Centro dismisses ugly rumors

"In other developments concerning the Oregon Project:

-- Matthew Centrowitz's indoor season is over because of a lingering viral illness, Salazar said. He won't run in the Millrose Games, and instead concentrate on getting healthy."

In case anyone forgot.

redux wrote:

He won't run in the Millrose Games, and instead concentrate on getting healthy."

While we fight, bribe and threaten to get this positive test overturned.

Marion Jones denied everything until she appeared in front of a judge.

Just like Lance Armstrong, and Marion Jones, and Mary Slaney, and Barry Bonds, and ARod?

There is no positive drug test. There's just one anonymous troll and a few dozen gullible dipsh!ts.

Maybe he doesn't know he tested positive yet

Dud Ruggles wrote:

There is no positive drug test. There's just one anonymous troll and a few dozen gullible dipsh!ts.

Nonetheless, the timing is beyond perfect what with these two announcements.

IF this is a troll, it is without a doubt the best troll in the history of LRC as far as I know. Not only do you have huge number of responses here, it actually has "journalists" and twitter alight with rumors of NOP downfall.

This rumor mongering is about the lowest I've ever seen on this website in the seven or so years I've been coming here. Just atrocious...

And at the end of the day, it's proof the NOP does indeed follow the LetsRun message boards fastidiously.

At first I was convinced it was just a troll spreading false rumors, but after Nick Symmonds favorited Jon Gugala's tweet and both Cain and Ritz disclosed withdrawal from their upcoming races in the same day, I've been shaken a bit.

Cain and Ritz withdrawing I can see influencing people and causing concern.

Not sure why Symmonds favoriting a tweet is especially relevant though.

asdfadsf wrote:

And at the end of the day, it's proof the NOP does indeed follow the LetsRun message boards fastidiously.

Or that they respond to a bombardment of tweets, texts, and calls from people that do...

That tweet was carefully crafted, it only says he wants to dispel the rumor, meaning clear up, not necessarily deny, heck, he might even have excuses for what he did... he never directly took on the doping allegation... Makes me wonder, why respond if you are not going to be unequivocal in your answer, seems like a bad strategy that only leaves to more questions... Makes me feel like there is truth to the other thread... along with the fact that the thread is still up... really makes you think something is happening

ChopstiXX wrote:

Matthew Centrowitz ‏@MattCentrowitz 4m

Happy to say that I’m back running again after missing the indoor season due to illness..... (more)

Matthew Centrowitz ‏@MattCentrowitz 4m

...I would like to categorically dispel any ugly rumors as to why I missed a few races. I will be racing in the outdoor season as normal.

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It's this type of non-denial that fuels these fires. I would hate to think Centro dopes. I coached against him when he was in high school and you could tell then that he was an amazing talent. But, when you issue a non-denial like this (notice he never says what rumors and never explicitly denies a positive test) it adds fuel to the fire. For example, he could be denying doping, or knowingly doping. He could be denying a confirmed positive since that would require a positive b-sample. Furthermore, how many people have denied doping in light of positive test, claim false positives? If Centro wanted to quell these rumors he would say undeniably that he has not received a positive a-sample drug test. It would be very easy to do this and he hasn't.

We are issuing a CODE BLUE for all Nike employees to report to work immediately! We need everyone on social media and message boards to fight this vicious onslaught.

Victory is in our hands but we all need to stay on top of this. Meals will be catered tonight right at your cubicles.

Makes me think you're reading wayyyyy too far into things there, Sherlock.

It only adds fuel to the fire if are truly an idiot.

No. He never directly addressed the doping allegations. That is very telling. He needs to come out and directly shoot down the doping accusations.

K5 wrote:

Honest to God wrote:

It only adds fuel to the fire if are truly an idiot.

No. He never directly addressed the doping allegations. That is very telling. He needs to come out and directly shoot down the doping accusations.

There's no reason to speculate. Either centro IS sick, or he is awaiting the result of his B sample. If he competes in a Diamond League meet later in the year, you will know:

1. He didn't test positive.

2. Millrose was not Centro-certified because of the possibility of a new drug test that the Nike lab could not sanitize his test results for.

If Centro returns to racing, or if a bunch of people suddenly test positive in Poland for stuff like IGF-1, you will know what the answer is.