Salazar Responds to USADA

Mr. Obvious wrote:

Shoebacca wrote:

So they're going to be under all kinds of scrutiny whenever a coach/athlete refuses to cooperate and they are put in a position to sanction based on lack of cooperation only.

Lack of cooperation is not a cause for sanction. Providing fraudulent information or covering up a doping violation is. I'll post the two sections of the WADA code which I think are relevant to it is clear what is required and prohibited:

2.5 Tampering or Attempted Tampering with any

part of Doping Control

Conduct which subverts the Doping Control process but

which would not otherwise be included in the definition

of Prohibited Methods. Tampering shall include, without

limitation, intentionally interfering or attempting

to interfere with a Doping Control official, providing

fraudulent information to an Anti-Doping Organization

or intimidating or attempting to intimidate a potential

witness.

2.9 Complicity

Assisting, encouraging, aiding, abetting, conspiring,

covering up or any other type of intentional complicity

involving an anti-doping rule violation, Attempted

anti-doping rule violation or violation of Article 10.12.1 by

another Person.

Bullet_Proof wrote:

rojo wrote:

I haven't read this thread jus the first post. But this is real simple.

Let's see the evidence. How do you raise your levels that quickly without taking more than 50 ml?

The burden is on YOU to prove they cheated, buddy.

You want to make claims that they CHEATED? And you've got no smoking gun evidence?

How can we know for sure that you and your bro didn't cheat? I mean, I read your guys' story about how you were frustrated with your 10k times and the recurring injuries, and then you spent some time to think about how to go about it in a smarter way and wanted to "do it right" and change the way you train, and I was inspired by weldon's times in the 10k. However, when it occurred, it was a suspiciously significant improvement to go to 28 min range for 10k from being a chronically injured also-ran. In such a short amount of time...

Stack the evidence wrote:

Mr. Obvious wrote:

Lack of cooperation is not a cause for sanction. Providing fraudulent information or covering up a doping violation is. I'll post the two sections of the WADA code which I think are relevant to it is clear what is required and prohibited:

2.5 Tampering or Attempted Tampering with any

part of Doping Control

Conduct which subverts the Doping Control process but

which would not otherwise be included in the definition

of Prohibited Methods. Tampering shall include, without

limitation, intentionally interfering or attempting

to interfere with a Doping Control official, providing

fraudulent information to an Anti-Doping Organization

or intimidating or attempting to intimidate a potential

witness.

2.9 Complicity

Assisting, encouraging, aiding, abetting, conspiring,

covering up or any other type of intentional complicity

involving an anti-doping rule violation, Attempted

anti-doping rule violation or violation of Article 10.12.1 by

another Person.

Thank you for posting.

This would have to be proved beyond reasonable doubt.

Given what we have seen in released docs its all purely assumptive.

Mr. Obvious wrote:

Shoebacca wrote:

So they're going to be under all kinds of scrutiny whenever a coach/athlete refuses to cooperate and they are put in a position to sanction based on lack of cooperation only.

Lack of cooperation is not a cause for sanction. Providing fraudulent information or covering up a doping violation is. I'll post the two sections of the WADA code which I think are relevant to it is clear what is required and prohibited:

2.5 Tampering or Attempted Tampering with any

part of Doping Control

Conduct which subverts the Doping Control process but

which would not otherwise be included in the definition

of Prohibited Methods. Tampering shall include, without

limitation, intentionally interfering or attempting

to interfere with a Doping Control official, providing

fraudulent information to an Anti-Doping Organization

or intimidating or attempting to intimidate a potential

witness.

2.9 Complicity

Assisting, encouraging, aiding, abetting, conspiring,

covering up or any other type of intentional complicity

involving an anti-doping rule violation, Attempted

anti-doping rule violation or violation of Article 10.12.1 by

another Person.

wejo wrote:

Mr. Obvious wrote:

Lack of cooperation is not a cause for sanction. Providing fraudulent information or covering up a doping violation is. I'll post the two sections of the WADA code which I think are relevant to it is clear what is required and prohibited:

2.5 Tampering or Attempted Tampering with any

part of Doping Control

Conduct which subverts the Doping Control process but

which would not otherwise be included in the definition

of Prohibited Methods. Tampering shall include, without

limitation, intentionally interfering or attempting

to interfere with a Doping Control official, providing

fraudulent information to an Anti-Doping Organization

or intimidating or attempting to intimidate a potential

witness.

2.9 Complicity

Assisting, encouraging, aiding, abetting, conspiring,

covering up or any other type of intentional complicity

involving an anti-doping rule violation, Attempted

anti-doping rule violation or violation of Article 10.12.1 by

another Person.

Dr. Brown's office altered the records it gave to USADA.

I can't believe they haven't charged him for that and L-Carnitine injections. I guess the question is do they then charge the athletes who got them and presumably were being told what they were doing was legal? Best case for USADA would get Ritz to admit he broke the rules without knowledge, makes the case stronger if one admits it but circumstantial evidence in that report is very strong assuming it's accurate.

Ritz presumably then could file suit against Dr. Brown and Nike.

wejo wrote:

Mr. Obvious wrote:

Lack of cooperation is not a cause for sanction. Providing fraudulent information or covering up a doping violation is. I'll post the two sections of the WADA code which I think are relevant to it is clear what is required and prohibited:

2.5 Tampering or Attempted Tampering with any

part of Doping Control

Conduct which subverts the Doping Control process but

which would not otherwise be included in the definition

of Prohibited Methods. Tampering shall include, without

limitation, intentionally interfering or attempting

to interfere with a Doping Control official, providing

fraudulent information to an Anti-Doping Organization

or intimidating or attempting to intimidate a potential

witness.

2.9 Complicity

Assisting, encouraging, aiding, abetting, conspiring,

covering up or any other type of intentional complicity

involving an anti-doping rule violation, Attempted

anti-doping rule violation or violation of Article 10.12.1 by

another Person.

Dr. Brown's office altered the records it gave to USADA.

I can't believe they haven't charged him for that and L-Carnitine injections. I guess the question is do they then charge the athletes who got them and presumably were being told what they were doing was legal? Best case for USADA would get Ritz to admit he broke the rules without knowledge, makes the case stronger if one admits it but circumstantial evidence in that report is very strong assuming it's accurate.

Ritz presumably then could file suit against Dr. Brown and Nike.