They ought to just have a passive system using an air tag, phone gps, or some similar technology so they can locate the athlete anytime they wish. Allow the athletes to opt in to such a system if they want.
This seems like a great idea - does anyone know why we don't do this?
I think this would just produce another raft of excuses: I must have left it in my other pair of jeans. I must have left it at my parents' house. It must have fallen out of my pocket. I lent my coat to a team mate because he was cold etc. etc..
The only way round that would be to inject the tracking device under the skin. Which would create a whole load of issues around privacy.
Finally, if you do operate the two systems, whereabouts declaration and tracking device, what happens if the testers show up at your home during the hour you stated you would be at home, and the tracking device indicates you are in the house - but you are not? Does that count as a double violation - not at your stated location and not keeping the tracking device with you?
The AIU once again catching an American that the USADA should have easily caught. America is just as dirty as Kenya if not moreso.
Ridiculous comment El K. If America had 15 distance runners banned in 3 months it would be chaos. I doubt we could even get to 5 before people called for a ban
Ridiculous response.
The only reason America doesn't have more bans is the doping is much more sophisticated than dormitory camps of dirt-poor runners living in Kenyan backwaters.
Anyone with a clue knows that runners like Houlihan getting popped is just the tip of the iceberg. The culture is literally that if you don't get caught you're by definition not breaking rules.
MONACO (AP) — United States sprinter Randolph Ross has been banned for three years for whereabouts failures and faking an email to anti-doping authorities. The Athletics Integrity Unit announced Tuesday that the back-to-back...
