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

.....Oh my readers!!!!...........

........very well done Ghost1 !!!..... unfortunately here at LRC.....people are very easily confused.........

......I think readers should easily see that there is a very heavy element of SARCASM in Ghost1's posts.......It sure was easy for me to notice!!!.

........It is very easy to observe.....It is obvious!!!.....and I enjoyed the posts by Ghost1 very much!!......

............read the posts again... now knowing Ghost1 may be using sarcasm..

..............Go Ghost 1!!!..................

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I AGREE WITh YOU.......................BUT...... BUT...... BUT.......

so many sprinters SOCCER PLAYERS TENNIS PLAYERS FOOTBALL PLAYERS from USA EUROPE ASIA AFRICA OCEANIA ALWAYS BACk TO COMPETITION WhY NO Gladys Tejeda BECAUSE.....BECAUSE.....

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ukathleticscoach 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

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

Medical issues lasting 10 years?

Craig Virgin had/has renal issues...Just sayin'...

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.

That is correct, and at the time that Virgin was competing - (late 70s early 80s) the list of prohibited substances was much thinner than it is now - no comparison, so he may have taken things, which today would be prohibited or require a TUE - of course I am saying this, without casting any aspersions on Virgin, because I am 99.9% sure he was clean, and have no doubts about his moral fiber. If you have read any of his posts in the past on this board, his ethics and behavior come across very impressively and still do (Virgin still runs and lifts weights in a gym, several times a week).

I can see your point about Tejeda, but you have to realize that many of the Latino athletes are trained in quite a disciplined way (in this case - the Mexican, former elite - Rodolfo Gomez - 2:09 marathoner/27:56 - 10,000 - is coach there in Peru) and Tejeda would take all the things she was prescribed.

My feeling is that this is an innocent mistake. Why? - Because had it not been so, the IAAF would have come down hard on Tejeda, and banned her from competing for a lot longer than 6 months. There was a due process in this case, and the IAAF examined all the relevant papers and documents, and came to a conclusion in the case, which reflects the 'severity' of the infraction Tejeda committed.

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Cut people some slack:)

Thoroughly Disgusted wrote:

I do not accept that any professional athlete can take a prescription drug that's on the Prohibited List and it be an "innocent mistake." It's just not credible that you compete as a professional athlete, have a drug prescribed by a doctor, and "innocently" take something that's on the Prohibited List.

I see this kind of statement so often, and I find it thoroughly unconvincing.

It is, however, amusing to see Ghost once again portraying an adjudicated doper as a doe-eyed innocent.

It's so weird to see all these drugs surfacing that are PEAs...I wonder how Lasix exactly would be beneficial? Lasix/furosemide is usually given to someone who retains fluid....ex. A person with heart failure....it brings down bp as a result of bringing down fluid volume....it actually can be hard on your kidneys so not sure how accurate the explanation is for her using it because of renal problems....I wonder if because it makes you pee so much it gets other PEAs out of your system faster? Not sure but if any pharmacist/doc out there knows...it'd be interesting to know why lasix would be a banned drug. It seems like it'd hinder a distance runner because they'd want to pee constantly.

Actually I think that is why it's banned...I answered my own question.

It's a masking agent for PEDs.

This is the part of the Prohibited list on furosemide:

And if you get caught with a diuretic in your system, it's easier to make up an excuse for taking Lasix than a steroid, testosterone, EPO, etc.

Ok...when I first read it....it sounded weird to me that an elite athlete would need to take lasix....like I said it's typically given to patients who have heart failure or hx of it.....it would suck to be on it as a runner because you'd be peeing constantly and get dehydrated easier too...makes sense though if you need to pee more to get everything out of your system.

I'd worry that someone doing this would seriously damage their kidneys though....