Justin Gatlin - 2x Convicted Drug Cheat Now A Hero

Justin "the Just" G. wrote:

Yo, good to read Im still the talk of the town around here! So glad I can always count on my boys. Thanks for all the support, it's making me stronger every day :)

Anyway, watch me lay it down in Rio. Have to be there and witness it to believe it!

Im out. Peace,

Justin

I love your great attitude. I'm a distance runner, have never been interested in sprinting but I love how you speak up for yourself and have become a fan of you.

P.S. For the haters, I'm a "white" guy, whatever that is (actually quite tanned).

It's okay when american sprinters dope and win. What really bothers me is when africans dope and american distant runners don't, and we don't win. All people want, is a level playing field or else it looks silly.

Absolutely

6minmiler wrote:

It's okay when american sprinters dope and win. What really bothers me is when africans dope and american distant runners don't, and we don't win. All people want, is a level playing field or else it looks silly.

Great article on Gatlin's cheating past - thanks for sharing. No doubt he's doping now, under Dennis Mitchell's tutelage. Burn Gatlin at the stake

Foldnmajju wrote:

So is Dennis Mitchell under investigation?

Badermanytv wrote:

Wild times we are living in when a former drug cheat coaches a current drug cheat

Gatlin trains under Mitchell already since 2010.

So we have:

*Mitchell being guided by Graham,

*Graham being Charlie Francis' stopwatch coach,

*Gatlin being trained by Graham,

*Mitchell being as dumb as sh*t.

Who do you really think is in charge of training Gatlin now?

From the above 3 coaches 1 is dead, so you have a 50% chance of nailing it.

I'd go for the option of Graham still being the puppet master.

That whole team never learnt to practise this sport without chemical assistance. The whole regime is based on a high workload with an improved/enhanced recovery protocol. They don't know anything else. Fact is that within that group only a selected few are getting the 'special treatment', so you see a downhill spiral in the other athletes, simply because they don't cope with the high workload running clean.

But let's be honest: Gatlin is always good for exitement. Better to watch a doped to the guils sprinter than anorexic distance runners running lap after lap after lap.

The men's 100M these days is effectively a national battle for dominance between Jamaica and the USA. Countries like the UK, 65M population and 3rd in the medal table at the 2012 Olympics, don't get a look in. It's big news when a male sprinter breaks 10 seconds!

Jamaica, with its 3M population, have somehow managed to produce two 'once in a generation' sprinters in Bolt (9.5x/19.1x) and Blake (9.6x/19.2x) to engage in battle.

My guess is that this battle is on a fairly level playing field. Well, it's more than a guess.

From last year, but terrible logic by Justin Gatlin on why he shouldn't be called a 2x drug cheat:

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/jun/25/justin-gatlin-two-times-drugs-cheat-athletics-world-championships

Athletes like Gatlin are THE problem... until they are banned for life, they'll ALWAYS come back post-ban to contest their innocence in the records books.

Total ego maniac in denial of his own wrongdoing:"The controversial sprinter Justin Gatlin does not understand why people insist on calling him a two-times drugs cheat and want him kicked out of athletics."

bsy9udidohr wrote:

From last year, but terrible logic by Justin Gatlin on why he shouldn't be called a 2x drug cheat:

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/jun/25/justin-gatlin-two-times-drugs-cheat-athletics-world-championships

Athletes like Gatlin are THE problem... until they are banned for life, they'll ALWAYS come back post-ban to contest their innocence in the records books.

New article that focuses on topic. EXCELLENT POINTS RAISED HERE:http://sports.inquirer.net/217582/drug-tainted-us-sprinters-lead-rio-olympics-challenge"The 34-year-old Gatlin is the most obvious symbol of the logical confusion gripping this year’s Olympics, where some athletes convicted of doping offenses will be free to compete while others are banned"

incubator9001 wrote:

Total ego maniac in denial of his own wrongdoing:

"The controversial sprinter Justin Gatlin does not understand why people insist on calling him a two-times drugs cheat and want him kicked out of athletics."

bsy9udidohr wrote:

From last year, but terrible logic by Justin Gatlin on why he shouldn't be called a 2x drug cheat:

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/jun/25/justin-gatlin-two-times-drugs-cheat-athletics-world-championships

Athletes like Gatlin are THE problem... until they are banned for life, they'll ALWAYS come back post-ban to contest their innocence in the records books.

