Former NOP runner Ciarán Ó Lionáird misses drug test - slams testers for "constantly harassing" him as he's unofficially retired

jenapharm wrote:

1- If he wants the testers to leave him alone fill out the paperwork you need to so you can officially retire and be taken out of the system

2- If you know something say it stop the hinting around.

Would you publicly diss your employer?

All top-level athletes are using some form of PED.

Les wrote:

jenapharm wrote:

1- If he wants the testers to leave him alone fill out the paperwork you need to so you can officially retire and be taken out of the system

2- If you know something say it stop the hinting around.

Would you publicly diss your employer?

Then shut up and say nothing and not make stupid hinting comments

He didn't like Magness and he hates the press? I think I like this guy more and more...

brogan1 wrote:

rojo wrote:

I also find it fascinating that a former member of the NOP says it's easy to microdose.

Why is that fascinating? Victor Conte and other knowledgeable people are constantly saying how easy it is. On this forum visitors are always saying it is easy even though they likely never tried. It is a common belief.

It seems like this site is always taking great leaps to connect NOP to doping.

You think?

+1

"Dopping"...? Wtf is wrong with you. Pick up a book.

houstoncougars wrote:

He didn't like Magness and he hates the press? I think I like this guy more and more...

But he LOOOOVES the attention. Just another far left liberal. Nothing to see here. Heaven knows, I sure hope he wasn't using Peds at otc. If so, I hope he kept his receipt.

AGREE!!!

But then again, that's Rojo's MO: sensationalize a story to generate clicks, especially when it relates to NOP. It's obvious he loves to discredit them at every opportunity, yet he will come to the rescue to others that are at least as suspect as Al Sal and NOP; e.g., Paula. It's so odd and dishonest!

O'Lionaird is simply a deluded liberal, and has never worked a real job in his life. He's managed to walk into a job with Nike off the back of a sub-standard running career and an even more sub-standard education subsidised through a scholarship provided through the success of an ACC football power. This is after walking away from a Michigan education.

Yet the man promotes totally deluded views on immigration etc, elevated through the illusion of social status and interpreted education, whilst at the same time presumably gaining his political views through the political and media rhetoric promoted from geographical location of which he resides. This narrative comes from a man who tries to make going to a concert seem like an educational journey....see his instagram posts on the Burning Man.

At the end of the day Mr. O'Lionaird you signed up to anti-drug testing. If you cannot adhere to the rules of this testing then you theoretically do not promote drug free sport. The simple fact is, you are perfectly able to resume your athletic career, and thus able in turn to partake in the use of performance enhancing drugs. I liken the case of Christian Hesch, who won thousands of dollars on the national and Californian road race scene whilst using EPO to your attention. With your talent level, which cannot be questioned, you could easily string a few months of training together whilst working a full time job and subsequently win races worth a couple of thousand of dollars, thus subsidising your income to your obvious advantage. The drug testers, be it USADA or WADA do not have a crystal ball and cannot predict whether you will renegaid on your 'retirement', and thus any attempt to opt out of testing should be seen as futile, and non-negotiable. You dedicated a part of your life to the sport, and agreed to uphold the integrity of the sport through mandatory testing. Accept this deal and fulfill it, then be free to get on with whatever life choices you wish to carry on.

This isnt just about YOU Mr. O'Lionaird, this is about the sport of athletics.

Racing Jorts wrote:

Caps Cornhole wrote:

Ciaran got the product line manager job at Nike because Capriotti wanted to make sure he kept his mouth shut and stay loyal. O’lionaird was dirty and he is as shady as it gets. There is a reason the testers are still annoying him.

Judging solely by his quote, he definitely knows something. Pity that omertà still stands. He's just another "look at me" far left liberal that lives in their own distorted sense of reality. They pretend to have all kinds of empathy and desire to do things to help out the world; yet at the end of the day, they're just another selfish @$$hole.

So true.

This quote is striking. I find it fascinating that you are so hostile to some members of NOP fully buy into the innocence of: 1. Former / current NOP runners / coaches who you like (Gouchers, Magness / Ritz). 2. Members of other training groups who work with the same company, at the same facilities and see the same doctors (OTC / BTC) I am much less certain that anyone is guilty. At least I try to be consistent, Your analysis seems to start with whether the athlete / coach ever said something negative about your site. That is pretty remarkable considering all of the immature and nasty posts that you allowed about Rupp - mocking his looks, making claims about his sexuality, etc.

Politics has nothing to do with this subject. Who knows the political view of most runners? Who cares?

Then officially retire.

I bet the fellow apartment owners were pleased that an unathoursed person could not get access to the inside of the block .

I also noticed that the athlete got phone calls and the assumption is that this was before the tester left .

I thought that this was not allowed .Will someone explain how this is allowed .

Well, 44% of the athletes in Daegu admitted to doping (within the last 12 months). Less than 2% were caught. So yes, it's easy to not get caught. I find it rather ridiculous to call it "microdosing" just because one has to respect certain, generous limits, for example for hemoglobin (shouldn't raise more than 10% to be on the safe side in the ABP) and testosterone (keep the T/E ratio below 4 : 1 - normal is 1 : 1). Finally, no leaps are required to connect NOP to doping, see e.g. USADA's conviction that NOP used a prohibited method (which equals doping as per WADA).

brogan1 wrote:

rojo wrote:

I also find it fascinating that a former member of the NOP says it's easy to microdose.

Why is that fascinating? Victor Conte and other knowledgeable people are constantly saying how easy it is. On this forum visitors are always saying it is easy even though they likely never tried. It is a common belief.

It seems like this site is always taking great leaps to connect NOP to doping.

birmingham wrote:

I also noticed that the athlete got phone calls and the assumption is that this was before the tester left .

I thought that this was not allowed .Will someone explain how this is allowed .

Where does it say that it is not allowed? One isn't allowed to call the athlete ahead of time, for obvious reasons, but when the athlete does not respond to the doorbell, the phone is the next step (along with shouting and knocking). See for example the Rollins case.

Why do people always start going on about politics when the people they are talking about are practically politically neutral?

Half the people being talked about are either minors or people who can't vote.

Is there some need to advertise that you recently took a class on politics and want to wave your new knowledge around?

This guy is a joke. File the paperwork to retire and you dont get tested.. easy as that. problem solved. stop being a little bi tch. filing the paperwork easier then writing the article he just wrote. what a tool