Questionable Point wrote:
larkimm wrote:
Whilst AlSal was correct in that the infusions / injections that his squad had had were lawful (and that therefore it was arguably not worth the hassle of disclosing in case the wrong terms were used and something blew up accidentally), perhaps Farah was influenced in terms of how he spoke to the interviewer about the L-Car injections.
Who says the injections were lawful? According to USADA, it is highly likely that they were not.
That would explain all the lying.
Paragraphs 233 and 234 of the judgement against Salazar:-
"233 - A majority of the Panel finds that no substantial step was taken by Respondent with respect to an anti-doping rule violation (i.e. the Use of a Prohibited Method/over volume infusion) for the NOP Athletes and in fact, Respondent was explicit at the time in taking whatever steps were necessary to avoid any such conduct.
234 - A majority of the Panel finds that USADA has not met its burden of proof with respect to the Attempted Administration charge as it relates to the NOP Athletes. "
Irrespective of what USADA proposed, the tribunal did not agree with what USADA were alleging.
You may form a different view, but that's what the tribunal said. Of course, in relation to Magness, all parties agreed that he had had too much and would be illegal - and Salazar was sanctioned because Magness was still regarded as an athlete, even though the Magness infusion wasn't an intent to dope a current athlete (i.e. he wasn't competing).