Drug Cheat Gladys Tejeda at World 1/2 Champs?!

Tejeda tested positive for furosimide, lost her Pan Am medal and was suspended for 6 months by Peru. She became eligible to compete again on March 9, 2016 -- just in time to set the South American record in the half marathon in Cardiff.

http://runningmagazine.ca/gladys-tejeda-competes-at-global-championships-months-after-failed-drug-test/

Now her goal is gold at the Rio Olympics.

http://www.peruthisweek.com/news-gladys-tejeda-half-marathon-best-109143

Someone needs to ask Seb Coe if this is what he means about the IAAF being serious about cracking down on drug cheats. What a sick joke.

Tejeda had some renal issues hence the use of furosimide before Pan Ams. She is not a deliberate cheater.

The controversy stems from the fact that furosimide can be used as a masking agent for other drugs. Gladys is a humble athlete from a very modest background who would not cheat of her own accord. Rodolfo Gomez supports her and he has always promoted a clean sport.

Ghost in China

Ghost1 wrote:

Tejeda had some renal issues hence the use of furosimide before Pan Ams. She is not a deliberate cheater.

The controversy stems from the fact that furosimide can be used as a masking agent for other drugs. Gladys is a humble athlete from a very modest background who would not cheat of her own accord. Rodolfo Gomez supports her and he has always promoted a clean sport.

Ghost in China

She wouldn't cheat but used a banned masking agent? If I used a masking agent to cover up a ped, I'd make up a renal issue too. Get your head out of the sand ghost.

Ghost1 wrote:

Tejeda had some renal issues hence the use of furosimide before Pan Ams. She is not a deliberate cheater.

The controversy stems from the fact that furosimide can be used as a masking agent for other drugs. Gladys is a humble athlete from a very modest background who would not cheat of her own accord. Rodolfo Gomez supports her and he has always promoted a clean sport.

Ghost in China

This guy always justifies third-world drug cheats. Always "modest muslim boy" or "humble blah blah blah". The "ghost" dwells in the area between his ears.

What are the odds that a renal issue would occur to a clean world class athlete? Lol

And instead of getting meds to correct the issue, she gets a masking agent? Yeah, ok.

From what you are saying, she is a "deliberate cheater." Even if she legitimately took furosimide for "renal issues" but failed to get a TUE, then she is a doper and should be banned - and banned a lot longer than 6 months. Furosimide is on the banned list and there's no excuse for taking it without a TUE.

I might understand 6 months for unintentional doping but not for intentionally violating doping laws by taking banned prescription drugs. And that's even accepting that she wasn't using furosimide to conceal other doping.

50 Shades Of Gray Area wrote:

Ghost1 wrote:

Tejeda had some renal issues hence the use of furosimide before Pan Ams. She is not a deliberate cheater.

The controversy stems from the fact that furosimide can be used as a masking agent for other drugs. Gladys is a humble athlete from a very modest background who would not cheat of her own accord. Rodolfo Gomez supports her and he has always promoted a clean sport.

Ghost in China

This guy always justifies third-world drug cheats. Always "modest muslim boy" or "humble blah blah blah". The "ghost" dwells in the area between his ears.

1. When has Ghost ever denounced a drug cheat.

2. How does he know Gladys is humble; he has never taught English in Peru.....apply now; jobs available.

WADA

2003 5.2 142 Furosemide (48) Hydrochlorothiazide (42)

2004 4.8 157 Furosemide (62) Hydrochlorothiazide (44)

2005 5.7 246 Furosemide (91) Hydrochlorothiazide (67)

2006 6.7 290 Furosemide (90) Hydrochlorothiazide (88)

2007 7.4 359 Furosemide (111) Hydrochlorothiazide (103)

2008 7.9 436 Hydrochlorothiazide (137) Furosemide (104)

Seems like a lot of athletes had "renal problems".

To add to what I said above, are you saying that Tejeda got a retroactive TUE from Peru? Generally a TUE cannot be granted retroactively. What's your source for claiming to know about Tejeda's case?

You're kidneying me, right? wrote:

What are the odds that a renal issue would occur to a clean world class athlete? Lol

And instead of getting meds to correct the issue, she gets a masking agent? Yeah, ok.

I'm not defending Gladys Tejeda either way, but I was curious about this very question: what are the odds that a world class athlete would have renal (kidney) problems?

Turns out it might be common:

"Marathon runners and other athletes who don't drink enough fluids while competing in long-distance endurance events may get acute renal failure because of a sudden breakdown of muscle tissue. This releases a large amount of protein into the bloodstream called myoglobin that can damage the kidneys."

Combine that with a runner and team who are not familiar with WADA rules, and them seeing a normal doctor after a sever dehydration incident, I could see them being prescribed Furosemide to combat the renal problems.

Or they could be cheating. No way to know either way, but apparently WADA saw their explanation as good enough to warrant an earlier return to competition?

just looking up stuff wrote:Combine that with a runner and team who are not familiar with WADA rules, and them seeing a normal doctor after a sever dehydration incident, I could see them being prescribed Furosemide to combat the renal problems.

Or they could be cheating. No way to know either way, but apparently WADA saw their explanation as good enough to warrant an earlier return to competition?

According to this news story, which says it is based on a Facebook post by the Peruvian governing body, Peru gave her a 6-month suspension and the IAAF chose not to appeal the decision. It says that "checking carefully the archives and the complete medical file and consultations from both our medical committee and WADA, the IAAF has decided not to appeal the decision."

This is the Facebook post (in Spanish):

Apparently WADA was consulted, but it was the Peruvian governing body and the IAAF that administered the slap on the wrist.

Bribery at play between Peru and IAAF?

Most important is that Russia is banned. Other nations with numerous positives and/or lack of credible doping control systems get a bye.

