Does everyone at US nationals get drug tested or just the people who finish top 3 and then a couple of Randoms? I am curious of a couple of lower tier runners who I know and suspected they could have been using something to qualify and wondering if this was validation that they were clean or if they just don't all get tested at US nationals.
US nationals Drug Testing wrote:
Does everyone at US nationals get drug tested or just the people who finish top 3 and then a couple of Randoms? I am curious of a couple of lower tier runners who I know and suspected they could have been using something to qualify and wondering if this was validation that they were clean or if they just don't all get tested at US nationals.
Not passing a test at a major event is more of an iq test than anything. The time to catch people is unannounced and intermittently (including “off-season”).
It's the responsibility of Nike Lab Techs to pre-test their athletes to make sure they are below the curves. Hope this helps.
US nationals Drug Testing wrote:
Does everyone at US nationals get drug tested or just the people who finish top 3 and then a couple of Randoms? I am curious of a couple of lower tier runners who I know and suspected they could have been using something to qualify and wondering if this was validation that they were clean or if they just don't all get tested at US nationals.
A very large segment of the finalists get tested.
They will all know this and as others have eluded, the smart ones will make sure that they are not glowing.
Regular blood work can be used to make sure that you can ride the line without going over even on out-of-competition tests. Obviously, some exogenous compounds if discovered in even trace amounts will still result in a fail.
Hope that helps.
So not everyone that qualifies gets tested. In my mind I always assumed you were tested before the meet and after the meet. I thought the same with nationals until I qualified
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It's the responsibility of Nike Lab Techs to pre-test their athletes to make sure they are below the curves. Hope this helps.
The vast majority of the drugs don’t have a curve to get below.