This one hurts man. Bol was really loved by the non-athletics Australian community. His upbringing and triumph over hardship really appealed to the broader sports fan. These announcements never really end well. I guess the writing was on the wall, and it's probably on the wall for the other top 800m runners too. Just look at his torso. Joey Deng too.
The wording of his statement makes him sound like a nice guy. Therefore, I am confident he is innocent and a victim of a broken system.
Yeah well, pity he didn't write it.
Not looking good for him, wonder if, when the B sample comes up positive, he'll come clean and about where he got it from, who else was involved, etc, etc.
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.
sorry, i missed it was out of comp. makes no odds.
and i still dont see why a modern lab cant do the tests quickly. oftyen one test does many substances.
and, sorry, once its in their blood, and the b test confirms, that is a fact and the public need to know. anything else is just supporting dopers.
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.
For me, there is now a dark cloud on all the athletes coached by Justin Rinaldi....unfortunately that's just how it is. Such a shame, such a shame. They seemed nice.
This one hurts man. Bol was really loved by the non-athletics Australian community. His upbringing and triumph over hardship really appealed to the broader sports fan. These announcements never really end well. I guess the writing was on the wall, and it's probably on the wall for the other top 800m runners too. Just look at his torso. Joey Deng too.
I agree with the first half of your statement but you can't judge whether someone is doping by their torso. That's ridiculous. Name an athlete with Sudanese heritage that doesn't have a muscular torso. Come on.
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.
sorry, i missed it was out of comp. makes no odds.
and i still dont see why a modern lab cant do the tests quickly. oftyen one test does many substances.
and, sorry, once its in their blood, and the b test confirms, that is a fact and the public need to know. anything else is just supporting dopers.
Well if you can't see why a modern lab can't do that, feel free to go build a modern lab that can
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