Female Track and Field is 100% Clown World right now

ahugejoke wrote:

Burrito doping

Weed smoking

Abortions that cause athletes to miss their 3rd test

Activist anthem deniers (with photos that leak later of them holding the flag and honoring the anthem just a few years before)

Intersex athletes in Nambia

Gabby thomas missing 3 tests and still competing

A generational talent being abused by her coach and quitting to start a non profit vocational training group

complete clown world right now

I agree with everything except I don't get the "right now" part.

Against this I will put up some names:

Athing

Elle

U.S. 400H team

Deanna Price

Allyson (yes overcooked by NBC but still a positive model)

Jenna

Abbey (comeback kid)

Emily

Emma

Kate Grace

U.S. Prep 800m runners

Arguable whether the above makes up for the drama, but there is some inspiration for sure and I will call the glass half full.

ahugejoke wrote:

Burrito doping

Weed smoking

Abortions that cause athletes to miss their 3rd test

Activist anthem deniers (with photos that leak later of them holding the flag and honoring the anthem just a few years before)

Intersex athletes in Nambia

Gabby thomas missing 3 tests and still competing

A generational talent being abused by her coach and quitting to start a non profit vocational training group

complete clown world right now

The women you mentioned made up less than 1% of the female athletes that competed at the Olympic Trials.

Yes, problems always get a lot of attention. But there are lot of good things going on in women's track and field.

Plus even Sha'Carri's weed problem will turn out OK. She'll become the most famous female track and field athlete in the United States this century. Even Michelle Obama and Joe Biden have talked about her recently.

They are clowns. Thinking any one in their right mind would believe their poorly made up excuse stories that get worse every time they open up their mouths. The burrito one is my favorite. LOL

Things that make you go "Hmmm" wrote:

Against this I will put up some names:

Athing

Elle

U.S. 400H team

Deanna Price

Allyson (yes overcooked by NBC but still a positive model)

Jenna

Abbey (comeback kid)

Emily

Emma

Kate Grace

U.S. Prep 800m runners

Arguable whether the above makes up for the drama, but there is some inspiration for sure and I will call the glass half full.

and to further add to your list, I'd like to point out that there are some pretty decent female athletes and positive stories outside of the USA also

Observant wrote:

ahugejoke wrote:

Burrito doping

Weed smoking

Abortions that cause athletes to miss their 3rd test

Activist anthem deniers (with photos that leak later of them holding the flag and honoring the anthem just a few years before)

Intersex athletes in Nambia

Gabby thomas missing 3 tests and still competing

A generational talent being abused by her coach and quitting to start a non profit vocational training group

complete clown world right now

I agree with everything except I don't get the "right now" part.

Yes. Let’s not forget Mary Decker Slaney who got banned back in the day under Alberto. Testosterone levels were elevated. Surprise! Of course according to her it was the labs fault. Another liar.

“A generational talent being abused by her coach and quitting to start a non profit vocational training group”

?

Who’s that?

dragoon wrote:

“A generational talent being abused by her coach and quitting to start a non profit vocational training group”

?

Who’s that?

They're probably talking about Mary Cain.

OP you didn't even mention the DRD or whatever it's called athletes and transgenders. Where are the top 3 medalists from the womebs 800m in Rio? They ran out of testosterone. Now you have something similar perhaps occurring in the womens 400 and probably some more. I'm looking forward to that trans weightlifter winning gold and flexing.

Nothing wrong with the herb, bro. Get real. It ain't 1958 no mo'

Cain, I'm assuming?

And really just that the natural testosterone levels supposedly only favor athletes in the what is it 400 - 1500 meter distances? What about field events?? Or any running distance...

Ummmm yeah ok wrote:

And really just that the natural testosterone levels supposedly only favor athletes in the what is it 400 - 1500 meter distances? What about field events?? Or any running distance...

That wasn't something that World Athletics wanted. That was a court decision because apparently the judges weren't too smart.

cheaters wrote:

They are clowns. Thinking any one in their right mind would believe their poorly made up excuse stories that get worse every time they open up their mouths. The burrito one is my favorite. LOL

Beside the burrito story, who else came up with an excuse? Sha ccari admitted she messed up. Please name your next favorite excuse.

currently eating a sandwich wrote:

cheaters wrote:

They are clowns. Thinking any one in their right mind would believe their poorly made up excuse stories that get worse every time they open up their mouths. The burrito one is my favorite. LOL

Beside the burrito story, who else came up with an excuse? Sha ccari admitted she messed up. Please name your next favorite excuse.

Dennis Mitchell tested positive for high levels of testosterone in 1988 and was banned two years. He cited the reason for his high testosterone levels to be “five bottles of beer and sex with his wife at least four times…it was her birthday, the lady deserved a treat.” The IAAF did not accept that reasoning. LOL