ukathleticscoach wrote:
rojo wrote:I actually don't believe this. In my mind, he was really caught once. His college thing was a joke. He was taking ADHD medicine and got busted for that.
It's a stimulant and he was using it during a race and was therefore doping. He gave some bs lie the 2nd time so for all we know was taking his meds knowingly for the race
One thing for sure to me ..he is still doping just not getting caught
Of course you make excuses for Gay as well and don't refer to him as a doper or cheat on your front page like you would if he was Russian. Biased reporting purely because he is Amercan and a 'nice guy'
In terms of Gatlin's "first" positive, read the case of Gatlin v. USADA/USATF/IAAF:
https://archive.org/stream/Justin_Gatlin_Florida_Case_Documents/TroPAndA_djvu.txt.
From the report:
At that time USADA, NCAA, USATF and the University of Tennessee had no
specific exemption requirement for Adderall and all of these entities recommended that the medicine be stopped before the competition. (See Exhibits B & C)
At the time of Justin's 2001 violation for taking his Attention Deficit Disorder
("ADD") medicine, the "prohibited list" did not contain any reference to ADD, Adderall® or Ritalin®. The list mentioned only amphetamine. USADA, who had just been formed in October of 2000, also did not identify any need for an athlete taking medicines for ADD to apply for a "TUE".
There's a lot more facts, such as the fact that he was prescribed Adderall since age 9, that he had taken it as prescribed during his freshman track season (during which he was tested by NCAA and at no time was informed that he tested positive for any substance), that he was attending summer classes and had an exam 3 days prior to the World Jr Champs (and that Adderall helped and was necessary for him to perform well academically) and that he stopped taking Adderall after his test to insure it was out of his system prior to Worlds (as per 2001 USATF Manual to achieve compliance with ADD medications).
But I'm sure most who pontificate on LRC have never actually sought out the facts, but rather babble on based on their preconceived notions.
The 2006 positive test was established and Gatlin served his ban. To argue however that Gatlin was "cheating" when he received a positive for taking Adderall in college is somewhat disingenuous based on the fact that neither the NCAA nor USATF identified Adderalll as a prohibited substance nor identified any of Gatlin's drug tests (when he was taking Adderall as prescribed) prior to World Jr Champs as positive.
You can argue for the death penalty on drug testing, but that is not currently the rules.