Ariana Lambie speaks about her time in NOP, says she was given a supplement by Salazar & told to take a drug test after it

There are really no comments yet on this post? This is a disgrace. I'm sure NOP apologists will be here shortly to downplay this.

Oh Lord.

Will he be banned for life? The evidence against him is quite compelling.

So we have another allegation from another one of his athletes that is not an admission of doping or a witness of doping. So far the only Salazar athlete who has doped is Steve Magness. We must have heard from nearly all of them at this point and even the ones who hate him most have not admitted to doping, have a story of being offered PEDs, had a teammate tell them they were doping, or witnessed doping. It is pretty clear at this point that Salazar is an a-hole but that he did not dope any of his athletes.

Another connection is that lambie’s husband is the son of Rudy chapa, one of salazars best friends

Word is that when originally interviewed about Salazar by USADA, Lambie omitted some of this information. When what she had omitted came to USADA's attention within the last few months, Lambie must have sung more completely.

Evidence of what? He gave her something that could have been anything and which apparently didn't show up on a drug test? That's hardly illegal.

Biggest non-story since... we'll the last "LRC expose" hatemongering.

Its panorama. Its bbc junk.

Seriously, read what the incident is, not what you want it to imply.

I think Alberto is dirty by the way, but we need court level evidence, not junk bbc panorama insinuation.

Every bloody Monday we wake up to the bbc claiming some new loud advertising news for panorama. It is typically disgraceful, self serving, government funded fake news.

Second and last post on panorama. I think the point is made for our overseas friends who give credibility to the bbc.

I want to know why she took a supplement without knowing what it was? That’s just plain dumb if you’re a pro athlete and she should take some responsibility here.

And why would Nike lawyers step in to create road blocks for something that was legal? They wouldn’t. Nike equals cheating.

sesamoiditis wrote:

So far the only Salazar athlete who has doped is Steve Magness.

No. The first one was Decker, with testo, lol. Remember Salazar himself used testo without a TUE as athlete.

And there is quite some evidence that he gave out testo to NOP athletes in the AAA decision, and used the forbidden method also on Rupp and Co. The evidence for the latter convinced only one of the three judges, so Salazar wasn't banned for that.

Let's see how CAS views that evidence.

Tribe wrote:

I want to know why she took a supplement without knowing what it was? That’s just plain dumb if you’re a pro athlete and she should take some responsibility here.

This is what stuck out to me. So much for strict liability...

The athlete is responsible for what she is putting in her body.

Sleazy Sal did something similar with Rupp: had him take Prednisone and then shipped his urine to the Mayo Clinic to see if he would test positive. So Lambie’s statements don’t really surprise me that much, given what we already know about the Nike Doping Project.

faa rigger wrote:

Tribe wrote:

I want to know why she took a supplement without knowing what it was? That’s just plain dumb if you’re a pro athlete and she should take some responsibility here.

This is what stuck out to me. So much for strict liability...

The athlete is responsible for what she is putting in her body.

I agree. Athletes aren’t exactly helpless victims when it comes to doping cases.

SpaRtaQQvLUs wrote:

We give "credibility" to bbc? If you mean the state-funded broadcasting institution in UK, we furriners know better than that. If you mean what your wife takes deep, then you'd better be giving it credibility, she does, LOL!

You have no idea what you are talking about. Yes BBC is state funded. But nevertheless it happens to be one of the most independent major news outlets. In fact it is frequently being lambasted by the head of the state that funds it, because Boris the Clown can't bear to have honest coverage of his antics. I am guessing you would prefer news sources from the million other entities, most of which are essentially shills for corporate interests. The BBC is not prefect, but it is in general a beacon in the world of journalism.

As for the topic of this thread--I am very sorry for what Lambie had to endure. From my perspective, it is time for Nike to be anathematized from track and field. The company has basically ruined the sport that I love, on several levels.

Where are the hard accusations against Salazr? Everybody is convinced that NOP did blood tranfusions and EPO, but all that comes to light is some grey area stuff and that Salazar his people management is horrible. Is it ethical? Totally not. Is is illegal? Probably not.

+1 all of the sudden no one is responsible for their actions. what do all of the athletes that acuse alberto have in common?........easy guess. THEY DIDNT GET ANYWHERE OR MEDAL. running is about having a strong mind, no wonder why they didnt. they cant cope with failure, they just wine and acuse. get your but to run, that is the only way to get better.

Agreed with the concept of personal responsibility. In Lambie's case, all complicated by the intertwining nature of the Chapa/Salazar family relationships. She should have spoked up years ago. When NOP/Salazar case heated up and Salazar was banned, her Instagram account went private. She had something to hide and did hide it until recently. Guessing USADA came for another visit and she spilled the beans.