They all dope. The distinction is who gets caught and who doesn't.

If you aren't doping, you're not trying.

I AM SO SICK AND TIRED OF THE NEVER ENDING STREAM OF BS AND EXCUSES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHY WON'T ATHLETES EVER TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR MISTAKES?????????

"A second positive test in 2006 found excessive levels of testosterone in his system. Gatlin blamed the results on sabotage by a therapist"

"‘Foolish’ penis enlargement mistake: Merritt, who is also hoping to reclaim the 400m crown he last won in Beijing, heads to Rio after seeing his career disrupted in 2010 for three positive drugs tests which he blamed on an over-the-counter penis enlargement product."

"Gay insists he does not deserve to be described as a drugs cheat, blaming instead manipulation by his former coach Jon Drummond"

It would be nice if clean athletes would take a stand against dirty athletes. So few do.

Mo, Bolt and others will train and socialize with doping cheats. Doesn't send a great message to those who want a clean sport.

cleans wrote:

It would be nice if clean athletes would take a stand against dirty athletes. So few do.

Mo, Bolt and others will train and socialize with doping cheats. Doesn't send a great message to those who want a clean sport.

Your statement is vacuous. There are no clean elites.

+1and its no secret that Gatlin is one of T&Fs biggest cry babies / ego maniacs

incubator9001 wrote:

I AM SO SICK AND TIRED OF THE NEVER ENDING STREAM OF BS AND EXCUSES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHY WON'T ATHLETES EVER TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR MISTAKES?????????

"A second positive test in 2006 found excessive levels of testosterone in his system. Gatlin blamed the results on sabotage by a therapist"

"‘Foolish’ penis enlargement mistake: Merritt, who is also hoping to reclaim the 400m crown he last won in Beijing, heads to Rio after seeing his career disrupted in 2010 for three positive drugs tests which he blamed on an over-the-counter penis enlargement product."

"Gay insists he does not deserve to be described as a drugs cheat, blaming instead manipulation by his former coach Jon Drummond"

sad and interesting read, thx for sharingaccurately describes state of sport

incubator9001 wrote:

New article that focuses on topic. EXCELLENT POINTS RAISED HERE:

http://sports.inquirer.net/217582/drug-tainted-us-sprinters-lead-rio-olympics-challenge

"The 34-year-old Gatlin is the most obvious symbol of the logical confusion gripping this year’s Olympics, where some athletes convicted of doping offenses will be free to compete while others are banned"

incubator9001 wrote:

Total ego maniac in denial of his own wrongdoing:

"The controversial sprinter Justin Gatlin does not understand why people insist on calling him a two-times drugs cheat and want him kicked out of athletics."

exthrower wrote:

How can it be a level playing field when some have better drugs and some respond better to the drugs and some have NO drugs...It's a farce....

If some really have NO drugs, it's not a level playing field. They need to step up their game. They are the ones putting themselves behind.

Sad.ly

4

2x cheat

GATLIN, JUSTIN

articles like this will only

INCREASE

Mommy, daddy, sonny, doggy, babby, goo goo, gaaa, gaaaa

"Justin Gatlin popped up on NBC’s pre-Olympic publicity campaign last week, beaming effervescently while having his ear nuzzled by a cute puppy. The kind of overdone “aw shucks” photograph beloved of viral marketers everywhere, at least until some wag on Twitter wondered aloud whether the animal was a drug-sniffing dog."

http://www.irishtimes.com/spor...-1.2736414

+1

yourplusoneidi wrote:

+1

and its no secret that Gatlin is one of T&Fs biggest cry babies / ego maniacs

incubator9001 wrote:

I AM SO SICK AND TIRED OF THE NEVER ENDING STREAM OF BS AND EXCUSES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHY WON'T ATHLETES EVER TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR MISTAKES?????????

"A second positive test in 2006 found excessive levels of testosterone in his system. Gatlin blamed the results on sabotage by a therapist"

"‘Foolish’ penis enlargement mistake: Merritt, who is also hoping to reclaim the 400m crown he last won in Beijing, heads to Rio after seeing his career disrupted in 2010 for three positive drugs tests which he blamed on an over-the-counter penis enlargement product."

"Gay insists he does not deserve to be described as a drugs cheat, blaming instead manipulation by his former coach Jon Drummond"