A top British athlete has escaped a doping inquiry

Paula radcliffe

must be.. wrote:

Paula radcliffe

Paula Radcliffe

How many top athletes did GB have from 06-08? Suspicious blood too so more than likely an endurance athlete. Has to be Paula

Daily Mail say it's one of Britain's best known track and field stars

Jeremiad wrote:

Daily Mail say it's one of Britain's best known track and field stars

Paula Radcliffe

Jeremiad wrote:

Daily Mail say it's one of Britain's best known track and field stars

So I guess it's not Paula, since she's mostly known from the road.

My money is on Mo Farah as the athlete in question.

Note that this was 2006-2008 so that limits things.

my money is on Ohurugu - she was in deep, hot water at that time for missed drug tests, and she was probably their top athlete. She won the 400 at the 2007 WC.

here is her sordid history:

Christine Ohuruogu was suspended from competing in the 2006 European Athletics Championships because she had committed a doping violation.[18] She missed three out-of-competition drug tests, known as the "whereabouts" system, of the World Anti-Doping Code; one in October 2005 and then a further two in June 2006.[15] Under IAAF and British Olympic Association rules, she received a one-year ban for missing these tests, which expired on 5 August 2007.[19] The final test missed occurred when Ohuruogu failed to inform the testers of a last-minute change of training venue after a double-booking. Due to the circumstances, the Independent Committee stated "There is no suggestion, nor any grounds for suspicion, that the offence may have been deliberate in order to prevent testing," and that a fair ban would have been 3 months. Ohuruogu passed tests 9 days before and 3 days after her final violation.[20]

The British Olympic Association also imposed a lifetime ban on competing at future Olympic Games for Great Britain.[21] She appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, but the original decision was upheld, even though CAS emphasised that there was no suspicion of doping. Ohuruogu submitted a further appeal, citing the precedent of triathlete Tim Don.[20] Ohuruogu suggested that she would probably leave Britain and compete in the Olympics for another country if it was unsuccessful, but confessed "I haven't really given it any serious thought.".[22][23] Her Olympic ban was over-ruled on 27 November 2007.[24]

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their only other medalist in 2007 was Nicola Sanders in the 400 - she has a clean record and retired this year.

"whereabouts" system.

Whereabouts did you inject the IGF lr3?

I would be much more interested in the other 149 names on the list. Ohuruogu would be no surprise at all.

The 150 blood samples are probably not from 150 different people.

didn't they also have a older double gold medalist in the middle distances in 2008, or am I getting the timeline wrong for that athlete?

If it's Ohurugo it is a non-story, and other athletes and coaches should put pressure to out her on this to avoid being sullied by the innuendo.

agip wrote:

my money is on Ohurugu - she was in deep, hot water at that time for missed drug tests, and she was probably their top athlete. She won the 400 at the 2007 WC.

here is her sordid history:

Christine Ohuruogu ...

And Sebastian Coe supported her.

jjjjjj wrote:

didn't they also have a older double gold medalist in the middle distances in 2008, or am I getting the timeline wrong for that athlete?

you refer to mr farah? He did not medal at the 2008 OG. Not sure why you are being oblique.

At the 2008 OG, the GBR medalists were:

Mason - M HJ

Idowu - M TJ

Ohurugu - W 400

Danvers - W 400 H

"The list, seen by the Daily Telegraph and the authenticity of which has not been disputed by the IAAF, contains the names of three British competitors.

It is unlikely any readings taken during that time period could be used to investigate any athlete retrospectively unless used in conjunction with re-tested frozen samples, which are stored for up to eight years."

Perhaps Paula will retest her frozen samples now.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/athletics/11282513/Top-British-athletics-star-accused-of-doping-by-German-documentary.html

"Former Wada president Dick Pound accused athletics of failing to do enough to combat doping.

“Clearly, what they’re doing is not sufficient,” he said.

“Right now, it’s in the IAAF’s park. They’ve got to do something about it, something meaningful about it pretty soon.”

Asked whether athletics’ problems were now equivalent to those which engulfed cycling, Pound said: “Endemic, you mean? Well, it’s starting to look that way."

It was 2004.

Holy moly.

Can Germany be put in charge of anti doping in track field please! First they busted Kenya, then they busted Russia, now they have busted the Brits. Good work.

At least Kenya and Russia should be banned from international competition for about 4 or 5 years.

the british are not so easy to bust

they are very tricky when it comes to doping