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    • ijenns318
      • RE: "Elvan Abeylegesse excluded from WCH squad due to last minute injury." What a coincidence! 8/12/2015 3:28PM - in reply to Duped
      • ijenns318
      • Oh man! Looks like that means that Kara Goucher is officially the silver medalist! I'm glad Jo Pavey is gonna get the medal she truly deserves to have, even though it's 8 years later.
    • Or...
      • RE: "Elvan Abeylegesse excluded from WCH squad due to last minute injury." What a coincidence! 8/12/2015 5:02PM - in reply to ijenns318
      • Or...
      • It could mean that Pavey will be the silver medalist behind Dibaba.

        ijenns318 wrote:
        Oh man! Looks like that means that Kara Goucher is officially the silver medalist! I'm glad Jo Pavey is gonna get the medal she truly deserves to have, even though it's 8 years later.
    • Typical
      • RE: "Elvan Abeylegesse excluded from WCH squad due to last minute injury." What a coincidence! 8/12/2015 5:07PM - in reply to HardLoper
      • Typical
      • We better be hearing some big names that are part of these 28 not some token athletes. We all know some big names were doping back then.
    • hart crane
      • RE: "Elvan Abeylegesse excluded from WCH squad due to last minute injury." What a coincidence! 8/12/2015 5:07PM - in reply to Or...
      • hart crane
      • Or... wrote:
        It could mean that Pavey will be the silver medalist behind Dibaba.

        ijenns318 wrote:
        Oh man! Looks like that means that Kara Goucher is officially the silver medalist! I'm glad Jo Pavey is gonna get the medal she truly deserves to have, even though it's 8 years later.
        I was going to suggest this a few days ago but feared repercussions.

        You have to admit, it would be an interesting way for the summer of doping allegations to come full circle.
    • Or...
      • RE: "Elvan Abeylegesse excluded from WCH squad due to last minute injury." What a coincidence! 8/12/2015 5:10PM - in reply to hart crane
      • Or...
      • You notice the article says "at least" bronze for Pavey. There is no way in hell the IAAF would ever let Dibaba take a fall.
    • coach..
      • RE: "Elvan Abeylegesse excluded from WCH squad due to last minute injury." What a coincidence! 8/12/2015 5:18PM - in reply to Or...
      • coach..
      • Or... wrote:
        You notice the article says "at least" bronze for Pavey. There is no way in hell the IAAF would ever let Dibaba take a fall.
        How is it that the Ethiopians are not getting popped

        Has hermens got a big influence
    • B-Sample
      • RE: "Elvan Abeylegesse excluded from WCH squad due to last minute injury." What a coincidence! 8/12/2015 5:28PM - in reply to Or...
      • B-Sample
      • Hell, let's just give the gold to Pavey, she is the top tier of those athletes who are too slow to arouse drug suspicion.


        Or... wrote:
        It could mean that Pavey will be the silver medalist behind Dibaba.

        ijenns318 wrote:
        Oh man! Looks like that means that Kara Goucher is officially the silver medalist! I'm glad Jo Pavey is gonna get the medal she truly deserves to have, even though it's 8 years later.
    • TreeHugger
      • RE: "Elvan Abeylegesse excluded from WCH squad due to last minute injury." What a coincidence! 8/12/2015 5:52PM - in reply to Duped
      • TreeHugger
      • Funny how the Daily Mail feels the need to clarify that Coe is the one on the left in the picture!!! Thanks for that.
    • Elvan
      • RE: "Elvan Abeylegesse excluded from WCH squad due to last minute injury." What a coincidence! 8/12/2015 5:59PM - in reply to coach..
      • Elvan
      • coach.. wrote:
        How is it that the Ethiopians are not getting popped

        Has hermens got a big influence

        Elvan Abeylegesse is Ethiopian
    • coach..
      • RE: "Elvan Abeylegesse excluded from WCH squad due to last minute injury." What a coincidence! 8/12/2015 6:13PM - in reply to Elvan
      • coach..
      • Elvan wrote:
        coach.. wrote:
        How is it that the Ethiopians are not getting popped

        Has hermens got a big influence

        Elvan Abeylegesse is Ethiopian
        Dibaba

        There must be certain athletes off limits
    • what about the Russians
      • RE: "Elvan Abeylegesse excluded from WCH squad due to last minute injury." What a coincidence! 8/12/2015 6:52PM - in reply to HardLoper
      • what about the Russians
      • Any updates on Tomashova?

