Hahaha yes. He officially got his doping ban extended for cheating by providing falsified evidence. (CAS reprimanded cheat Salazar quite strongly for his tampering too.)
One must be quite delusional to consider such a person honest. Or, more likely, a PR shill.
I doubt it is "in most people's eyes", but if so, then most people aren't particularly well informed, and their eyes are blinded by their faith.
According to the USADA Chief of the prosecutors: "... in this case, (which) does not involve the use of prohibited drugs..."
The 3-year ban is for missing 3 tests (2 year ban maximum), followed by sending an altered email (4-year ban, reduced to 3 for quick acceptance).
Play around all you want with the definitions of the word "doping" (or hihgly(sic) likely doper), these kinds of anti-doping rule violations are not suspected, or proven to likely enhance performance.
I think the altered email says it all. Anyone innocent would have complied & assisted with the investigation; there's a strong possibility you would get the standard 2 yr ban reduced to 1 yr, as within the rules. But to try and fake an email reeks of someone willing to do what it takes to get to the top. He wanted to wriggle out of this. That's a cheaters mindset.
Boy was a downright doped up cheat.
These threads are always about that, aren't they -- what anonymous posters like "HeCheated" think.
On the one hand, the prosecutor says one thing, and on the other hand, a bunch of anonymous posters think an altered email says Scantling would "do what it takes" and he's a "downright doped up cheat".
This looks like more a product of a lively imagination.
He missed tests on August 25, 2021 (Q3), on January 24, 2022 (Q1), and on April 9, 2022 (Q2).
USADA also lists how often they tested the athletes per quarter:
Q3/2021: 1 - so 1 successful test, and 1 missed test.
Q4/2021: 0 - lol no wonder he didn't miss any.
Q1/2022: 1 - so 1 successful test, and 1 missed test. I literally can't stop laughing.
Q2/2022: 3 - no wonder he had to dodge yet another one.
Hahahaha this is too rich. In that time period, he missed 3 tests out of 8. He must have been hiding a lot...
You must be looking at half the facts, or in this case 2/3 rds.
USADA said he missed 3 tests out of 12: "Scantling was successfully tested nine times between his first Whereabouts Failure and his provisional suspension."
3/12 = 25%
So if you extrapolate that for the whole year 365 x 25% = 91 days where he is not where he has said he will be
Unless you really think in your doping apologists mind that he only missed 3 in the whole year and the testers happened to turn up on those exact same days!
So if you extrapolate that for the whole year 365 x 25% = 91 days where he is not where he has said he will be
Unless you really think in your doping apologists mind that he only missed 3 in the whole year and the testers happened to turn up on those exact same days!
Ducking and diving
Yes. Plus, where do the 12 tests come from? They are not in USADA's database. So, 8 from USADA and 4 from AIU, all on American soil?
Or maybe the USADA press release is wrong. Or the database. I guess we'll never know.
You must be looking at half the facts, or in this case 2/3 rds.
USADA said he missed 3 tests out of 12: "Scantling was successfully tested nine times between his first Whereabouts Failure and his provisional suspension."
3/12 = 25%
So if you extrapolate that for the whole year 365 x 25% = 91 days where he is not where he has said he will be
Unless you really think in your doping apologists mind that he only missed 3 in the whole year and the testers happened to turn up on those exact same days!
Ducking and diving
Extrapolotion: Wikipedia calls it "a type of estimation, beyond the original observation range" and cautions "Like slippery slope arguments, extrapolation arguments may be strong or weak depending on such factors as how far the extrapolation goes beyond the known range."
In any case, 25%, 37.5%, 50%, or even 100% doesn't mean he's "ducking and diving", nor that he ever doped involving a banned substance. That requires imagination and bad-faith.
One more time: I looked like that, and pretty much still do, and have never taken anything.
I never came 4th at OG, however. Looks can be deceiving😂
Scantling's physique is relatively typical for a steroid-free athlete with natural sprinter genes (and sprinter/decathlete workouts). Likewise, I was at least that muscular at 40 years old, despite lifetime drug-free. That photo doesn't even move the needle on my steroid-user-meter.
What does raise suspicion, is that 8867 score he threw down years beyond his peak and taking a retirement break. Higher than Bryan Clay's PR or Trey Hardee's PR? Yeah, THAT combined with the whereabouts violations is a red-flag. But not the physique.
One more time: I looked like that, and pretty much still do, and have never taken anything.
I never came 4th at OG, however. Looks can be deceiving😂
Scantling's physique is relatively typical for a steroid-free athlete with natural sprinter genes (and sprinter/decathlete workouts). Likewise, I was at least that muscular at 40 years old, despite lifetime drug-free. That photo doesn't even move the needle on my steroid-user-meter.
What does raise suspicion, is that 8867 score he threw down years beyond his peak and taking a retirement break. Higher than Bryan Clay's PR or Trey Hardee's PR? Yeah, THAT combined with the whereabouts violations is a red-flag. But not the physique.
What I haven't made up is 3 missed tests and a tampering violation. Unlike you, I know what that means.
We actually don’t know what it means. You can make up your own assumptions but that what they are; assumptions.Why pretend they are facts?
They are facts. What you can't do is draw the necessary conclusions. But don't worry too much about that - not everyone is gifted with average intelligence.
We actually don’t know what it means. You can make up your own assumptions but that what they are; assumptions.Why pretend they are facts?
They are facts. What you can't do is draw the necessary conclusions. But don't worry too much about that - not everyone is gifted with average intelligence.
The conclusions you seek are assumptions and as such not facts.How can you say otherwise?
I echo sprintgeezer & rastamongoose; it's his high score & its context that raises questions, just before his 29th birthday, and just before he then gets a ban for 3 missed tests.
I mean, what a coincidence that he just happens to be in the best form of his life while also being his most forgetful & missing dope tests. And to top it, any genuinely innocent person would not tamper with the process. A cheat is a cheat is a cheat...
I will say this, though, that the events are often technical, and can take years to get better at, especially for a decathlete. The age thing doesn’t bother me so much, especially if he had noticeable form improvement in things like PV and JT.
But, too many (ridiculous) coincidences to NOT arouse serious suspicion. That is a monster score, “out of nowhere”
They are facts. What you can't do is draw the necessary conclusions. But don't worry too much about that - not everyone is gifted with average intelligence.
The conclusions you seek are assumptions and as such not facts.How can you say otherwise?
3 missed tests and a tampering violation are facts, not assumptions. What is an assumption is that you might have sufficient basic intelligence to understand that. But that would be a false assumption.
They are facts. What you can't do is draw the necessary conclusions. But don't worry too much about that - not everyone is gifted with average intelligence.
The conclusions you seek are assumptions and as such not facts.How can you say otherwise?
He missed not one test or two but three. Then he tampered with evidence. He was trying to avoid getting caught. That isn't an assumption.
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