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

It doesn't matter. She'll run faster next year. And then she'll be prepared for drug test too.

north atlantic wrote:

if this had been a russian or Turk who skipped out of drug testing, we would be all over it with accusations.

she didn't skip a test

there was no test

Caleb's Hat wrote:

Isn't it a little odd that they didn't have drug testing at a Diamond League event, with prize money and DL points on the line?

They don't automatically test every finisher. The winner and usually 1 or 2 others among the top finishers are tested. But anyone can request a test, as she should have done.

Who cares WTF SH and her band of idiots "recognizes". Any true track and field fan, including Jenny, knows the AR is currently held by Emma.

She'll likely break it again this summer and will run sub 9 in RIO so it won't matter in the end.

Do we know for a fact the reason her record application went into the deferred pile was because of the drug testing issue or is that still speculation?

thanks

got busy with life &lost track wrote:

Do we know for a fact the reason her record application went into the deferred pile was because of the drug testing issue or is that still speculation?

thanks

It wasn't deferred, it was rejected, and I confirmed with someone on the records committee that it was because of the lack of drug testing.

Thanks and thank you for the fine job of getting the info out about all the things from this meeting and the wealth of stuff you have posted over the years here, on your board and elsewhere.

No One Has wrote:

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.

How do you present solid evidence that something didn't happen?

stuffinthehightower wrote:

Who cares WTF SH and her band of idiots "recognizes". Any true track and field fan, including Jenny, knows the AR is currently held by Emma.

Isn't it ironic that Jenny Simpson officially the 3000m steeplechase record because someone didn't take a drug test, but she doesn't have the 1500m record because she's behind a drug cheat?

Wonder if NB makes her repay her $50K bonus for the AR?

rojo wrote:

...let's hope USATF reminds the athletes without agents about the rule.

Might depend on whether they are a Nike athlete or not. Who knows, maybe the rules can even get bent or overlooked a little bit for the former...

favoritism? wrote:

Might depend on whether they are a Nike athlete or not. Who knows, maybe the rules can even get bent or overlooked a little bit for the former...

This was a black and white case.

As much as it sucks, the rules require a drug test if you want to set a steeplechase record and have it ratified. This is a well-known thing that is clearly published on the USATF website. It is unfortunate that Emma didn't know. It's unfortunate she didn't have an agent to tell her. It's odd that her coach didn't think of it, I find it hard to believe he didn't know, but I don't know all of the circumstances, and sometimes people forget stuff.

There are times that USATF favors Nike athletes and discriminates against non-Nike athletes, but this wasn't one of them.