Bahrain's world 400m champion Salwa Eid Naser (48.14 pb) suspended for whereabouts failures

ex-runner wrote:

I wonder if she will lose her title then? If she claims to have missed drugs tests before her World Champs victory?

As for no testing this year that is probably because of corona

Well if she is correct with

"This year I have not been drug tested. We are still talking about the ones of last season before the World Championships."

then yes, she should lose the title along with her AR, the 48.14.

It somewhat strange to miss three tests before October 2019, and then don't get provisionally banned before June 2020, but who knows what was going on there.

As for corona, that may explain why she wasn't tested from mid-March on, but that still leaves a gap from Doha (early October) to mid-March, so over five months.

FARC wrote:

Neither your opinion is relevant. Facts are clear by the rules broken: rules state you “ miss 3 test within a 12 month period you get provisionally suspended and face a penalty of up to 4 years suspension. “ is that clear enough for you?

Another RELEVANT fact: Why would you miss 3 tests? One can be explained, 2 ... ok keep explaining, 3 you are a suspicious of doping.

I’ll give some much needed advise Mr. or Ms. if you don’t like the rules don’t play the sport, that simple.

With the reputation you have of defending dopers and the likes, trust me I don’t anticipate anything more than a 3 pesos spin from you.

Feel free to disregard any opinions if I express them.

But you shouldn't disregard any facts, if I express them.

I'm aware of the charge, and the penalties. That was already clear enough before.

I'm fine with the rules, and I don't play the sport.

Nothing you said has addressed anything I said.

Naser's quote:

I've never been a cheat. I will never be. I only missed three drug tests, which is normal. It happens. It can happen to anybody. I don't want people to get confused in all this because I would never cheat. This year I have not been drug tested. We are still talking about the ones of last season before the World Championships.

Hopefully, it'll get resolved because I don't really like the image, but it has happened. It's going to be fine. It's very hard to have this little stain on my name. I would never take performance-enhancing drugs. I believe in talent, and I know I have the talent.

Apparently the IAAF did not even ATTEMPT to test her. They didn't even show up. They didn't notify Naser of any alleged missed testing events, not even after three of them, and Naser's agent only found out afterward from an article on Letsrun.com.

She didn't miss any testing events, because there weren't any testing events.

This proves what I said. The fact that neither Naser nor her agent knew about any of them shows that this is a failure of the SYSTEM, not of the athlete.

Athletics is not basketball or baseball. Those sports pay high wages and the TV revenue filters down to the players through those wages. The Kia adverts are just the cherry.

That is exactly what I'm talking about. Athletes don't get to see the money the IAAF or meet organisers make through TV, only a few will see it in the small winnings or more sizeable appearance fees. A tiny proportion.

As for the sponsorship itself, athletics is not the same as baseball or basketball there either. Sports like athletics have their value in the numbers of people who tune in for the one off big events like the Olympics or World's. It is more similar to sports like F1, Cycling and other bike sports. Athletes should be able to cash in for their moments of fame.

One billion people watched Usain Bolt win his London Olympic 100m title at some point. One billion. Didn't get paid a penny. He is probably the most underpaid sports star of all time.

Naser nah wrote:

Not surprising. Obviously juiced, especially considering her time, the fact that she had already run the mixed relay as well, her training partner bust and her agent.

Any talk of this benefitting Felix is a joke; she'll be lucky the even make the US team next year at 34, let alone even challenge for a medal.

And those saying SMU or Perec is the clean WR holder...give me a break. My honest thought on the cleanest is Cathy Freeman, and I'd say 48.6 is probably about right for the womens WR.

The current guidelines have 2 years as the default suspension period for 3 missed tests, reduced to 1 year if the athlete can prove they werent at fault. So she could miss Tokyo, but she may be back competing...but only a month before the Games.

Spot on re the real world record. Freeman is the only one with zero associations to doping (coaches, training partners, state-sponsored doping etc), lived under an extremely rigorous Australian drug testing system and was a huge star at a young age due to her outstanding talent. She didn't suddenly 'appear' after 10 years of being a middling runner.

ex-runner wrote:

No it is not allowed in athletics to have multiple sponsors on your shirt. In cycling you are. In many sports you are. In athletics it is strictly forbidden.

World Athletics regulations allow for more than one sponsor on an athlete's vest.

AJ2000 wrote:

Can we just state this is for missed tests not a failed test!

If you miss your tests its hard to fail them

Yowzzzza wrote:

Matt London was touting her performance as the fastest from a clean athlete.

Amazingly, given the stuff he says, I knew that this was the most absurd.

Flagrant!

Go to the World Athletics page on Instagram after her performance, all the idiotic praise.

Speak Up wrote:

Speaking on an Instagram Live video, the 22-year-old said: "I've never been a cheat. I will never be.

