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World Athletics Championships London 2017
- Thread starter Petee
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mikeyjh
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They ALL do, just called supplements if they're the right side of the line, drugs if not. I loved watching Gatlin silence the hypocrites.
"Almost all"
Yes although we tend to look the other way when 'good' athletes are doing EXACTLY regimes as their 'bad' colleagues.
Seagull58
In the Algarve
I cant agree with you. Taking banned performance enhancing drugs is totally different from taking legal supplements.It's an absolute disgrace that an athlete twice banned for drugs is picking up a gold medal this evening. Coe must be squirming with embarrassment. If he isn't then he damned well should be.
The_Viper
Well-known member
Athletics are a joke lets be fair, Bolt is going out at the right time and the loss to a drugs cheat is the perfect encapsulation of all that is wrong with the sport. It has a long hard climb back to any former glory.
Leekbrookgull
Well-known member
End off and Thank-You. Yet Coe was always anti Drugs.
The Jamaican sprinting programme has the most positive drug tests of any nation, since the unification of Germany.
That.
Got to be good to be Usain Bolt as surely everybody loves him.
Seagull58
In the Algarve
That doesn't excuse Gatlin and it doesn't taint Bolt. World Junior Champion at 15 years old and a "natural"progression since then. Not even a hint of drugs in his case.
I'm surprised none of that sounds familiar to you.
crodonilson
He/Him
Disgusting from the crowd to boo the champion. Let's not forget Bolt finished 3rd, even if Gatlin didn't participate he still wouldn't have won. Unfortunately it seems the middle class London audience only turned up for a Bolt procession, thankfully sport is unpredictable.
seagulls4ever
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- Oct 2, 2003
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Had a suspicion Bolt was going to lose out to Coleman. Michael Johnson has been banging on all evening about how Bolt was definitely going to win the final, with a time of about 9.80. But it never looked like he was going to get close to that time. What I didn't expect was Gatlin to win, especially given he is 35. Shame De Grasse missed out through injury. It's also a shame that it appears injuries have taken their toll on Yohan Blake, who at one point looked like he could potentially beat Bolt's world records. He achieved 9.69 in the 100m and 19.26 in the 200m before his injuries, way back in 2012 and 2011. He's still only 27.
Yoda
English & European
Yes, Gatlin has been a cheat, but can we please stop referring to him as a two time cheat?
The only thing he failed to do first time around (as a naive young nineteen year old) was check his medication. If he had, he would've found out he shouldn't have been taking it during competitions.
The following was a statement from the IAAF regarding this matter:
"The IAAF Council has accepted a request for early reinstatement on behalf of the US sprinter Justin Gatlin (suspended 2 years from 17.06.2001).
It was agreed that Gatlin had a genuine medical explanation for his positive test: prescription medicine for the condition "Attention Deficit Disorder" (ADD) which was first diagnosed when
Gatlin was 9 years-old, had never challenged his suspension, and had not competed in USATF or IAAF events since learning of his test result on 12 July 2001."
Due to this first instance, when he was actually caught cheating (the second time) he was originally given an EIGHT year ban, reduced to FOUR on appeal because of the circumstances surrounding his first offence. That in itself was a harsher sentence than a lot of doppers get for their first offence.
The only thing he failed to do first time around (as a naive young nineteen year old) was check his medication. If he had, he would've found out he shouldn't have been taking it during competitions.
The following was a statement from the IAAF regarding this matter:
"The IAAF Council has accepted a request for early reinstatement on behalf of the US sprinter Justin Gatlin (suspended 2 years from 17.06.2001).
It was agreed that Gatlin had a genuine medical explanation for his positive test: prescription medicine for the condition "Attention Deficit Disorder" (ADD) which was first diagnosed when
Gatlin was 9 years-old, had never challenged his suspension, and had not competed in USATF or IAAF events since learning of his test result on 12 July 2001."
Due to this first instance, when he was actually caught cheating (the second time) he was originally given an EIGHT year ban, reduced to FOUR on appeal because of the circumstances surrounding his first offence. That in itself was a harsher sentence than a lot of doppers get for their first offence.
hart's shirt
Well-known member
Plenty more to come when the 4 x 100m relay heats start.
I was there tonight and I booed him because he's a cheat. I hope they are testing him thoroughly tonight.
Are you Usain's mum?