EPelle wrote:They also had a cyclist test positive. Sanctions may very well be on the way for the Russians.
Maybe i am sounding the lawyer of the russians here but Gusev never tested positive.
He never 'tested positive' for a particular substance (e.g., EPO). However, his blood and urine values give indications of manipulations that are implicated in doping. He lost his job and is out of the Olympics as well, so it is a pretty strong indication of a problem. Remember that Rasmussen also did not 'test positive' and neither did MS Jones.
EPelle wrote:They also had a cyclist test positive. Sanctions may very well be on the way for the Russians.
Maybe i am sounding the lawyer of the russians here but Gusev never tested positive.
No, but his levels were dissatisfactorily enough outside the parametres of the agreement signed by the other 29 riders in the competition where the irregularities were discovered that he has been replaced.
Tiago wrote: Russian athletics survives for another day,
You must be so proud.
It is the truth,this was no surprise...i don't think this is a big case,voevodin is old and out of form,Buraev have always doping suspicious against him,only Kanaykin is a lost but Nizhegorodov is the gold bet for Russia anywway.
They said that Kanaykin had health and was left out of the team because of that,well now we now why.
The blow for the russia team was soboleva case.
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EPelle wrote:They also had a cyclist test positive. Sanctions may very well be on the way for the Russians.
Maybe i am sounding the lawyer of the russians here but Gusev never tested positive.
No, but his levels were dissatisfactorily enough outside the parametres of the agreement signed by the other 29 riders in the competition where the irregularities were discovered that he has been replaced.
Marta Dominguez too. I can see her sneaking a bronze. Jepkorir worries me because she always looks as though she's gonna fall over one of the barriers, like she nearly did in Barcelona last month.
Brace yourselves for the reports or even further denials of the reports:
The president of the All-Russian Athletics Federation dismissed media reports Wednesday that a further 11 Russian athletes have tested positive for banned substances in the run up to the Beijing Olympics.
Сергей Алифиренко не выступит на Олимпиаде в Пекине также из-за проблем с допинг-контролем
Знаменитый российский стрелок, олимпийский чемпион-2000 и бронзовый призер Олимпиады-2004 Сергей Алифиренко (на фото) не выступит на Играх не только из-за проблем со зрением, но и из-за нарушений антидопингового законодательства, допущенных во время лечения. Эту версию Агентству спортивной информации "Весь спорт" подтвердили сразу несколько источников в Стрелковом союзе России (ССР) и Штабе российской делегации России в Пекине.
Официальную версию вчерашнего, 6 августа, исключения 39-летнего Сергея Алифиренко из состава олимпийской сборной России на Играх в Пекине Агентству спортивной информации «Весь спорт» озвучил главный тренер команды по пулевой стрельбе Олег Лапкин. "У Сергея Алифиренко в последнее время появились проблемы со зрением - сказал Олег Лапкин. - У него глаукома, повышенное внутриглазное давление. Олимпийский отбор Сергей не прошел, но мы все равно включили его в команду как олимпийского чемпиона, и до последнего надеялись, что станет лучше. К сожалению, лечение результатов не дало. В последнее время у Алифиренко дела не шли: чемпионат России он проиграл, Кубок России на призы президента Стрелкового союза России – тоже, на контрольных стрельбах не показывал все, на что способен. И нам пришлось сделать замену еще до нашего отправления в Пекин. Вместо Сергея Алифиренко на Олимпиаде выступит Леонид Екимов, чемпион Европы нынешнего года".
Источники в руководстве ССР и Штабе российской делегации России в Пекине подтверждают, что у Сергея Алифиренко возникли проблемы со зрением. Но поправляют: реальной причиной исключения из олимпийской команды стали не они, а нарушения антидопингового законодательства, допущенных во время лечения. По нашим данным, для лечения глаукомы Сергей Алифиренко использовал тот же препарат, что и биатлонистка Татьяна Моисеева, обвиненная в минувшем зимнем сезоне в применении допинга, - дексаметазон. По непонятным причинам, на его использование знаменитому стрелку не оформили терапевтическое исключение. Национальный допинг-контроль показала наличие в организме запрещенного препарата, документы были отправлены в Международную федерацию спортивной стрельбы (ISSF) и Всемирное антидопинговое агентство (WADA).
В настоящее время ISSF настаивает на санкциях – двухлетней дисквалификации Сергея Алифиренко. Дискуссии по этому поводу продолжаются, но руководители ССР и олимпийской сборной России, во избежание допинговых скандалов в Пекине и возможного лишения олимпийских медалей, как и в случаях с российскими легкоатлетами и велосипедистом Владимиром Гусевым, решили исключить Сергея Алифиренко из олимпийской команды. Окончательное решение по делу Алифиренко, очевидно, будет принято уже после завершения Олимпийских игр в Пекине.
Now a shooter also?
In the last week Russia had 12 doping positive cases knowed.
EPelle wrote:Brace yourselves for the reports or even further denials of the reports:
Uh-Oh. Surely if they do have 20 odd positives in such a short space of time, they can't let the team compete ? I mean, it's outrageous and with old Arne weighing saying he thinks it's systematic, it's hardly looking good...
EPelle wrote:Alifirenko had apparently been absent due to what officials thought was trouble with his eyes. Little known to them, it was due to a doping bust.
I know that you are very new here and that your English is not as good as your command of other languages, so I am making a comment about posting policy.
Even though it is in Russian copyright law and board policy limit reproduction to 'fair use'. This usually means just enough to get key information without any more than a minor subset. You should trim out most of the post (just use the 'edit' button that appear in the upper right of any post that you make).
