Doping in other sports

[Beebo]

It's the money that's ruined this once glorious sport. It should have remained firmly amateur.

This could be applied to every profession sport. Why would you seek to deny the athletes a chance to make money?

This world record was done on a track which is known to be fast, with modern footwear technology and special LED lights which showed the WR pace on the floor. All this would help.
On the other hand 10 seconds is essentially almost half a second a lap every lap, which is a big time gap.

I am happy to believe it to be true until proved otherwise.

 

[Beebo]

Dutch athlete Sifan Hassan broke the women's world record for the 10,000 metres today. Apparently, she clocked a time of 29 minutes 6.82 seconds. The thing is, almost everyone associated with the sport was highly suspicious of the previous record - ten seconds slower than today's time - so her victory in this race today hasn't generated anything like the euphoria it would have say ten years ago. People look at a shattering of a world record like this with a 'yeah, right!' attitude. Comments about her achievements today are firmly on the sceptical side from what I've been reading.

What a shame this would be if her record was legitimate but people are too long in the tooth now to want to be more disillusioned about her time if it later (in some cases, years later) turns out to be bent.

It's the money that's ruined this once glorious sport. It should have remained firmly amateur.

And her record only stood for 3 days until an Ethiopian athlete broke it. Gutted.

 

[Tom...]

Be careful when consuming burritos...

https://news.sky.com/story/shelby-h...ositive-drugs-test-on-eating-burrito-12333484

 

[Cathryn]

Be careful when consuming burritos...

https://news.sky.com/story/shelby-h...ositive-drugs-test-on-eating-burrito-12333484

This is an intriguing situation. I clearly have no idea if she's innocent or guilty but it's been interesting how America has rushed to defend her versus their attitude to other nations' dopers. I recognise that own bias in myself and it's been a really thought-provoking situation.

 

[Beebo]

Drug ban for cannabis in US sprinter who will miss Olympics and was a clear medal hope.
Seems a bit unfair as it’s hardly performance enhancing to your 100m sprint times.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/57692193

 

[Beebo]

Why, then, is it on the WADA list I wonder? I remember a skier got pinged for it at or after the Olympics a while ago.

Edit. To answer my own question, WADA say ...
Recent advances in understanding the endogenous cannabinoid system demonstrate its
important role in many critical functions that could positively affect sports performance.
This fact, together with the detrimental health effects of cannabis and its violation of the
spirit of sport, supports the prohibition of cannabis and its analogues

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3717337/pdf/nihms486945.pdf

Apparently it’s only been banned since 1999.

 

[mjr]

Apparently it’s only been banned since 1999.

I guess all the partying gave them more data ;-)

 

[matticus]

Why, then, is it on the WADA list I wonder? I remember a skier got pinged for it at or after the Olympics a while ago.

Edit. To answer my own question, WADA say (Cannabis in Sport:Anti-Doping Perspective 2011) ...

Recent advances in understanding the endogenous cannabinoid system demonstrate its​

important role in many critical functions that could positively affect sports performance.​

This fact, together with the detrimental health effects of cannabis and its violation of the​

spirit of sport, supports the prohibition of cannabis and its analogues​

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3717337/pdf/nihms486945.pdf

I don't find that very convincing to be honest!

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

UK Silver under threat. Ujah's going to be popular with his 3 other sprint relay runners. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2...-chijindu-ujah-suspended-for-doping-violation

 

[Chromatic]

UK Silver under threat. Ujah's going to be popular with his 3 other sprint relay runners. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2...-chijindu-ujah-suspended-for-doping-violation

Very disappointing isn't it?

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Very disappointing isn't it?

More than disappointing, disgraceful.

 

[Chromatic]

I was using Understatement.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Understatement

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I was using Understatement.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Understatement

Or litotes, a form of rhetoric on steroids.

 

[Beebo]

About as popular as Dwayne Chambers.

clearly he is innocent until proven otherwise, but sprint relay does rely on the other 3 being clean.

 

[Milkfloat]

Would be the first summer games medal stripped from us, a real shame and a rightly or wrongly increases suspicion on other athletes.