Being dehydrated from training is treated by.....drinking water - not getting a script for a banned substance.....that just happens to be a masking agent.

All the drug cheats are FULLY aware of what they can and cannot take. It's probably thought about more than their training and diet lol.

The problem with making exceptions for people who "didn't know" a drug was on the banned list or "accidentally" take a banned drug is that we now know from dozens or hundreds of examples that dopers almost always lie about their doping. Being a doper and being a liar go together like ham and eggs.

And besides, how can a professional athlete take furosemide (Lasix) "accidentally" or without checking the prohibited list?

This looks like the IAAF turning a blind eye to doping yet again.

I can't speak for Furosemide, but Hydrochlorothiazide IS one of the most commonly prescribed drugs in the world. It's generally the first drug perscribed for High Blood Pressure (one of the most common medical conditions in the world). So do people take Hydrochlorothiazide as a masking agent, sure. But because of its very common usage, the number of TUEs out there for it is likely as much about it being a very commonly prescribed drug, for a very common medical condition, as it is attempting to cheat by getting a TUE

fred wrote:

WADA

2003 5.2 142 Furosemide (48) Hydrochlorothiazide (42)

2004 4.8 157 Furosemide (62) Hydrochlorothiazide (44)

2005 5.7 246 Furosemide (91) Hydrochlorothiazide (67)

2006 6.7 290 Furosemide (90) Hydrochlorothiazide (88)

2007 7.4 359 Furosemide (111) Hydrochlorothiazide (103)

2008 7.9 436 Hydrochlorothiazide (137) Furosemide (104)

Seems like a lot of athletes had "renal problems".

Ghost1 wrote:

Tejeda had some renal issues hence the use of furosimide before Pan Ams. She is not a deliberate cheater.

The controversy stems from the fact that furosimide can be used as a masking agent for other drugs. Gladys is a humble athlete from a very modest background who would not cheat of her own accord. Rodolfo Gomez supports her and he has always promoted a clean sport.

Ghost in China

A bity like Sharapova ,who had some medical issues requiring treatment with Melodonium... along with half the Russian track team

messi wrote:

50 Shades Of Gray Area wrote:

This guy always justifies third-world drug cheats. Always "modest muslim boy" or "humble blah blah blah". The "ghost" dwells in the area between his ears.

1. When has Ghost ever denounced a drug cheat.

2. How does he know Gladys is humble; he has never taught English in Peru.....apply now; jobs available.

POD

She competed in women's marathon at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[3] Further she was selected as Peru's flag-bearer for the 2012 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations.[4]

In 2013, she finished as champion in the XXXI edition of the Mexico City Marathon with a time of 2:37:35.She finished in third place at Pan-American Games, in Guadalajara, 2011.

In 2015, she won the Marathon Gold Medal in the Pan American Games, setting a new Pan-American record of 2:33:05. A few weeks after the games, Julio César Maglione, president of the Pan American Sports Organization announced that Gladys Tejeda tested positive for doping, which she denied.

On September 10 2015, she has been stripped of her gold medal by the Committee who said in a statement that Tejeda had tested positive for furosemide, a diuretic on the World Anti-Doping Agency's banned list because it is used to mask other drugs. The statement said that Tejeda would be temporarily suspended from international competition.[5][6]

Personal bests

5000 m: 16:00.91 min – Peru Lima, 15 June 2013

10,000 m: 33:01.99 min – United States Stanford, California, 4 May 2014

Half marathon: 1:10:14 hrs – United Kingdom Cardiff, 26 March 2016

Marathon: 2:28:12 hrs – Netherlands Rotterdam, 12 April 2015

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes

Representing the Peru

2010 South American Half Marathon Championships Lima, Perú 2nd Half marathon 1:13:53

World Half Marathon Championships Nanning, China 21st Half marathon 1:13:46

2011 Pan American Games Guadalajara, México 3rd Marathon 2:42:09

2012 Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 43rd Marathon 2:32:07

2013 South American Championships Cartagena, Colombia 2nd 5000 m 16:19.39

Bolivarian Games Trujillo, Perú 1st Half marathon 1:12:53

2014 World Half Marathon Championships København, Denmark 26th Half marathon 1:11:24

2015 Pan American Cross Country Cup Barranquilla, Colombia 1st 7km 21:18

3rd Team - 7km 51 pts

World Cross Country Championships Guiyang, China 21st 8 km 28:22

8th Team 156 pts

References

Biography - TEJEDA Gladys Lucy (in Spanish), retrieved June 12, 2014

Listado Oficial de Atletas Participantes - Gladys Lucy Tejeda Pucuhuaranga (in Spanish), retrieved June 12, 2014

London 2012 site

Staff (16 July 2012). "Atleta Gladys Tejeda será la abanderada de Perú en Londres 2012" [Athlete Gladys Tejeda Will Be Peru's Flag Bearer in London 2012]. Radio Programas del Perú (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 July 2012.

http://www.peruthisweek.com/news-odepa-confirms-gladys-tejeda-tests-positive-for-doping-107353

http://www.cp24.com/sports/winner-of-women-s-marathon-at-pan-am-games-stripped-of-medal-for-doping-1.2556579

Tejeda, a compact 1.62/46kg (built like a Japanese) - has modest track pbs of 16:00.91, 33:01.99 - but better road bests of 1:10:14, (just last week in Cardiff) and 2:28:12 (Rotterdam, April 2015).

The way she is running now, Tejeda looks on track to revise her marathon pb, to the region of 2:24 to 2:26, and with the sultry conditions possible in Rio this August, looks like a possible medal contender.

We should not let Tejeda's brush with doping, for an innocent mistake (apparent) take away the credit she deserves for her consistent progress over the last few years. She is one of the most consistent distance runners, and rarely fails to produce the goods.

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