From what i have heard, from several credible sources, someone on the us women's team tested positive. As of now only the persons family, roommate, and usa swimming know, but im sure it will begin to leak out. Nothing matters though until we get results of the B test.. which could be a few days or even weeks. Not sure when the test was taken, but probably trials. I will try to post more information when I get it, but if anyone could confirm or post what they know, im sure it would be appreciated
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Stanford women's coach Lea Maurer, who coaches Kirk, said her standout breaststroker could petition the U.S. Olympic Committee and the International Olympic Committee, but said the possibility of being added to the U.S. team "is most unlikely."
Another drawback is that Kirk is in Western Ireland. She and her boyfriend are vacationing on Achill Island in a house "that has no address, just a few distant neighbors and their 12 cats" Kirk wrote in a blog dated July 21. "As the days pass, I fee the burden of my disappointment less and less," she wrote. "It is by no means lighter. Instead, it's as if the exercise of carrying it and not collapsing under its weight has made me stronger . . . I hoped that Ireland could heal me and I left California shortly after I ran away from Trials . . . Missing making the Team this summer has crushed parts of me."
Now that is sad.
It sure is. In fact, I posted a link to the same material and made the same remark earlier today in this very thread. Perhaps my perspective is skewed but it seems to me that this could be the worst part of the whole Hardy doping incident. Read that blog and then put yourself in Tara's shoes...knowing that you actually qualified for the team but will not be given a chance to swim.
Stanford women's coach Lea Maurer, who coaches Kirk, said her standout breaststroker could petition the U.S. Olympic Committee and the International Olympic Committee, but said the possibility of being added to the U.S. team "is most unlikely."
Another drawback is that Kirk is in Western Ireland. She and her boyfriend are vacationing on Achill Island in a house "that has no address, just a few distant neighbors and their 12 cats" Kirk wrote in a blog dated July 21. "As the days pass, I fee the burden of my disappointment less and less," she wrote. "It is by no means lighter. Instead, it's as if the exercise of carrying it and not collapsing under its weight has made me stronger . . . I hoped that Ireland could heal me and I left California shortly after I ran away from Trials . . . Missing making the Team this summer has crushed parts of me."
Now that is sad.
It sure is. In fact, I posted a link to the same material and made the same remark earlier today in this very thread. Perhaps my perspective is skewed but it seems to me that this could be the worst part of the whole Hardy doping incident. Read that blog and then put yourself in Tara's shoes...knowing that you actually qualified for the team but will not be given a chance to swim.
