I hear Emma Coburns Steeple AR will not be ratified....

So you say "I hear"

Then you provide no link, or source that you heard this from?

north atlantic wrote:

...for the lack of a drug test afterwards

Can anyone verify this?

If true that's a real shame - multiple foulups.

Who exactly told you this?

Not true

0/10. It was a DL event which drug tested many athletes.

Allyson Felix's world junior record of 22.11 in 2003 was not ratified for that reason.

At a Diamond League meet? Why would she not have been tested? I believe the OP is incorrect.

At a Diamond League meet? Why would she not have been tested? I believe the OP is incorrect.

So far, not ratified, may not be - http://trackandfieldnews.com/index.php/records/30-records/279-womens-outdoor-american-records

north atlantic wrote:

...for the lack of a drug test afterwards

Can anyone verify this?

If true that's a real shame - multiple foulups.

No drug test is required for records. Nice try.

cpqpk wrote:

So far, not ratified, may not be -

http://trackandfieldnews.com/index.php/records/30-records/279-womens-outdoor-american-records

That list is dated Jan 2, 2014.

kids stuff wrote:

north atlantic wrote:

...for the lack of a drug test afterwards

Can anyone verify this?

If true that's a real shame - multiple foulups.

No drug test is required for records. Nice try.

yes it is:

Athletes who set an American Record in the events listed below must submit to doping control immediately following the event in which the record was established in order for the record to be ratified by USA Track & Field (USATF). USA Track & Field will accept results that are conducted by USADA within 24 hours of the conclusion of the event.

If the event has doping control, the athlete must be tested immediately, but if the record occurs at an event (In the United States) where testing is not in place, then event organizers and/or athletes (or their representatives) must contact USADA immediately to request testing.

If you anticipate that an American Record may be achieved at your event (in the United States) and doping control is not already in place, please contact USATF’s Talia Mark via email at

with advance notice that a record-attempt is being made.

If an American Record is set outside of the United States, athletes (or their representatives) must notify the event directors to coordinate a request to be tested immediately by a WADA-accredited testing agency. In the case of a relay event, all competing relay team members must be tested. USA Track & Field will cover the costs of doping control tests for events that are recognized by the IAAF as World Record events, and the invoice as well as results should be submitted to the USA Track & Field National Office.

"No drug test is required for records."

A test is required to "ratify" records. If someone forgot to get test sample then there is no record. It was not a WR, only an AR. Why would Diamond League officials care about an AR?

Listed as pending:

http://www.usatf.org/statistics/records/view.asp?division=american&location=outdoor%20track%20%26%20field&age=open&sport=TF

From my experience, it takes USATF about 10 months to do the most seemingly obvious and easy things to do. If this were something like a back-door exclusive sponsorship deal that mortgages the future, or contradicts the membership's wishes and throws away years of developed trust clout within the IAAF, it would have been ratified about 10 minutes after she crossed the lines... priorities.

...Galen Rupp's 10k outdoor and indoor 5k records are also not ratified yet.

neither is Molly Huddle's 5k AR.

My guess is they just do this once a year.

Hightower's been kinda busy recently. Not much time for stuff like this.

Hightower's been kinda busy recently. Not much time for stuff like this.

north atlantic wrote:

...for the lack of a drug test afterwards

Can anyone verify this?

If true that's a real shame - multiple foulups.

It could be that one of the steeples was in the wrong position, I doubt it is doping controls because they test a random group of athletes at every DL meet. Perhaps it might that she specifically has to be tested for a record. Btw, there are a lot of records that are not ratified right away, therefore it could just be timing.

No one here has presented anything close to solid evidence that she didn't take a drug test after setting the record. Which is about par for the course here.

north atlantic wrote:

...for the lack of a drug test afterwards

Can anyone verify this?

If true that's a real shame - multiple foulups.

It looks like her record was not ratified:

Records submitted for ratification:

She is #1 under Women's T&F

Ratification report indicates her record was rejected:

The reason for the rejection was not listed, but if a drug test was required for the record and she didn't get one in time, then that makes sense.

Athletes get screwed over by stuff like this all the time :(