the first two unappealed misses—i.e. CC has less credibility after the first two misses, than before.

And for me, it’s much less credibility. Essentially none. IMO he would have to prove clear unilateral error on the part of the tester, in order for his appeal to succeed.

For now, we wait. What I can tell you is that every single athlete who has ever run wind-legal 9.80 or better has been busted, except for Dolt and CC—and Diack had his hand down Dolt’s pants; also, CC destroyed an indoor record that was previously held by notorious guys like The Greener and BJ, and approached by the equally notorious Chambers.

It would not be a “doping” violation, it would be an “anti-doping” violation, same as all others, and come with a sanction.

How many times have I said on this board that I don’t trust CC...enough time for the mods to have deleted a post or two.

Maybe they will re-post them now.

jeff tallon wrote:

except that theyre not microdosing at all.Theyre on high doses of various drugs,and doing it with impunity.

Maybe so, but the fact that NCAA testing is technically incapable of stopping microdosing is systemic failure.

USADA needs to step in and pull their testing regimen out of the stone age.

To be honest, I thought Christian Coleman was dirty ever since he first started his emergence. Once I found out he was Gatlin's protege I just couldn't believe that what I was seeing was real. I remember sitting at the Bowerman award ceremony his last year and shaking my head at the whole event. I'm not one to think everybody is cheating, but his situation seemed too perfect.

I'm not surprised that he got caught, I'm surprised with how he got caught. Rojo, I take away my "untouchables" comment from earlier this thread because I never thought they'd bust this guy. I guess we'll see how his appeal goes. There is one other sprinter I believe to be cheating, but because I don't want this comment to get deleted so I'll save it.

The sprints are by far the most exciting events in the sport of track & field, no doubt about it. No skinny athletes here.

Yes, from LR six years ago now, and even earlier in other threads:

Just a fact, but it has taken a long time for people to catch on. And every time another got popped, weight was added to my argument: Blake, Carter, Gay, Powell, and now maybe CC. It is all in the threads. 9.80 is not an arbitrary limit.

Drug test him if he passes all is cool.

rodge-o wrote:

Of the 11 men in history to run 9.80 or faster, all but Usain Bolt have been banned or linked to an anti-doping infraction.

9.58 Usain Bolt

9.69 Tyson Gay — banned for one year for steroids in 2013

9.69 Yohan Blake — banned for three months for stimulant in 2009

9.72 Asafa Powell — banned for six months for stimulant in 2013

9.74 Justin Gatlin — banned for amphetamines in 2001 (one year), testosterone in 2006 (four years)

9.78 Nesta Carter — failed test for stimulant at 2008 Olympics, banned for three months

Four of the top five busted sprinters caught for stimulants. Like I'm always on about, that's the stuff that really works in a contest of whose nerves can go fastest. Except the one Blake was slapped on the wrist for, which wasn't even quite banned yet when he took it.

casual obsever wrote:

Armstronglivs wrote:

There's a reason why three missed tests is a doping violation; the athletes know this. You sure as hell would know this after two missed tests - three strikes and you're out. This is the sport now; the best are juiced. But some are being caught - or revealed, through a failure to meet testing obligations.

+1

What's almost hilarious is that the PR shills here try to act surprise that at American top sprinter was caught.

Here's the updated list of Top 10 American 100 m runners, sorted by PR:

Gay – banned drug cheat

Gatlin – banned drug cheat

Greene – reported doper

Coleman – missed three tests

Bromell

Burrell – reported doper

Rodgers – banned drug cheat

Lewis – protected doper

Baker

Crawford – banned drug cheat

So the clock is ticking for Bromell and Baker. Just a matter of when not if.

Subway Surfers wrote:

So the clock is ticking for Bromell and Baker. Just a matter of when not if.

That list was actually from last year or so. Now Lyles is on it too with his 9.86.

And then there is this:

InTheKnowWVU wrote:

Just came across this tweet that seems to connect the dots alluded to in this thread.

https://twitter.com/BallerSprint/status/1164375790718504961?s=20

I love it! What twisted logic, espoused by the small-minded: "Since X number of sprinters in the Top 10 are hepped up on goofballs, ALL sprinters in the Top 10 must be hepped up on goofballs."

ALL left-handed white people between the ages of 55 and 60 in Biloxi, Mississippi are racists.

ALL New Yorkers named Guido are in the Mafia.

ALL Division II milers will forever be inferior runners.

Gross generalizations are gross.

SlowFatMaster wrote:

Well, one of Brianna's violations was at an airport. Rollins had already passed through airport security. The testers were not flying that day, so they were on the other side of security. In order to comply with the testers, Rollins would have had to exit security, give the sample, then go through security again, possibly risking a missed flight, a missed meet, etc.

Yes, this. Risk management. A missed test is nothing compared to possibly risking a missed flight, a missed meet. An obvious choice.