Centro defends Shelby

cloudcover wrote:

Is it weird that they both got tested the same day? SO AIU just did a 2 for 1 since it wasn't USATF if they had curtailed testing due to COVID?

It would be interesting to know if any of those runners have been back to that food truck since knowing of the news. I mean, some have known for a lot longer than the public.

It is very normal for athletes in the same area to all get tested on the same day. Testing agencies have limited resources and do not have the manpower resources to send out someone to collect a sample for an individual athlete when they could collect 5-10 samples with the same person at little extra cost. So you will regularly see a bunch of athletes in these towns where elites gather get tested on the same day in order to conserve testing resources.

“But with Shelby, I was there 24/7. I know what she was putting in her body. I know the vitamins that she was taking. I would have seen it, because I was there, literally, 24/7 with her.”

He "knew what she was putting in her body", including vitamin D?

What a gentleman.

Anyway, 24/7 sounds like...a lot.

He protesteth too much.

cloudcover wrote:

Is it weird that they both got tested the same day? SO AIU just did a 2 for 1 since it wasn't USATF if they had curtailed testing due to COVID?

It would be interesting to know if any of those runners have been back to that food truck since knowing of the news. I mean, some have known for a lot longer than the public.

I would say that going to the food truck wouldn't be an issue at all.

I mean the bogus excuse from Houlihan involves ordering the worst tasting thing possible (an offal burrito) and getting it in a size that quite simple that almost no human (let alone a distance runner at max 160lbs) would ever contemplate eating (12 ounces of meat translates to a burrito the size of a large bag of cheetos).

If you don't want to test positive for nandrolone don't take supplements that promote/stimulate natural production of it in amounts that you can't control.

Tougher to defend when the second athlete tests positive. It’s coming.

She must be super vulnerable now. Dude probably just wants to smash again.

The Brit?

CAS upheld the 4 year ban. Whatever Shelby's excuse was, unlike Ajee Wilson or Brenda Martinez, CAS didn't buy it. Something is definitely strange with BTC right now. Who gets popped next? One of the 10K guys or the 5K ladies? The whole team is protesting way too much. Look at what Centro said he and Shelby went to the truck all the time. It could have been him. Could USADA and WADA now decide to test Centro more? That 's why you let the lawyers and PR people do the talking. That's what Nike pays them for. Talk about your race and if anyone asks a question about your doping teammate, you leave it at no comment or I have nothing to say about that. All you can do is damage your team and reputation.

reddsman wrote:

CAS upheld the 4 year ban. Whatever Shelby's excuse was, unlike Ajee Wilson or Brenda Martinez, CAS didn't buy it. Something is definitely strange with BTC right now. Who gets popped next? One of the 10K guys or the 5K ladies? The whole team is protesting way too much. Look at what Centro said he and Shelby went to the truck all the time. It could have been him. Could USADA and WADA now decide to test Centro more? That 's why you let the lawyers and PR people do the talking. That's what Nike pays them for. Talk about your race and if anyone asks a question about your doping teammate, you leave it at no comment or I have nothing to say about that. All you can do is damage your team and reputation.

don't forget how Centro was clueless about Alberto Salazar when he was asked by the media

contrivances wrote:

Anyway, 24/7 sounds like...a lot.

He protesteth too much.

Dating. Train at same time, w/ same training group, including Travel to same training camps. Both are pro athletes so they have nothing else to do, especially during a year of COVID lockdown and restrictions?!? That's not considering if one of them was especially needy for the significant other. What else are they going to do but hang out and sleep together??

But, I forgot how much the virginity and lack of relationships with the opposite sex is prevalent in this board. You'll figure it out someday.

iplod67 wrote:

Yeah, andJerry’s Trumpian attack on the AIU smacks of insincerity. Just attack the fact finders when you don’t have plausible defenses.

And here comes the left...

Obvious Observer wrote:

As someone who obsessively follows Matt’s love life I have to dispel this nonsense right now. He wasn’t even dating Shelby in December. Guys they are lying to us.

THANK YOU. Why is no one else talking about this? They broke up last summer - she confirmed the end of their relationship on social media in the fall I believe. So did they get back together? I mean, it happens, but also the timeline seems odd. If Centro wasn't the bf, who was??

adgdfgdfgdgd wrote:

The Brit?

I have heard this through the smoke detectors...

I'll tell you another guy I "think" might be in a bit of trouble and that is Mr Kejelcha.

Then again every time I drop any piece of intel I come across onto these boards I get asked for a source (as if I would ever name a source) and then slagged off for making stuff up even when it is almost always accurate (because my sources are good). So take that for what it's worth.

Once again for the LR crowd - sometimes exes still sleep together. Seems clear that was what was happening with SH and Centro around that time.

And there WAS an episode of the Bachelorette that aired on Dec. 14, 2020 (the night before the failed test), in fact.

Believe him or not - and maybe the story is too good - but it checks out.

yep

This is why I don’t believe there is any real big dirt on BTC, because it only takes one person to break the silence and deal all dirt. It’s too hard in a big organization to keep secrets. One sour grape would destroy the team. Just one humble opinion.

Did he bang Prandini? Should've stuck with Kosinski.

Salvitore Stitchmo wrote:

adgdfgdfgdgd wrote:

The Brit?

I have heard this through the smoke detectors...

I'll tell you another guy I "think" might be in a bit of trouble and that is Mr Kejelcha.

Then again every time I drop any piece of intel I come across onto these boards I get asked for a source (as if I would ever name a source) and then slagged off for making stuff up even when it is almost always accurate (because my sources are good). So take that for what it's worth.

I remember when Kejelcha seemed to come from nowhere to run some outstanding times as a kid a few years back. Then he joined NOP, thought there would be a high possibility that he would be popped, but nothing came of it. I assume he's back training in Ethiopia? Anyway would not be surprised if he is next.

what. wrote:

Did he bang Prandini? Should've stuck with Kosinski.

He's a millionaire he doesn't need a girlfriend. He can have his choice of women any day of the week. A relationship is a trap for him.

There is some randomness in athlete selection, see those who are tested once per year. It makes sense to spend your resources chasing likely dopers especially given how difficult doping and micro dosing is to detect (Lance Armstrong never testing positive in spite of being targeted).