Christian Coleman facing a possible suspension for 3 missed tests

How difficult is it to not smoke pot? Grow up man.

Sincerely, Tyler Woodrome.

If found guilty:

1. CC will loose his 100 medal. Gatlin for gold. This will be it for Gatlin. No Tokyo.

2. US will loose their 4*100 relay gold.

3. They will loose their American record.

This is gonna be painful.

"Lose", dumb@ss.

rule reader wrote:

Great response , but it still leaves a bit of a question of whether usada do make a regular attempt to ring.

I can’t recall the cases but I have noted that they rang and then sorted an other time out.

Anyway, in this instance ,CC has no defence.

Why did he not put down 6.00 as most do. That would avoid shopping.

Think this was an AIU test, and according to The Guardian's article they don't call.

Have to admit that I googled around it because I thought they weren't supposed to call.

Christmas shopping on December 9th sounds pretty organised by my standards.

Speak Up wrote:

If found guilty:

1. CC will loose his 100 medal. Gatlin for gold. This will be it for Gatlin. No Tokyo.

2. US will loose their 4*100 relay gold.

3. They will loose their American record.

This is gonna be painful.

Not quite. The ban and DQs start on the day of the third missed test, which was December 9. So Coleman will keep the Gold(s), and Naser will lose it (see above). He got lucky!

It’s not like he had to go drive to a testing site. All he had to do was stay home and wait for a knock for an hour. Is it really that f*cking hard?!

NativeSon wrote:

El Keniano wrote:

He's American, ergo he'll get off, easy. But it's worrying how, even with such shennanigans indicating possible widespread sophisticated doping cat and mouse in wealthier countries, almost no one ever tests positive. Testing in Western Europe and North America is a useless venture.

El K,

Your buddy Coevett hasn't seen this thread.

I can bet a hundred shillings that he hasn't seen it. If he had, he'd have commented.

Ha ha ha ha!

C'mon, cut him some slack. 'He can't be everywhere. He's got statues to protect ? ? ??

I'd like to hear more about the claim it's the wrong address. If that's really the case it seems this episode would be tossed out immediately. But the form he uploaded to Twitter describes a gated apartment complex at which they were able to park and access his unit. Did they list the wrong apartment number on the form? Were they on the wrong side of the hall? If he came home with fifteen minutes left in the window and the testers say they stayed the entire hour, were the testers really at a separate address and that's why they didn't see each other? It sounds suspicious to me. If they legitimately were at the wrong address why didn't CC lead with that loud as can be?

Why the F--- is it so hard for athletes to do these damn drug tests? This guy deserves to lose his WR if he is actually found guilty of this, at least in my book, unless he has a damn good argument to make. Sadly, it sounds like all his medals and records will stand. Lucky guy.

Edit: Why exactly can't I use profanity again?

missed another one in December wrote:

Wow. He narrowly escaped a ban last summer but then apparently missed another one.

https://www.letsrun.com/news/2020/06/worlds-fastest-man-may-face-an-olympic-ban-for-missing-yet-another-drug-test/https://wwos.nine.com.au/news/world-100m-champion-coleman-facing-ban/6d54012a-07ef-4e7e-ba74-29c24b5e751e?ocid=Social-WWOS

Editor's Note: We changed the title of the thread to reflect that Coleman has not been officially suspended yet. We also have linked to our article on the matter.

WAITING for Coleman's father to get mad again. Tik tok tik tok

I still think it sucks to have to lay out and adhere to this one hour each day availability every day of your life. Either mapped way out ahead of time or providing regular updates.

I totally think he's on PEDs.

But I don't know if this is a deliberate instance of not being there because he was juicing or he simply took a chance and went out the house. They're not coming every day.

And I must say, the testers are pretty bad at busting people.

They probably actually catch about 1% of the dopers out there and spend a lot of time and money trying.

Star wrote:

I still think it sucks to have to lay out and adhere to this one hour each day availability every day of your life. Either mapped way out ahead of time or providing regular updates.

