Wow: IAAF bans Ekaterina Kostetskaya - Steve Hooker's wife and 1:56 Russian who went to HS in Arkansas - for doping

trackcoach wrote:

heard from a very-very reliable source that USADA and WADA has been doing this for years. One of those 2 athletes is an American female sprinter whose name we all know.

Here we go again, this 'trackcoach' idiot big noting himself.

This is an anonymous message board, so put up some evidence/links/names to prove what you say because saying you "heard from a very-very reliable source" or have reliable contacts, etc is just BS that any idiot in their basement can come up with.

The other alternative is to identify yourself to give your speculations some credibility.

So put up or shut up.

Botswana be a spaceman wrote:

Not an Aussie, but I know posting a link to the Courier Mail can never strengthen your post.

Why not?, it was factual, to the point and non-sensationalist.

Geelong Runner wrote:

Hooker is commentating on Australia's coverage of the Comm Games. Nothing has been mentioned. The article link was also posted on a track facebook forum with very little comment. I find this a bit disturbing. Why are my fellow Australians not asking questions about this?

blame that on the others on the announcing team, i dont expect him to bring it up by himself.

if i was working as an announcer along side him, i would question him about it on the air, and have a series of questions for him, if he walked off, i would keep bringing it up during the entire broadcast, with comments like steve hooker apparently does not want to face the music, and repeatedly wondering aloud, if all his athletic achievements were fabricated, and saying things like is steve hooker any more real than the tooth fairy, etc.

if he wants to be a man and come clean on the air, i would back off after the topic has been discussed, less than 10 minutes.

if he walked off and got a lawyer, i would say oh well, he must be guilty otherwise why would he get a lawyer? a lawyer after all is really just a professional lier, making up stories to get guilty people off and/or portray them in the most positive light.

in conclusion steve hooker is probably guilty as hell.

I hope everyone who makes statements which cast shadows over Steve Hooker are aware that he won a gold medal at the Olympics BEFORE he met his wife.

rojo wrote:

In 2012 before the Olympics, I asked about her on this thread -

http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=4723880

- and when it came out that her mom had run 3:54, I though to myself, "I hate to say it but doesn't that mean 100% her mom was a doper and she most likely is as well?"

Of course it does, Everyone knows the limit for a clean woman is 3:57.22, or whatever Jenny Simpson ran.

Hot Russkies wrote:

Ben L Wrong wrote:

The fact about russians Is that they don't sell tickets, they aren't marketable for the big brands, ergo, they're an easy target for WADA. Except Isimbayeva, who has never failed a test. Like Paula.

Hot Russian chicks aren't marketable? You must be gay.

Not since her PR own goal in Moscow.

ventolin^3 wrote:

TrackCoach wrote:Sometimes WADA will alert athletes of chemical abnormalities year-over-year and in so many words suggest they disappear. Sometimes the athlete will continue to compete and when the actual bust comes down, it will be backdated to when they were originally suspected of doping

bullsh!!t

it is bust or nothing

if haematocrit creeps to 50, there is no wada contact

if ever a

50.0 or +

it is a bust

is this something you have heard or seen on television as there is no such doping violation?

the UCI had a 50% rule for rider safety

maybe that is what you are thinking of

Hot Russkies wrote:

Ben L Wrong wrote:

The fact about russians Is that they don't sell tickets, they aren't marketable for the big brands, ergo, they're an easy target for WADA. Except Isimbayeva, who has never failed a test. Like Paula.

Hot Russian chicks aren't marketable? You must be gay.

To him the hot male pole vaulters and sprinters are marketable. It's ok if he's gay- he was born that way.

No. Hot russian girls aren't marketable, since you didn't provide me a single name, so you don't know who they are. You simply said that they're hot. Like the average casual fan that see track and field only in the Olympics.

Big Noting Idiot wrote:

trackcoach wrote:

heard from a very-very reliable source that USADA and WADA has been doing this for years. One of those 2 athletes is an American female sprinter whose name we all know.

Here we go again, this 'trackcoach' idiot big noting himself.

This is an anonymous message board, so put up some evidence/links/names to prove what you say because saying you "heard from a very-very reliable source" or have reliable contacts, etc is just BS that any idiot in their basement can come up with.

The other alternative is to identify yourself to give your speculations some credibility.

