What exactly is meant by "missing a drug test"

Your a big boy I'm sure you can work it out!

well, if you speak English which I believe that you do, then it should be pretty obvious. Like 'missing an exam' means you have a scheduled exam and you don't turn up for it.

I know you like to think of yourself as the oracle of all things drug-related, but come on now - you're just being way too pedantic here. They had a test scheduled, they didn't turn up. Now I don't care what kind of crap you're gonna claim otherwise, that much is obvious to ANYONE who reads the statement "missing a drug test". Get over yourself

actually, the tests aren't scheduled. all good drug tests are random. you are, however, supposed to keep in direct contact with your governing committee and let them know your whereabouts, especially if going away for an extended period of time. if you don't and they show up, you've just missed a drug test. in the u.s. you can only miss one before paying a price.

Ok, I know 'scheduled' was an ambiguous word to use in that instance. What was meant was that they were given prior warning that they were due to turn up for a test and didn't.I'm fully aware of how these things work, I was just griping at thinittru being a twat (for a change)

pee in my cup wrote:

actually, the tests aren't scheduled. all good drug tests are random. you are, however, supposed to keep in direct contact with your governing committee and let them know your whereabouts, especially if going away for an extended period of time. if you don't and they show up, you've just missed a drug test. in the u.s. you can only miss one before paying a price.

Definition of missing a drug test:

1. Drug testers notify the Greek coaches that they will be testing athletes in the Olympic Village in 2 hours.

2. Greek officials tell Greek sprinters to get the hell out of there.

3. Greek sprinters go to their home, then on to their coach's house to concoct the scheme.

4. Greeek sprinters fake motorcycle accident.

5. Greek sprinters protected in hospital until things can get worked out.

Clear enough?

Hard to get the stream in that tiny little opening in the bottle?

Yeah, as soon as I read that the injuries were not terribly serious but that they had to keep them in the hospital for a couple of days, I thought- what will they do in that time to clear any drugs in their system?

dialysis

How stupid do you have to be to show up to the Olympic games in such a condition that you need to avoid a drug test?

Demotivator wrote:

How stupid do you have to be to show up to the Olympic games in such a condition that you need to avoid a drug test?

They never thought they would be caught, and they were right, they will never give a positive sample.

Or any sample for that matter.

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actually, the tests aren't scheduled. all good drug tests are random. you are, however, supposed to keep in direct contact with your governing committee and let them know your whereabouts, especially if going away for an extended period of time. if you don't and they show up, you've just missed a drug test. in the u.s. you can only miss one before paying a price.

Thanks for making make more sense to the other posters.

But if you are not in cos you have gone shopping and you can prove this then is it still held against you.

In the Uk you can make this reason and it is Ok.

Also I am not at all sure what you mean by being in direct contact.Can you clarify.

>>Message:

Definition of missing a drug test:

1. Drug testers notify the Greek coaches that they will be testing athletes in the Olympic Village in 2 hours.

2. Greek officials tell Greek sprinters to get the hell out of there.

3. Greek sprinters go to their home, then on to their coach's house to concoct the scheme.

4. Greeek sprinters fake motorcycle accident.

5. Greek sprinters protected in hospital until things can get worked out.

Clear enough

Not for one second do we know the truth;but your version makes a good joke.

>>I know you like to think of yourself as the oracle of all things drug-related, but come on now - you're just being way too pedantic here. They had a test scheduled, they didn't turn up. Now I don't care what kind of crap you're gonna claim otherwise, that much is obvious to ANYONE who reads the statement "missing a drug test". Get over yourself

I want to try and keep this away from the Greeks.

Is a missed test automatically an offence?.Not in the UK.

The words get thrown around without any universal agreement.

thinittru wrote:

I want to try and keep this away from the Greeks.

Is a missed test automatically an offence?.Not in the UK.

The words get thrown around without any universal agreement.

I don't think this is a good time to discuss it, most of us are so happy that the buggers are going to be banned.

Anyway, why don't you ever click on the Quote button? not only is it the obvious thing to do but you have also misquoted people in the past including me.

>>Your a big boy I'm sure you can work it out!

Non of the press can and nor can the senior spokesperson from the IAAF.

The term non availability aslo gets used but again what does this mean.

"I don't think this is a good time to discuss it, most of us are so happy that the buggers are going to be banned.

Anyway, why don't you ever click on the Quote button? not only is it the obvious thing to do but you have also misquoted people in the past including me."

This business of a missed test has been a problem for some time.However when I raise something that might happen I get mocked.Well, we know have the problem.One that the IAAF does not understand.

I may well be that when the IOC invented this new rule they did have in mind someone going "shopping" and such an explanation will be OK.As they have not broken an IAAF rule the ban would "only"be for the Olympics.Try explaining that to the Greeks when he runs in Brussels

There are many training venues that are some distance from the village. Venues that would be impossible to get to the athlete,stop him training ,and get him back in the village in two hours of the notifaction that was given to the team HQ.

Sorry it seems you have been misquoted.Are you happier the way I have set it out this time.I note some use a different method but can't see how to do it.Help needed;sorry

I understand your arguments as usual, however the Olympic Games are about to start and I am somewhat too distracted to discuss the issues you raise. I'm just so very glad that Kederis and Thanou can no longer run away, I really didn't think they were going to be kicked out of their own Party.

Look for the Quote button, which is located, immediately above and to the right of where you type your message.

Too distracted???? THIS IS THE NEWS OF THE '04 OLYMPICS! THE GUY WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO CARRY THE CEREMONIAL TORCH TO THE CAULDRON IS REPRESENTATIVE OF ALL THE CHEATS WHO GET TO THE OLY GAMES! No wonder most civilized countries like the UK, Canada, Aus and NZ don't really like spending good $$ for their athletes to go to the joke of the modern games. The games represent everything the USA does, greed and money. They should just permanently move them to NY.

it is an offense to miss three drug tests with the missed drug test while in chicago (french article on frontpage), and in qatar (espn front page) and now this one that's three and a likely mandatory ban.