2017 World 800 champ Pierre-Ambroise Bosse banned 1 year for whereabouts failures

Ok - so no excuse for test 1, "excuse" for test 2 was that he thought he could afford a missed test (no need to microdose), and excuse for test 3 is the good old doorbell and that he gave up. LOL.

We should probably just pretend the underwhelming ‘17 WC 800m even existed. 3 of the 8 now have doping violations including 1st and 3rd. Missing the race were Rudisha (injury), Korir (inexperience), Tuka (injuries I think). Nijel Amos gagged per usual, but despite a solid first lap it only was won in 1:44.6. The only notable athletes in the race really were Kszcot (who I really respect), Aman (in decline), Amos (banned) and Bosse. Otherwise pretty forgettable field.

Paging Coevett!

I thought European runners didn't dope at all? Weird. Must be one bad apple...

Damn, I always liked Bosse but now this makes his whole retirement very sketchy. I actually just skimmed through that thread where he was asked about Mo Farah and wondered why it had been bumped to the first page. He made some comments about Tuka too and this just made me more of a fan but now it those get cast in a totally different light.

That's a great find - and good on L'Equipe for still running this story even at a point in time when Bosse is long gone from the sport.

This is a really interesting situation. First of all, I like that he just owns it and says he messed up and yeah - it is conceivable that he was just a goof who didn't take all the updating seriously etc but always managed to get by despite that. On the other hand out of all the guys in that era that ran under 1.43, himself and Amel Tuka just how could I put this - "hmm" guys. As in they ran that fast and your first reaction is "hmm".

And let's be honest, French MD running has had its issues in the past with guys like Florent Lacasse, Fouad Chouki all getting themselves in trouble - there is some history of a doping culture there.

He to me is the ultimate "I just don't know" guy.

No wonder he was on the WC's entry list but didn't compete.

My favorite part - sounds like a trust fund kid.

No sure what to make out of this, but would give the benefit of doubt.
The last race of PA Bosse was in July 2022. In December 2022 he had the Nth surgery to the hamstring, so the explanation that he had just given up and was not too careful about whereabout failures is not outlandish.

No. Doorbell was for #2.

I don't give the "benefit of doubt." If you are a pro athlete, you wouldn't want the world to think you are a doper, so you would make sure you didn't have 3 whereabouts failures. I assume he liked doping and hiding from tests, and the 3rd test caught him by surprise. And he didn't want to make up some silly "burrito excuse."

He had a injury, his career was in jeopordy and he was doping to see if that would help it heal. Probably felt he had nothing to lose.

In his last six years of competition, 2017-2022, he ran only .34 s faster in a race than in June 2022, but he had obviously faced injury problems on multiple occasions. This guy might well have been facing retirement already, as he had his last competition in July 2022, months before the first whereabouts failure. Probably he was injured in July or August and so didn't run. It sounds somewhat like one of the Americans who retired without telling anyone and didn't update his location, but then again, French athletes have been caught doping on numerous occasions. Anyway, he was a likable, quirky character for track, so I'm sorry about this one.

It is hardly surprising that yet another top championship athlete was doping. The only surprise is that he isn't from Africa. But it is everywhere.

It does also show that doping will convert to titles and medals. I remember that race. He looked 'steroidal' throughout the championships.