I totally think he's on PEDs.

But I don't know if this is a deliberate instance of not being there because he was juicing or he simply took a chance and went out the house. They're not coming every day.

And I must say, the testers are pretty bad at busting people.

They probably actually catch about 1% of the dopers out there and spend a lot of time and money trying.

My employees have to layout and adhere to availability 8 hours a day.

Man this guy is pathological. How many times are the Brojos going to defend him? Well it was just this or that?

The dude has one job. This is now 4 missed test. It's ridiculous.

Has Coleman showed up 5 min late to any races? I think not. Would he expect them to hold the race for him?

quehoares wrote:

Star wrote:

I still think it sucks to have to lay out and adhere to this one hour each day availability every day of your life. Either mapped way out ahead of time or providing regular updates.

I totally think he's on PEDs.

But I don't know if this is a deliberate instance of not being there because he was juicing or he simply took a chance and went out the house. They're not coming every day.

And I must say, the testers are pretty bad at busting people.

They probably actually catch about 1% of the dopers out there and spend a lot of time and money trying.

My employees have to layout and adhere to availability 8 hours a day.

This. Also, if giving your whereabouts for one hour a day is too much, don't be a pro athlete. Simple

I can't believe that LRC is siding with C.C. Are you kidding me? It's pretty freakin' simple. Be where you're supposed to be!!!! It's your JOB!!!! It's NOT difficult!!!

You're the defending world champion in an event that is tainted with cheaters, you've already dodged a bullet doing the same Sh*t. Phone call (not required) or no phone call, it doesn't matter. This isn't rocket science. Mr. Coleman and his entourage need to pull their heads out of their butts and get their act together.

Now, in all fairness to Mr. Coleman, if the drug tester was at the wrong location (of which he/she misread the address) then shame on them. If it was a case of them having the "incorrect" address as provided by Mr. Coleman and or his management team then it's Mr. Colemans responsibility to confirm that his address on file is correct. This needs to be confirmed and re-confirmed by the athlete AND his management team.

"Go Run One"

As the owners of the site, I don’t blame the guys for deciding to err on the side of caution. I think they backpedalled the first time a bit, but , again, I don’t blame them.

In fairness to Christian, it will be interesting if the tester was at the wrong address. HOWEVER, he readily admits on social media that he was NOT at home. So, whether they were at the wrong address or not, he does admit he’s not home.

He is a young guy that CLEARLY gets bad advice. His circle of advisors/friends includes known drug cheats. He’s now got FOUR missed tests (I do not care how they spin them). His Daddy comes on here acting like everyone should be afraid of him for some reason.

I have already had my personal and professional life played out to the world on LRC and every other news outlet. Some was true. Some was fabricated. However; enough was true or partially true for EVERYTHING to be believable. Christian need to understand that nobody cares about the truth anymore. The only thing people care about it the perception.

Lose the punks like Drummond and Mitchell. Own your career (what’s left of it) and follow the rules. It’s that simple. You may not agree with the procedure. You may not agree with their method of operation. That’s fine. Don’t agree. However, when EVERY OTHER world class athlete can figure it out, you have no leg to stand on.

quehoares wrote:

My employees have to layout and adhere to availability 8 hours a day.

7 days a week?

Can never take any time off?

I am sure they can take a week off.

Coleman can't say don't test him for this one specific week.

If I was CC after I skated the first time, I’d make sure they call me. FaceTime me. Send up a flare. Call my dad. Call Rojo. I would never miss another test.

What happened to you, Rojo? You really believe Coleman should be treated differently because he's the 100m world champ?

Anyway, if the tester was at the wrong address, then this is a non-issue. It shouldn't count as a whereabouts failure. How could the AIU even begin to contend otherwise?

If, on the other hand, the tester was at the correct address at any point during Coleman's one-hour availability window and Coleman did not answer the door, then he clearly should be banned. Whether or not a phone call was made is irrelevant.