Olympics Thread

Bovidae

Lamont Marcell Jacobs moved to Italy with his Italian mother at 3 weeks old.

No doubt they have gained some athletes from other countries though. Two of the Italian shot putters were American and South African.

antipodean

I now firmly believe they're all microdosing and regularly testing to ensure that at any point they're just on the right side of the limits.

canefan

@antipodean said in Olympics Thread:

I now firmly believe they're all microdosing and regularly testing to ensure that at any point they're just on the right side of the limits.

Always one step ahead of the testers

mofitzy_

The dodgy thing about the 100m winner was his relatively recent amazing run of form, as I understand it he wasn't on the radar 12 months ago and suddenly he is breaking PBs in every race.

TeWaio

@mofitzy_ said in Olympics Thread:

The dodgy thing about the 100m winner was his relatively recent amazing run of form, as I understand it be wasn't on the radar 12 months ago and suddenly he is breaking PBs in every race.

At age 26.....Bolt peaked at 22...

Rancid Schnitzel

@mofitzy_ said in Olympics Thread:

The dodgy thing about the 100m winner was his relatively recent amazing run of form, as I understand it he wasn't on the radar 12 months ago and suddenly he is breaking PBs in every race.

I read that he wasn’t even part of the drug testing pool because he was so far outside of the top level. Apparently a supplement provider he was involved with is also under investigation.

Sad thing is that if it’s too good to be true then it often is.

Stargazer

It's a pity that a thread about some awesome achievements at the Olympics has suddenly turned into somethings negative.
I'm going to mute this thread.

Machpants

Some ozzie Olympians get back into Oz, quarantine 14 days, then have to do the same again when they get into SA!

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/tokyo-olympics-2020-aussie-olympians-face-28-days-of-quarantine/MCWS6DBOJ5XZ67RSSS2MD5HSVI/

Ouch

nzzp

@tewaio said in Olympics Thread:

@mofitzy_ said in Olympics Thread:

The dodgy thing about the 100m winner was his relatively recent amazing run of form, as I understand it be wasn't on the radar 12 months ago and suddenly he is breaking PBs in every race.

At age 26.....Bolt peaked at 22...

Bolt is part of a pretty dodgy sprint programme as well. Insightful article repost as always
https://tomnew.medium.com/usain-bolt-lance-armstrong-and-the-duck-test-303b7b891e7e

Rancid Schnitzel

@stargazer said in Olympics Thread:

It's a pity that a thread about some awesome achievements at the Olympics has suddenly turned into somethings negative.
I'm going to mute this thread.

MiketheSnow

@rancid-schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:

@mofitzy_ said in Olympics Thread:

The dodgy thing about the 100m winner was his relatively recent amazing run of form, as I understand it he wasn't on the radar 12 months ago and suddenly he is breaking PBs in every race.

I read that he wasn’t even part of the drug testing pool because he was so far outside of the top level. Apparently a supplement provider he was involved with is also under investigation.

Sad thing is that if it’s too good to be true then it often is.