        She is entered on the Russian 1500m team
    • wr potential
      • RE: "Elvan Abeylegesse excluded from WCH squad due to last minute injury." What a coincidence! 8/12/2015 7:21PM - in reply to ijenns318
      • wr potential
      • Plus, Flanagan silver in the Beijing Olympics, and 2 more Kenyan medals..
    • Some things never change
      • RE: "Elvan Abeylegesse excluded from WCH squad due to last minute injury." What a coincidence! 8/12/2015 7:38PM - in reply to HardLoper
      • Some things never change
      • Crusades

        KKK

        Mcarthyism

        WADA
    • Devil Dog
      • RE: "Elvan Abeylegesse excluded from WCH squad due to last minute injury." What a coincidence! 8/13/2015 10:31AM - in reply to Some things never change
      • Devil Dog
      • Didn't the initial report state that none of the 28 were competing at Beijing? I interpreted that as none of them were still around or planning to compete; does it actually mean that that there are still a few around but they won't be allowed to compete?
    • Question still remains
      • RE: "Elvan Abeylegesse excluded from WCH squad due to last minute injury." What a coincidence! 8/13/2015 11:04AM - in reply to Devil Dog
      • Question still remains
      • Devil Dog wrote:
        Didn't the initial report state that none of the 28 were competing at Beijing? I interpreted that as none of them were still around or planning to compete; does it actually mean that that there are still a few around but they won't be allowed to compete?
        Tomashova is 40 yrs old and entered on Russia's 1500m squad for Beijing.

        The news report stated: "A large majority of the 28 are retired, some are athletes who have already been sanctioned, and only very few remain active in sport. The IAAF is provisionally suspending them and can confirm that none of the athletes concerned will be competing in Beijing."

        So based on this report, I interpret it to mean that any of the athletes who are implicated AND still active, will be banned from competing in Beijing.

        So, the question remains, will Tomashova be pulled from the Russian 1500m team?
    • yourmom.com
      • RE: "Elvan Abeylegesse excluded from WCH squad due to last minute injury." What a coincidence! 8/13/2015 3:20PM - in reply to Question still remains
      • yourmom.com
      • Question still remains wrote:
        Devil Dog wrote:
        Didn't the initial report state that none of the 28 were competing at Beijing? I interpreted that as none of them were still around or planning to compete; does it actually mean that that there are still a few around but they won't be allowed to compete?
        Tomashova is 40 yrs old and entered on Russia's 1500m squad for Beijing.

        The news report stated: "A large majority of the 28 are retired, some are athletes who have already been sanctioned, and only very few remain active in sport. The IAAF is provisionally suspending them and can confirm that none of the athletes concerned will be competing in Beijing."

        So based on this report, I interpret it to mean that any of the athletes who are implicated AND still active, will be banned from competing in Beijing.

        So, the question remains, will Tomashova be pulled from the Russian 1500m team?
        Will all of these names be officially released to the public (not just "leaked" to the Daily Mail)?

        Or will we just have to guess from the people who withdrew due to "injury" who is actually banned?
    • coach..
      • RE: "Elvan Abeylegesse excluded from WCH squad due to last minute injury." What a coincidence! 8/13/2015 6:15PM - in reply to
      • coach..
      • Abeylegesse done for stanozolol apparently

        Favorite drug with the turks
    • long sox
      • RE: "Elvan Abeylegesse excluded from WCH squad due to last minute injury." What a coincidence! 8/13/2015 10:29PM - in reply to wr potential
      • long sox
      • wr potential wrote:
        Plus, Flanagan silver in the Beijing Olympics, and 2 more Kenyan medals..
        I don't think it works that way. This was retest of 2005 and 2007 WC results for banned drugs using improved techniques and Abeylegesse gets removed from the 2007 WC.

        For Flanagan to get an upgrade, they'd need to retest the 2008 Olympics results. They probably will in 2-3 years time and if Abeylegesse tests positive again, then she gets another set of results annulled.

        But perhaps she wasn't taking that same drug in 2008 and nothing else that they can detect either, then no additional results annulled.