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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It really is sad, but also profoundly moving.
Her grace throughout the disappointment speaks volumes about true character.
Thanks for posting that.
Very well stated.
I just did a quick googls on Clenbuterol half life and it came back with 36-39 hours. I assume that is the window in which you can test positive. Can someone verify? That would explain the negative,positive then negative tests.
I was a timer at the Swim meet of champions in Mission Viejo earlier this year and saw Jessica swim several times. I'm not sure if this is a symptom, but she had terrible acne and her face looked kind of puffy.
Pretty much every girl/young woman in her teens and 20s goes through periods where they're zitty and puffy. Also a symptom of the pill. Except with the rare egregious examples (Gusamo), physical appearance is just not a reliable way to gauge PED use in this day and age. More likely to be coincidental in Hardy's case regardless of how this thing shakes out.
Jayhawk, so who in their right mind woud opt to take this crap?..that's the part that still baffles me.
"Here's your medal, your liver is deissicated and waiting for you in the bathroom where you dropped it...."
Someone should have asked my friend that question 20 years ago. He died this year of a heart attack at 46 years old. He played college and pro football. I think the PEDs he took killed him. For that matter, someone should have asked Lyle Alzado and Flo Jo.
I am sad for her parents. I met them at the PanPacs and had long conversation with her father. They were immensely proud of her, but no way high pressure pushy parents and I was very impressed by their love for the sport itself. No excuse for her, but I cannot see them knowing about it.
Someone should have asked my fried that question 20 years ago. He died this year of a heart attack at 46 years old. He played college and pro football. I think the PEDs he took killed him. For that matter, someone should have asked Lyle Alzado and Flo Jo.
Sam with all due respect to them. I was just a mug lifting weights in a local gym, I knew of the dangers, some of them. Shrunken testes, enlarged breasts oozing brown gunk from the nipple...etc. I'd never have taken any of it.
Not saying your friend or the others did know but the info was out, using this stuff baffles me, even more so when you're just an average guy looking to beef up for the beach etc. At least with the pro's they have top medcal teams monitoring and such, and even that isn't a guarantee as you sadly illustrated. It's just tragic all the way around.
Interesting questions…
It could explain why her 4 other tests this year all came back negative (or a least they were not reported as positive).
Is the really serious? Give me a break, if she is found to have been positive no one tampered with her sample. That is just plain conspiracy crazy talk. If that was ever to happen, trust me there would be a TON of positive tests. If someone wanted to take her out, hire Tonya Harding's brother in law.
It's just tragic all the way around.
Amen, Brother Barry. Sadly enough it is here and here to stay. I don't think sports will/can ever be clean. People want to win and some will win at all costs.
You know what's really sad- I read something someone on a cycling forum wrote after Floyd's test from the TdF came back positive, and I thought "whatever this guy's a whack-job". But now I can see where he was coming from. He wrote "They're all cheaters folks. Just some of them don't get caught."
Now of course he may have been talking strictly cycling, but you seriously have to wonder. Even if it was unintentional, all of these athletes take all kinds of supplements and dietary aids to assist their training. They are already ingesting various chemical compounds to enhance their performance, true? Whether or not the substance shows up on the "banned" list, are they not "performance-enhancing drugs"?
Whatever happened to eating a chicken sandwich, drinking a glass of V8, wolfing down a scoop of ice cream, and calling it a night? Go hard on workout days, rest on the off days. Let your body tell you what you need to do, don't chemically trick it into believing it's ready to workout for the 200th day in a row.
It's pathetic- everyone are at fault. The swimmers, the coaches, USA Swimming, the doctors, the dieticians, Speedo, TYR, etc. They all share some blame in this. If you care about the sports being clean, get the money out of swimming, out of track, and out of cycling. If you don't care, then get rid of drug testing and the banned substance list and have at it. Enough is enough.
