Nothing is more moronic than accusing every fast performer of drugs despite no evidence or reasonable suspicion. But the case of Jeter has always fallen into the latter category
She was never any good as a sprinter throughout high school or college. She turned "pro" after college and ran all-comers meets around LA for years while she waited tables at Olive Garden. By the time she reached age 27 her PR was a snail-like 11.49.
Suddenly, two years later she had the second fastest time in history (behind only drug cheat Flo Jo, who, unlike Jeter, had a trainer confess he gave her drugs)
Jeter has not failed any test and has had no link to drugs or anyone that sells them. That still didn't stop the accusations. Her bloated face, manly physique and Barry White-ish voice certainly didn't help.
But now she's finished. Last year she had a terrible season and was even denied a lane at a DL (not because of any suspicion, but because she was too slow)
Her season started today and she looked awful. She's done, she will not ever be elite again. Which makes you wonder. If she was/is on some drug that foolproof evaded all testing then it's not likely she would have such a huge fall off (She was bronze medalist in '13 WC)
Were we wrong about her all along? Maybe she was clean after all. If so I owe her an apology. I always pointed out the suspicion
Were We Wrong About Carmelita Jeter?
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No, we were not wrong.
She's just old, and done. Sprint careers do end, sometimes quite abruptly. -
If she wasn't juicing who was juicing. The career timeline screams of getting on the "Clear" or another designer PED. She might have nagging injuries or she just got slow in one season. You see this all the time in the NFL. One season a player is a blazer and the next he is a Ed McCaffery clone.
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Not Wrong wrote:
No, we were not wrong.
She's just old, and done. Sprint careers do end, sometimes quite abruptly.
If she was on drugs it wouldn't end that abruptly. Unless she stopped using them. But she still has the same characteristics. When Boids retired his head shrunk.
If she was taking roids all this time there wouldn't be much reason for her to stop now, especially if she is losing money -
Now is the perfect time for her to go all out with the roids. She's so slow no one is going to bother testing her!
On a serious note though, I'm sure she's still doping and her huge/rapid decline in performances isn't really relevant to the issue. People need to remember she got seriously injured in 2013. She was wheeled off the track in a wheelchair. She's 35-years-old. Some injuries are serious enough where no amount of doping will bring you back, especially at that age. -
Yeah, she never hung with the unsavory types....
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Drugs,Drugs,Drugs! wrote:
The career timeline screams of getting on the "Clear"
The Clear - peaked in 2003
Jeter - peaked in 2011 -
I have no way of knowing if she cheated or not, but I will tell you this--her brusque attitude toward fans and journalists never endeared her to me. She is a haughty, rude person and I have no time for people like her. When she walked out of that press conference a few years ago, she lost of the respect of every meet promoter in Europe, and I am quite certain she is on some level being denied entry on that account to certain meets. And she deserves it--all track athletes who have the privilege to be sponsored have the responsibility to answer a few questions now and then. Walking out like she did showed a colossal lack of form. Unpleasant person to deal with. Eeeech.
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Not Cool Bro wrote:
Now is the perfect time for her to go all out with the roids. She's so slow no one is going to bother testing her!
On a serious note though, I'm sure she's still doping and her huge/rapid decline in performances isn't really relevant to the issue. People need to remember she got seriously injured in 2013. She was wheeled off the track in a wheelchair. She's 35-years-old. Some injuries are serious enough where no amount of doping will bring you back, especially at that age.
She was injured, but also came back three months later and won the bronze. She certainly wasn't finished at that point. -
She's a strange person, no doubt. I've seen her be both rude and sometimes polite too.
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The steroid modul of the athlets biological passport was introduced last year. Just saying.
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She's been a disgrace since 2007 and a stain on this sport. No attempts have been made by her to be professional or act with class when faced with questions either. This is why cheating the sport in this way needs to be punishable by jail time and being BANNED FOR LIFE. Everything about her is a lie. And if you dont think she's associated with cheats and frauds, check again. Another mediocre athlete stealing from those who have done things the right way and not defrauded millions.
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I think she was clean. She was not that big. She barely weighed 135 pounds. I've seen plenty of women who could look like her after a year in the gym. Im a foreigner living in the south, and plenty of black women down here amaze me with their natural muscular bodies. She's clearly a mesomorh with natural muscle.
