Doping...

[ScholaOsloensis 25]

The flood gates have opened a bit in terms of the number of positive tests.

5 positives, but 4 are for the known contaminant Methylhexhanamine.

Basically, everyone who gets caught for this stimulant will use the "vitamin", "sports gel" "energy bar" defence, cause it's known to be a contaminant in some of these products without being on the label. So as an athlete you can try to prove that it was a mistake as the cyclist Rui Costa succesfully did, but that will certainly take some effort and hard evidence.

Many athletes might use this stimulant for its performance enhancing effect, we simply don't know, or they were just stupid and unlucky. It's just hard to believe that so many pros would be that careless. Use "safe" vitamins/proteins for god's sake...,

Getting busted on EPO is a wildly different animal. Then you're a blood doper and you know the tricks. In my opinion, there's no reason at all to let people caught for EPO or other forms of blood doping back to sports. If it's unquestionable, it should be a ban for life.

[StefanMUC 673]

So Dürr is off the start list for today, it seems.

[StefanMUC 673]

So Dürr is off the start list for today, it seems.

And here's the confirmation (in German) from Austrain paper Der Standard:

http://derstandard.at/1392686059559/Bericht-ueber-Dopingfall-in-Oesterreichs-Langlaufteam

[Fox334 93]

Catching someone that does EPO during the games is indeed a pretty big catch. Glad they got to him before he won any race, he didn't need a new Muhlegg.

Edited February 23, 2014 by Fox334

[StefanMUC 673]

Uh oh...might have been more of a xenon rush than a gold rush for Russia..

http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21595890-obscure-gas-improves-athletes-performance-breathe-it

Mind you, it's not banned (yet), but that's a rather obscure way of performance enhancement.

[petrpetr 18]

Kristin Stormer Steira will take 2 bronze medals do to the disqualification.

Its great that Kristin was able to get bronze individual in Sochi. She had a lot of 4th places in OG and no medal untill this 30km. Fact that only doping of Smigun made her unable to stand on podium could be dramatic.

[petrpetr 18]

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/sport/olympics-polish/1036310.html

Daniel Zalewski, member of polish bobsleigh team failed drug test

[Fox334 93]

Backstrom will get his silver medal in men's hockey because he was found to not be responsible.

[fanbrits johnson 0]

Trailing winners Tina Maze and Dominique Gisin by 1.25 seconds, Goergl finished 16th in the race that started at 11 a.m. Wednesday.

"At 11 last night the doping officials were with me," Goergl told Austrian TV. "I think that's not very fair. I told them it's not OK what they were doing."

[JMarkSnow2012 385]

Trailing winners Tina Maze and Dominique Gisin by 1.25 seconds, Goergl finished 16th in the race that started at 11 a.m. Wednesday.

"At 11 last night the doping officials were with me," Goergl told Austrian TV. "I think that's not very fair. I told them it's not OK what they were doing."

What was the eventual outcome of Austria's complaint about that potentially detrimental timing?

[SkiFreak 123]

Doping in the news today:

CBC: Doping program fuelled Russian medals at Sochi Olympics: Report

As many as 100 dirty urine samples were expunged

[Fox334 93]

According to the report Alexander Legkov, the two and four man bob teams lead by Alexandr Zubkov and Alexander Tretiakov are the gold medalists that where allegedly doping. The report also alleges the entire cross country team and the entire women's ice hockey team was doping.

[Faster 545]

According to the report Alexander Legkov, the two and four man bob teams lead by Alexandr Zubkov and Alexander Tretiakov are the gold medalists that where allegedly doping. The report also alleges the entire cross country team and the entire women's ice hockey team was doping.

I mean we all suspected there was substantial doping going on. Look at Russia's progressive decline then miraculous performance in Sochi.

[intoronto 651]

Why am I not surprised. As soon as I saw a Russian sweep, I knew the fix was in.

[StefanMUC 673]

If only the entire team could be banned from Rio...but that's not going to happen sadly.

[baron-pierreIV 1683]

If only the entire team could be banned from Rio...but that's not going to happen sadly.

Like at least in indoor volleyball, doping has never been a big issue because the teams are big enough (12 each) to have subs that success doesn't depend on ONE or 2 star players. And the men's and women's Russian teams to have qualified honestly on their own.

[Rob. 2037]

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Edited May 24, 2016 by Rob.