"I only missed three drug tests, which is normal. It happens. It can happen to anybody. I don't want people to get confused in all this because I would never cheat.

"This year I have not been drug tested. We are still talking about the ones of last season before the World Championships.

"Hopefully, it'll get resolved because I don't really like the image, but it has happened. It's going to be fine. It's very hard to have this little stain on my name.

"I would never take performance-enhancing drugs. I believe in talent, and I know I have the talent."

https://www.sportsmax.tv/index.php/other-sports/column1/athletics/item/63795-naser-i-m-not-a-cheat-i-only-missed-three-drug-tests?fbclid=IwAR2Vs8gsnTOkN75G2l70_IRwfNAHSTeseoT92j1Kp3duldg1lnEnflR83e4

They all say the same, it's standard procedure for them. Remember in Cycling Lance, Floyd, Contador, Tyler? Not to mention the recent Kenyan busts all saying exactly the same thing: "I've never been a cheat. I will never be."

Yeah, right.

Look further Perec was associated with East Germans

"In November 1990, Jacques Piasenta agreed to train Pérec and improved her technique. Her stride length went from 2.30m to 2.50m, and she lowered the national records to 10.96, 22.26 and 49.13 for a first World title win in Tokyo.

1992 was another undefeated year at 400m for Pérec, the highlight being the Olympic win in Barcelona with 48.83, from defending champion Olga Bryzgina.

In 1994, she escaped the media and audience pressure by joining John Smith in Los Angeles."

"Pérec left Smith to train from 2000 with Wolfgang Meier, coach and husband of World Record Holder (47.60) Marita Koch: “Marie-Jo has a very strong mental attitude, the same character as Marita, Kratochvilova, Bryzgina and Freeman who are, for me, the 400m greatest."

She associated with the two dirtiest guys in sprinting.

Jarmila Kratochvílová was likely a man.

Richards Ross was coached by MJ's coach, no way he was clean.

Cathy, Australia has had some dirty sprinters from time to time. So we can't be entirely sure here.

sillyman wrote:

AJ2000 wrote:

Can we just state this is for missed tests not a failed test!

If you miss your tests its hard to fail them

Bump this one!

You see, you proved me right trying to give it a cheap 3 pesos spin.???

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VroomVroom wrote:

I will say it's another positive for Felix. Moving it back to 2021 and losing one of the top two woman in the world is all good news for her. She won't even look like the same woman from trials. She'll be ripped af.

Felix (powered by Bob Kersee) vs Naser vs Miller-Uibo could have been an epic showdown of who gets the best juicing done, very sad it won't happen.

Yes

rekrunner wrote:

Whereabouts failure, or two of them, doesn't mean you ever started doping.

Yes, it most certainly does.

If your livelihood depends on you regularly reporting your whereabouts, you WILL do it. There's only one plausible reason why you could possibly fail 3 times in one year.

If you fail 2 whereabouts without being a doper, you need to see a shrink to figure out why you're nuts or stupid. This is the equivalent of waking up and skipping work without calling in sick. NO it's not something that happens by accident.

she is innocent until found guilty.

just like Usain.

It is a sad ending for a great athlete.

The fact that she hasn't been tested this year suggests a) she's been avoiding tests or b) the sport is so corrupt that they don't test world champions, which explains how Bolt & Co got away with it for so long.

FARC wrote:

rekrunner wrote:

Feel free to disregard any opinions if I express them.

But you shouldn't disregard any facts, if I express them.

I'm aware of the charge, and the penalties. That was already clear enough before.

I'm fine with the rules, and I don't play the sport.

Nothing you said has addressed anything I said.

You see, you proved me right trying to give it a cheap 3 pesos spin.???

How I proved you right:

- I agreed with your first fact, even saying as much before you did.

- I agree with your second statement, but would not call it a "RELEVANT fact".

- Your "advise" was neither needed, nor founded, while also lacking relevance.

You have still failed to respond to any issue I raised.

Bad Wigins wrote:

rekrunner wrote:

Whereabouts failure, or two of them, doesn't mean you ever started doping.

Yes, it most certainly does.

If your livelihood depends on you regularly reporting your whereabouts, you WILL do it. There's only one plausible reason why you could possibly fail 3 times in one year.

If you fail 2 whereabouts without being a doper, you need to see a shrink to figure out why you're nuts or stupid. This is the equivalent of waking up and skipping work without calling in sick. NO it's not something that happens by accident.

I guess that largely depends on what you find plausible, making it very subjective.

WADA defines "whereabouts failure" as either 1) filing failure, or 2) missed test.

There are people in this world who 1) need to see a shrink, 2) are nuts, or 3) are stupid. These are also plausible possibilities. There are more. So doping is not "the only one plausible".