Anyone ever check out her Instagram posts? Good God is there anyone more full of themselves? and she has the b@lls to belittle this whole situation by writing some stupid quote about how she needs to have “freedom of choice “ 🤣😅.
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
Seems then like it could also rub off on equipment at the gym. Bad stuff. So you do a weight workout then later test positive.
"The violation was completed on 23 August, although in different circumstances. The officer did locate Newman at the start of the declared window, but the athlete told him that she had to leave immediately to take part in the filming of a television game show. The decision records verbatim that Newman said that 'she had to leave immediately to participate in the filming of a television gameshow'."
"The pole vaulter proposed that the officer accompany her to the studio, an option he rejected because there were no guarantees of access, and both parties agreed to defer the sample collection. Newman provided the sample later that same day, but the AIU concluded that she had not been available for the full window and had not updated her information in time."
"The violation was completed on 23 August, although in different circumstances. The officer did locate Newman at the start of the declared window, but the athlete told him that she had to leave immediately to take part in the filming of a television game show. The decision records verbatim that Newman said that 'she had to leave immediately to participate in the filming of a television gameshow'."
"The pole vaulter proposed that the officer accompany her to the studio, an option he rejected because there were no guarantees of access, and both parties agreed to defer the sample collection. Newman provided the sample later that same day, but the AIU concluded that she had not been available for the full window and had not updated her information in time."
That does seem absurd - assuming Newman can prove she participated in this gameshow - there must be tapes or credits which would lead to CAS acquitting her of this.
"The violation was completed on 23 August, although in different circumstances. The officer did locate Newman at the start of the declared window, but the athlete told him that she had to leave immediately to take part in the filming of a television game show. The decision records verbatim that Newman said that 'she had to leave immediately to participate in the filming of a television gameshow'."
"The pole vaulter proposed that the officer accompany her to the studio, an option he rejected because there were no guarantees of access, and both parties agreed to defer the sample collection. Newman provided the sample later that same day, but the AIU concluded that she had not been available for the full window and had not updated her information in time."
That does seem absurd - assuming Newman can prove she participated in this gameshow - there must be tapes or credits which would lead to CAS acquitting her of this.
Conversely - it's absurd that an athlete who has been in the testing pool for over 10 years has selected her window to be the hour in which she would be recording a game show. Something tells me that the invite to be on Family Feud didn't "just pop up" - it would have been organised in advance.
Just about every athlete I know in the whereabouts program picks an early morning slot, because you're going to be in bed 99% of the time. Picking one in the middle of the afternoon (as an example) runs the risk that there are conflicts where you need to go shopping/get treatment/go train...
It's really not as hard as some people are making it out to be. You just pick 1 hour a day where you know you will be in a given location.
The game show brought forward the filming time and didn't leave her with enough time to reschedule the testing. But that said, she made the wrong choice prioritising the game show over the testing. You have no marketability as an athlete if you get done for doping or whereabouts charges. So whatever she earnt for that game show was at the expense of other potential earnings. I don't know how long testing takes on average, but her best answer would have been to give a sample as quickly as she could before heading off for filming, and if she was late for filming, tough, she has no career with a whereabouts failure. Testing simply comes first.
Conversely - it's absurd that an athlete who has been in the testing pool for over 10 years has selected her window to be the hour in which she would be recording a game show. Something tells me that the invite to be on Family Feud didn't "just pop up" - it would have been organised in advance.
Just about every athlete I know in the whereabouts program picks an early morning slot, because you're going to be in bed 99% of the time. Picking one in the middle of the afternoon (as an example) runs the risk that there are conflicts where you need to go shopping/get treatment/go train...
It's really not as hard as some people are making it out to be. You just pick 1 hour a day where you know you will be in a given location.
Indeed. Plus, it is also absurd to ask to be tested several hours later after the arrival of the tester. Old trick to start masking and overhydrating.