Russia Today article
https://www.rt.com/sport/359476-smirnov-wada-fancy-bear/A long time IOC member is an "independent overseer" of an anti-doping institution?
Russia Today article
https://www.rt.com/sport/359476-smirnov-wada-fancy-bear/A long time IOC member is an "independent overseer" of an anti-doping institution?
FancyBear analyst wrote:
Christina ObergföllFemale German javelin thrower, silver in London 2012, and 2013 world championne. Retired.
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Again unclear why her data appears here. Maybe to show that they have more than just Rio data?
I guess WADA missed it, They believe/claim it was confined to the Rio 2016 Games.
WADA believes that hackers used spear phishing of email accounts to gain access to the data, “confined to the Rio 2016 Games,†and has “no reason to believe that other ADAMS data has been compromised.â€
abcd1234 wrote:
pop_pop!_v2.2.1 wrote:And if you aren't actually an asthma sufferer, it is a fantastic weight loss mechanism.Are you sure? I thought prednisolone (Froome), as a steroid, was more likely to cause weight gain than loss.
Beta agonists as a general grouping of drugs is great for weight loss. Phil Gaimon, American cyclist, talked about getting it prescribed after he was asked if walking up stairs after a workout made him breathless. They have been abused for certainly more than a decade.
Prednisolone is catabolic. A different, riskier approach to weight loss. My limited understanding is it allows pretty much anything the body has to be turned into energy. Hence, the description as a catabolic steroid. It would help stage racing cyclists recover and lose weight. (in a bad way)
Open, close to Russia wrote:
A long time IOC member is an "independent overseer" of an anti-doping institution?
This is the IOC. Of course! It wasn't that long ago Sep Blatter was a lifetime member of WADA's management committee. Lots of infamous people populate the IOC.
pop_pop!_v2.2.1 wrote:
Open, close to Russia wrote:A long time IOC member is an "independent overseer" of an anti-doping institution?
This is the IOC. Of course! It wasn't that long ago Sep Blatter was a lifetime member of WADA's management committee. Lots of infamous people populate the IOC.
Yeah, it's just like Marissa Mayer (Yahoo) sitting on the Walmart board, though having little retail experience (just like most of the rest of the board admittedly). People are on these for connections reasons, not merit obviously.
FancyBear analyst wrote:
Christian von LehnGerman male swimmer, mediocre in Rio.
TUEs granted (1):
formoterol, glucocorticoids, 17 Mar 2010 to 17 Mar 2014, granted 1 day late
I guess the FB guys want to stick up random Germans?
Home of Hajo Seppelt and the initial ARD documentary (Dec 2014).
Knowing very well about salbutamol and its effect on muscle force contraction... (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23559124) I went to my GP and told her I think I have exercise induced asthma. "After a run - especially if it's cold - i get a bad cough that lasts a few days with cold-like symptoms."She wrote me out a prescription without doing any tests at all. I do actually get a bit wheezy but I don't bother with the inhaler unless it's winter.Linford Christie used to puff away on his inhaler before every race, lo- and behold he was using a lot more than salbutamol.A lot of athletes are feigning sickness to get their TUEs so they can carry on doing what is essentially cheating. I think if you're sick then stay at home and rest, most people don't need these medications. ADHD meds are another that is massively exploited, we've known about this for decades and at high school kids would buy the meds off their 'buddy with ADHD' to help with exams. It's also abused in e-sports. Some kids are pumped full of medicine just because their parents and teachers can't handle them. When I was a kid my dad would just send me for a run around the block.Anyway, this is the athlete I'm interested in, Gold medal winner Michelle Carter... Did she ever test positive considering this is a retroactive TUE that was declined? And why was she taking these meds in the first place?
FancyBear analyst wrote:
Michelle Carter
Female shot putter (USA), gold medalist in Rio.
TUEs rejected (1);
Application 29 Jan 2015, rejected 04 Feb 2015, a retroactive at-all-time TUE from 15 Jan 2015 involving emergency reasons for "Medrol dose pack" (glucocorticoids), 100micrograms Breo ellipta (beta-2 agonist), depo medrol (glucocorticoids). Decision: Use not justified considering the pathology.
Prescription != TUE, but the point is taken on local doctors being the first weak link.
Similarly I think I would be much happier with the TUE system if I felt I could trust the fallen nature of man (and woman) not to exploit it.
Regarding Michelle Carter, Flotrack sez:
http://www.flotrack.org/article/46193-thirsty-russians-leak-innocuous-tues-for-michelle-carter-deanna-priceBreo ellipta is most suited for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (lung disease), though in both Europe/USA it is also being used for asthma. With COPD: "The diagnosis is based on poor airflow as measured by lung function tests. In contrast to asthma, the airflow reduction does not improve much with the use of a bronchodilator." So I cannot agree with Flotrack that this is "an asthma inhaler" exactly. (There's actually a big warning on the FDA approval form about *not* prescribing it to asthma patients except under certain circumstances, with long-term use against asthma definitely contra-indicated.)