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No not wrong she has been seen countless times with Mark Block who we all know is banned for doping up his wife. I have personally seen them at dinner together with Jason Richardson but not sure why he was there.
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Pharmelita is a doper.
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Why do people worry so much about what they look like? Look at her performances, associations, verbiage, and attitude when questioned. She was a mediocre athlete who all of a sudden was running top ten all-time times, and at a later age when sprinters are not usually getting faster but have peaked. Sorry, shes been a cheat and liar from day one. My favorite is when she said about Mark Block being banned "none of that has anything to do with me". Never accountable for anything is she? For defrauding people of medals, results, sponsorships, money, she should be in prison and penniless. A stain on our sport and not worth mentioning.
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Every professional athlete who wins is doped. I don't know why you people are so naive. I said it for years about Lance Armstrong but everyone called me an idiot. When there are millions of dollars on the line what do you think poor athletes will do to get ahead? I can't believe people thought Marion Jones, Flo jo, Carl Lewis, etc were clean.
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Loot wrote:
Jeter has not failed any test and has had no link to drugs or anyone that sells them.
Jeter continued to associate with Mark Block, her former agent, after he was banned from the sport for 10 years for a doping offense. This got a lot of attention when I asked her about the relationship at the Olympics.
As Mark Forde of Yahoo Sports wrote:
"After winning medals Wednesday night, sprinter Carmelita Jeter and hurdler Jason Richardson were asked about their ties to Mark Block, an agent, event manager and former coach who's currently serving a 10-year ban for his role in the BALCO drug scandal.
The questions came from reporter Weldon Johnson of LetsRun.com, a website that covers track and field and has written about Block's recent presence at major track meets – including the U.S. Olympic Trials last month.
There was discernible tension in the room when Johnson posed his questions, yet both athletes gave Johnson an answer and neither backed away from their relationship with Block.
LetsRun.com ran the following transcript of the exchange with Jeter:
Johnson: "Carmelita, Mark Block has said he has been following you around this year. Can you talk about the relationship you have with him and what sort of message you feel it sends to associate with a man banned from the sport?"
Jeter (after a seven-second pause): "I'm going to count to 10, only because I'm up here, I just won a bronze medal for the United States of America. I am a woman that has a medal in the 100 and 200 now. For me to be asked about my relationship with someone bothers me, but you can ask me anything else other than that but I will answer you.
"Mark Block is a close friend of mine. He's a very close friend of mine and I love him dearly. Whatever happened with Mark Block before I came to Mark Block has absolutely nothing to do with me. I love that man. I love his family. I love his daughter. And I don't know how some people are raised but I was raised to always be friends with someone and to have loyalty with people.
"And if he got in trouble for whatever he got in trouble for that does not mean I still do not care for him, that does not mean I do not still consider him a close friend of mine because that is exactly what he is. Now, yes, he was banned for the time you said. That does not mean that he cannot be of management. He cannot be an agent. He comes to meets that I am at, because he is a great supporter of mine. That's why Mark Block comes to things you might see me at because he loves and cares about not only me but other athletes that are a part of Total Sports. Did that answer your question?”
More here from Forde: http://sports.yahoo.com/news/olympics--u-s--track-stars-jeter-richardson-under-fire-for-relationship-with-man-banned-from-sport-.html
LRC take on same day: http://www.letsrun.com/2012/banned-0809.php
More Block-Jeter: http://www.letsrun.com/2012/block-0803.php
http://www.letsrun.com/2012/block-0804.php
Block in VIP Nike Tent at Trials: http://www.letsrun.com/2012/block-0701.php -
Exactly Wejo. Worst non-answer I've ever heard from an athlete. Its the vague "yea he was banned for whatever it is he did for some time you said. In which he was still banned mind you at that time. Nothing applies to her in her mind. Such a gross miscalculation to think that the rest of us are just idiots. I fully advocate throwing these people in prison for the damage they have caused to the sport, and for defrauding many many people for years. Reminds me when Marion Jones tried to say it was an isolated incident of lying and taking a drug. Whatever
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Not Wrong wrote:
No, we were not wrong.
She's just old, and done. Sprint careers do end, sometimes quite abruptly.
^^THIS^^