Keep on supplying us with news that would take longer to penetrate our English-centered world; thanks.
I know that you are very new here and that your English is not as good as your command of other languages, so I am making a comment about posting policy.
Even though it is in Russian copyright law and board policy limit reproduction to 'fair use'. This usually means just enough to get key information without any more than a minor subset. You should trim out most of the post (just use the 'edit' button that appear in the upper right of any post that you make).
Keep on supplying us with news that would take longer to penetrate our English-centered world; thanks.
Tk,i will try to update with russian doping news latest.
There is another doping rumour circulating in this morning btw.....
It is related with athletics but we should wait......
EPelle wrote:Brace yourselves for the reports or even further denials of the reports:
The president of the All-Russian Athletics Federation dismissed media reports Wednesday that a further 11 Russian athletes have tested positive for banned substances in the run up to the Beijing Olympics.
EPelle wrote:Alifirenko had apparently been absent due to what officials thought was trouble with his eyes. Little known to them, it was due to a doping bust.
They knew he was doped.......
They:d denied foreknowledge according to live sending on Perviy Kanal 1 last evening.
So Tamsyn Lewis has weighed in with comments about doping and the Australian team and other Australians seem to be denouncing her for doing so...
I don't understand why. I mean, I'm not saying Tamsyn Lewis would be an Olympic champion now if all the drugs were rooted out, but to be fair, if I were a clean athlete (which, of course, we can only assume she is), I'd be MIGHTILY pissed off by now...
peach wrote:So Tamsyn Lewis has weighed in with comments about doping and the Australian team and other Australians seem to be denouncing her for doing so...
Why are they denouncing her? It seems far less provocative than Paula Radcliffe holding up the "EPO cheats out" sign and most fans sympathized with her at the time.
EPelle wrote:Yegorova was a live case... a real person. Lewis is simply muckraking.
Makes sense, I thought she was more specifically attacking Soboleva. I guess she is true to her media statements of the past re: Rawlinson and 4x400 fiasco.
I think this is the thing...cause she is outspoken, they are going along the same old "Here goes Tamsyn again" line of thinking...though to be honest, I think she's absolutely got a point. Ok, it wasn't keeping her from an Olympic final but if I'd be pissed off if athletes ahead of me in major champs were testing positive...
The interesting point, is who did she think in the Olympic 800m final tested positive back in Sydney? Because I can't think of anyone from this list...
1. ML Mutola (Moz) 1:56.15
2. S Graf (Aut) 1:56.64
3. K Holmes (Gbr) 1:56.80
4. B Langerholc (Slo) 1:58.51
5. H Fuchsova (Cze) 1:58.56
6. Z Calatayud (Cub) 1:58.66
7. H Clark (USA) 1:58.75
8. HB Hassi (Mar) 1:59.27
well of course, those are unsubstiantied rumours I couldn't possibly confirm or deny and I'm sure they'll be gone within a matter of moments but I repeat, Tamsyn Lewis stated in her interview she missed out on the final by 0.03 and found one of the girls "ahead of her" was on drugs.
As it was a fastest loser situation, that could mean any finalist, I guess, but still...
EPelle wrote:Alifirenko had apparently been absent due to what officials thought was trouble with his eyes. Little known to them, it was due to a doping bust.
They knew he was doped.......
They:d denied foreknowledge according to live sending on Perviy Kanal 1 last evening.
If the doping bust really was because of a drug used to treat his eye trouble, it doesn't seem like this case is related to the others. I wouldn't use Alifirenko as proof of systematic doping.
EPelle wrote:Alifirenko had apparently been absent due to what officials thought was trouble with his eyes. Little known to them, it was due to a doping bust.
They knew he was doped.......
They:d denied foreknowledge according to live sending on Perviy Kanal 1 last evening.
If the doping bust really was because of a drug used to treat his eye trouble, it doesn't seem like this case is related to the others. I wouldn't use Alifirenko as proof of systematic doping.
The other cases, however...
What cases?i only see athletics. ....Gusev run for Astana,case closed.
Alifirenko have the eye injurie to justify the use of the drug but and as far i remember this is the first time a russian shooter is tested positive.
Btw,Hardy has tested positive,so is the all usa swimming team doped?
Russia have a problem with the athletics,the rest are normal doping cases as in any other countrie.
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Matt wrote:Didn't Hazel Clark have a warning for something or other? Pseudoephedrine? I can't say for sure.
Yes, pseudo, which has subsequently been removed from the banned list (common in cold medications like Sudafed). Came off at the same time caffeine did.
Any lumping of people who fell afoul of cold-medication rules (before the WADAs got their heads together) with true druggies is very unfair.
Your english isn:t so bad that you were able to veer back on course following the admonishment you were earlier provided. Why you:ve gone back down this route again is known only to you.
peach wrote:who did she think in the Olympic 800m final tested positive back in Sydney? Because I can't think of anyone from this list...
1. ML Mutola (Moz) 1:56.15 2. S Graf (Aut) 1:56.64 3. K Holmes (Gbr) 1:56.80 4. B Langerholc (Slo) 1:58.51 5. H Fuchsova (Cze) 1:58.56 6. Z Calatayud (Cub) 1:58.66 7. H Clark (USA) 1:58.75 8. HB Hassi (Mar) 1:59.27
She may have been referring to Graf. She never tested positive, but many of her training partners have done (Ceplak, Pumper, etc). She's like the Shawn Crawford of the women's 800m