From the conspiracist angle, it's a bit puzzling to have both an emergency that requires this, but at the same time no long-standing TUE for lung troubles in general (the "chronic" aspect), but maybe they just decided to use this as a one-off for some reason. The FDA approved it for "long-term" maintenance use, but I guess that doesn't suppress one-off usage too.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluticasone_furoate/vilanterolWith knowing the actual pathology, it's too hard to guess what's going on. Note also that the form says "Application Complete: No", so maybe they just didn't include enough details for a doctor who was not in rubber-stamping mood. It was in mid-January, out-of-season for shot put I presume (Indoor champs started Feb 27), and there is no evidence of a failed test.
speared email wrote:
FancyBear analyst wrote:I guess WADA missed it, They believe/claim it was confined to the Rio 2016 Games.
WADA believes that hackers used spear phishing of email accounts to gain access to the data, “confined to the Rio 2016 Games,†and has “no reason to believe that other ADAMS data has been compromised.â€
Except that Obergföll DID compete in Rio. She retired at Berlin, right after the Games.
FancyBear analyst wrote:
Brittney GrinerFemale basketball player (USA)
TUEs granted (1):
lisdexamfetamine, 01 Oct 2015 to 30 Sep 2019, granted 28 Oct 2015 (27 days retro)
This drug treats ADHD, binge eating, etc.
Supposedly she has chronic lyme disease. Wikipedia is on top of the controversy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyme_disease_controversyChronic Lyme disease is a controversial diagnosis that encompasses "a broad array of illnesses or symptom complexes for which there is no reproducible or convincing scientific evidence of any relationship to B. burgdorferi infection."[1] There is no clinical evidence that "chronic" lyme disease is caused by a persistent infection.[2] Most medical authorities advise against long-term antibiotic treatment for Lyme disease, though they agree that some patients do experience lingering symptoms.[
Oops sorry, that Elena Delle Donne that has lyme disease, my bad. Sorry.
Joerg Jaschke tweeted: (Wiggins)
1/2. 29/6/11 & 26/6/12 & 2/4/13 for me looks like an allergy to big tours, I know this it is a serious medical condition (sarcastic)
2/2 "Why do TUE create alarm bells? Because they have been abused in the past by people like Lance Armstrong" Brailsford 2014
The dodgy doc Serrano is now covered in NY Times.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/16/sports/tennis/mattek-sands-eric-serrano-doping-russian-hacking.htmlThe initial question should be: why was she working with him in the first place, given his dubious reputation? Her residences have been in MN and AZ (AFAIK), so why the Ohio connections?
More from Wiggins:
British Cycling have always had a no-needle policy, it’s been a mainstay of theirs; so it was something I grew up with as a bike rider. In British cycling culture, at the word ‘needle’ or the sight of one, you go, ‘Oh shit’, it’s a complete taboo...I’ve never had an injection, apart from I’ve had my vaccinations, and on occasion I’ve been put on a drip, when I’ve come down with diarrhoea or something or have been severely dehydrated.
The question must be asked: why use it right before TdF? Is that when hay fever season starts?
If I were a national sports minister, and had winning medals as a goal, exploiting the TUE system would be a top priority, at all levels (athletes, doctors, rubberstamping officials).
Seems that they can't get the "facts" straight. Wiggins spokesman now says injections were for asthma. But the TUE form says they were for (grass) pollen allergies. Not quite the same thing.
There's also the "dog that didn't bark" (Sherlock Holmes).
If his seasonal allergies are so bad over multiple years, why did haven't they continued post-2013 to do the triamcinolone injection on a yearly basis at those times? If it's for "medical" reasons that is.
2013 is just when gave up doing the big tours (needing longer stamina).
“I’ve not been in the peloton in 10 years but those protocols with what you see from Wiggins and from Froome, that’s exactly as how we would have done it, for performance enhancing benefit.â€
Bradley Wiggins said: However, he added: "This was to cure a medical condition. This wasn't about trying to find a way to gain an unfair advantage. "This was about putting myself back on a level playing-field in order to compete at the highest level."
"(And) you have the medical team and coaches checking everything's OK - 'Bradley, you're on track here, you're the favourite to win this race, now we need to make sure the next three weeks... is there anything we can help with at the moment?'
"(I say) 'Well, I'm still struggling with this breathing, I know it didn't look like it but is there anything else you can do just to make sure that I don't, this doesn't become an issue into a three-week race at the height of the season?'
"And, in turn, I took that medical advice (to take triamcinolone)."