What's the process? And let's use Brigid as an example too.
She crosses the finish line with a world record in the marathon.
What's the time frame until she is tested? 10 minutes? 30 minutes? Is her urine and/or blood tested? How long until those tests have results?
Not accusing her and sorry for my ignorance but I just imagine her taking a few tests within a half hour of finishing the race and we should know if she's tested positive or not within a day or two. Or is that just wishful thinking?
The Ingebrigtsens are tested a lot.
https://newsbeezer.com/norwayeng/its-totally-sick
"In total, we are tested 70-80 times in a year, and we are tested very often, both when setting a record and during random tests during the Diamond League".
"For the first time, Kenya was able to create biological passports for about 40 of its top athletes."
It seems lesser-known athletes don't get tested as much because of the cost in Kenya.
She is not on the juice now... she was while in Kenya and not tested. She gets off the drugs in time for her test to be clean and then leaves the country. That is how every African operates
Extremely soon after the race (maybe immediately, for sure no more than about 15 minutes) she will be assigned an anti-doping person that will follow her around until she's able to provide a sample. She's not allowed to leave her site until that sample is given. It is just a urine sample. If she chugs a ton of water and the urine is too clear, she has to try again. There is also a minimum amount that must be given.
I'm unsure on the exact duration it takes to do the test, but it's certainly not instantly, more like weeks or a few months. If there is a failure they may wait before announcing anything and test the remaining sample as the 'B' sample to verify that it is a failure.
cbDalloway wrote:
She is not on the juice now... she was while in Kenya and not tested. She gets off the drugs in time for her test to be clean and then leaves the country. That is how every African operates
Source?