So put up or shut up.

Exactly. This self-described "trackcoach" poster is a nobody, who may indeed be a track coach, but whose knowledge about anything seems to be limited to dirty gym socks.

that is not the salient point.did she improve so much before or after she met steve? that is the question.my understanding is that it was before she met steve - which bodes well for steve.however, your wife getting busted for doping is not a good look. i can see that. he seems a nice guy and won his world and olympic golds in extraordinary circumstances - pressure cooker situations.

Aussie Vaulter wrote:

I hope everyone who makes statements which cast shadows over Steve Hooker are aware that he won a gold medal at the Olympics BEFORE he met his wife.

coach.... wrote:

ventolin^3 wrote:

bullsh!!t

it is bust or nothing

if haematocrit creeps to 50, there is no wada contact

if ever a

50.0 or +

it is a bust

is this something you have heard or seen on television as there is no such doping violation?

the UCI had a 50% rule for rider safety

maybe that is what you are thinking of

I guess I should have said this is more of a USADA thing than WADA. Btw, the notifications don't happen a lot, they aren't official, they aren't published and they are not based purely on blood chemistry. In some cases its information that's beyond suspicion; however, does not quite reach the level required for an outright ban. Generally what happens is the athlete is 'asked' to not participate in a national championship during a WC or Olympic year.

Big Noting Idiot wrote:

trackcoach wrote:

heard from a very-very reliable source that USADA and WADA has been doing this for years. One of those 2 athletes is an American female sprinter whose name we all know.

Here we go again, this 'trackcoach' idiot big noting himself.

This is an anonymous message board, so put up some evidence/links/names to prove what you say because saying you "heard from a very-very reliable source" or have reliable contacts, etc is just BS that any idiot in their basement can come up with.

The other alternative is to identify yourself to give your speculations some credibility.

So put up or shut up.

Perhaps I should shut up because I am not going to identify myself and/or any athlete I am referring to. And, I will admit that I don't always get it right. However, I am certainly not an idiot; I coached for several decades, many years as a USATF offical, volunteer. meet director and I know several people in Indianapolis and Colorado Springs. With that said, I do try to avoid giving out specifics unless it's ok to do so.

You coached un Colorado Springs during the 70's and 80's? You must be an doping expert, giving the story of USATF meetings in that place.

Trackcoach, I like your contributions. You add a lot to the message boards.

Having said this, I'm inclined to agree that you're either inhibiting transparency or shooting from the hip if you won't give names, places, companies, etc. when making your claims.

Big Noting Idiot wrote:

Here we go again, this 'trackcoach' idiot big noting himself.

So put up or shut up.

trackcoach wrote:

However, I am certainly not an idiot;

Anyone who comes on here and says:

"heard from a very-very reliable source that USADA and WADA has been doing this for years. One of those 2 athletes is an American female sprinter whose name we all know"

without any references/links or shred of evidence, etc is an idiot.

Big Noting Idiot wrote:

Big Noting Idiot wrote:

Here we go again, this 'trackcoach' idiot big noting himself.

So put up or shut up.

trackcoach wrote:

However, I am certainly not an idiot;

Anyone who comes on here and says:

"heard from a very-very reliable source that USADA and WADA has been doing this for years. One of those 2 athletes is an American female sprinter whose name we all know"

without any references/links or shred of evidence, etc is an idiot.

No they're not.

If was likely told this information in confidence, and blabbering about it to a bunch of idiots on LetsRun is probably not the best idea. The person who told him could figure it out pretty easily who blabbed.

John Stuart Mill wrote:

Big Noting Idiot wrote:

Anyone who comes on here and says:

"heard from a very-very reliable source that USADA and WADA has been doing this for years. One of those 2 athletes is an American female sprinter whose name we all know"

without any references/links or shred of evidence, etc is an idiot.

No they're not.

If was likely told this information in confidence, and blabbering about it to a bunch of idiots on LetsRun is probably not the best idea. The person who told him could figure it out pretty easily who blabbed.

Since I am not going to get into specifics, I will let this discussion go and I probably crossed the line in saying I have a source. What I will say is that after the 2000 relay medal giveback, USATF became keen on making sure no one individual taints a relay. If you recall a world class athlete in their prime getting an injury in training and basically dissappears from the sport.

Bullcrap.