Tyson Gay Gets 1 Year Doping Ban from USADA - 50% reduction for "fully and truthfully cooperating"

Not a doper wrote:

Furthermore, I have much more respect for an athlete like Gay who tells the truth early on

"Early on"? You mean AFTER he got caught?

"tells the truth"? Like the "truth" about 9.69?

exthrower wrote:

Dontcha love how after Gay wins a race he looks up and thanks God...complete dirtball..

God wanted him to cheat.

Seems like Gay is well on his way to duping the Brojos and others again. Now the front page is implying that he is really a good guy, giving back his money and all.

Please! What was it that their family friend GW Bush said about "fool me once...."?

I mean, how false can you get? If Gay was truly an honorable guy, he wouldn't have doped in the first place. He's only giving the money back because he got caught! Would he have given back a single penny if he hadn't got caught? Of course not.

When somebody gets busted, they have various options: deny, lie, obfuscate, partially admit, etc. Gay is just picking the option he thinks will be best for him in the long term. He is betting on seeming like a sympathetic character who will be allowed back into the game if he rats a few people out.

For the poster a while back who commended Gay for "manning up" and showing character, or whatever: what a load of balls. He's got you conned. If he had confessed without even being caught, then that would show a trace of character. That's not what happened. And people with true character and integrity don't cheat in the first place.

Gay seems to be pulling his approach straight from Con Tricks 101. Act humble. Credit God. Campaign against the thing (doping) that you are actually benefitting from. Make partial confessions while insisting everything else was on the up-and-up. Wake up, all you marks!

Yeah, some people here are real fools.

Here's the thing: you could test ME today, right now, and I KNOW with 100% certainty that I would not test positive for anything banned, unless the test was flawed.

100%

You hear that? One Hundred Percent Certainty.

If you can't perform in elite athletics without doing like I do--eating whole foods, no supplements, no drugs, no anti-inflammatories, no Sudafed, no NSAID's, no Aspirin, no creatine, no soy protein, no fish oil, NOTHING--then you have no business being there. Like me.

Wtfunny wrote:

ukathleticscoach wrote:.

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Then does anyone run 9.69 then start doping? No so he is lying

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Unless of course they ran 9.69 and still got a shellacking by someone running even faster.

Anything is possible for the gullible.

Great news that steroids make you run slower though!

I tell ya what, USATF and the IOC has created a great villain for 2016! barring injuries and changes of heart they have a nice bolt/gay rivalry to hype the hell out of for another 2 years!...yehaw cant wait to see what happens next!! Gay 9.75 anyone??

Not one report critising him on the here, pathetic:

Any opinions Rojo, or does the antidrugs stance change with the wind?

'Doping News: Tyson Gay Offers To Pay Back All Appearance Fees/Prize Money

Tyson Gay Offers To Pay Back $500,000 In Prize Money And Appearance Fees Following His One-Year Doping Suspension

Gay Watches His High School Daughter At The Tyson Gay Invitational In His Hometown Gay spoke on the situation with his 1-year ban and said, “There’s a lot for me to tell, my side … USADA understands that it was a mistake. That’s why they’re allowing me to run this year.”

Alan Abrahamson Explains Why We Need To Be Patient With Regards To The Tyson Gay Doping Case And Why The Media Is Focusing On The Wrong Thing He says that people should wait until the full facts of the case come out before passing judgement. He points out USADA saying Gay provided “substantial assistance” is key.

Vice Chair Of Jamaica Doping Panel Sent On Leave Following His Recent Arrest For Running A Brothel Lennox Gayle was on the panel that sentenced Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson.'

Alan Abrahamson is right: "wait until the full facts of the case come out before passing judgement".

I can imagine several scenarios, where someone runs there personal best, then after years of not improving, or persistent injury, or someone else coming along who is faster, eventually seeks alternative advice, and consequently (either knowingly or mistakenly) ends up doping.It would be ridiculous to conclude that this could never happen, or that something similar couldn't have happened for Gay starting only in 2012.

ukathleticscoach wrote:

does anyone run 9.69 then start doping?

Coe asks USADA: "What 'assistance' has Tyson Gay provided to have ban reduced?"

http://www.insidethegames.biz/sports/summer/athletics/1020167-coe-asks-usada-what-assistance-has-tyson-gay-provided-to-have-ban-reduced?

Destruir fecha wrote:

If you can't perform in elite athletics without doing like I do--eating whole foods, no supplements, no drugs, no anti-inflammatories, no Sudafed, no NSAID's, no Aspirin, no creatine, no soy protein, no fish oil, NOTHING--then you have no business being there. Like me.

Are you real?

ukathleticscoach wrote:

Coe asks USADA: "What 'assistance' has Tyson Gay provided to have ban reduced?"

http://www.insidethegames.biz/sports/summer/athletics/1020167-coe-asks-usada-what-assistance-has-tyson-gay-provided-to-have-ban-reduced?

I like this quote:

The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) claimed Gay's assistance had included "being interviewed on several occasions by USADA and providing all of the products he was using at the time of his positive tests".

Thanks a lot, Tyson!

I sure hope there was a lot more information provided by Gay than just what products he was using.

I think his point was that if you're in a situation where you have everything to lose, you do everything to eliminate risk.

I agree with him. If I was an elite instead of a 15:00 guy, I would do and take nothing. As it is, if I tested positive, it would be because of some contaminated GNC supplement, or from someone spiking my microbrew.

Well, the inside scoop was that he named Drummond as aiding and abetting. That would be significant assistance.

The IAAF (and WADA) will have a chance to review the details which probably were not included in the USADA press release. Presumably they will be objective, in case USADA wasn't.

[quote]rekrunner wrote:

Well, the inside scoop was that he named Drummond as aiding and abetting. That would be significant assistance.'

Will it stop other runners doping! Gay said he didn't know anything and Drummond supplied the gear and Drummond will just say it was contaminated or he didn't know what was in it and get a minor ban or nothing. Even if they banned Drummond for life an athlete is not going to care if the guy selling him steroid gets into trouble.

The ban should be 4 years and life if they don't talk

I'm sorry. What was Coe's question? Let's see what objective organizations decide with more facts than you or I have.

definately b.s. ban him for a long time

ukathleticscoach wrote:

[quote]rekrunner wrote:

Well, the inside scoop was that he named Drummond as aiding and abetting. That would be significant assistance.'

lol

he basically blamed somebody else

i hope he did more than that for his light ban

I thought that Tyson Gay det doping ban for oxilofrine not for anabolic steroid !! What is true? I didn't find any official information about thing with anabolic steroids.... A lot of news talking about oxilofrine and some of them talking about anabolic steroids...

Thanks for the answer! Possible with the link to the official information.