Same old Russians, always cheating
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<p>Surely Russia has to be excluded from the games now</p>
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<p>And they have been. Hopefully the IAAF doesn't back down to political pressure.</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.iaaf.org/news/press-release/iaaf-council-meeting-vienna'>http://www.iaaf.org/news/press-release/iaaf-council-meeting-vienna</a></p> -
<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Bovidae" data-cid="589089" data-time="1466199172"><p>And they have been. Hopefully the IAAF doesn't back down to political pressure.<br><br><a class="bbc_url" href="http://www.iaaf.org/news/press-release/iaaf-council-meeting-vienna">http://www.iaaf.org/news/press-release/iaaf-council-meeting-vienna</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>More evidence that London was the "dirtiest" games ever. Only a matter of time before Mo Farrahs house of card comes tumbling down i reckon.</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-3651196/Drug-cops-swoop-coach-Jama-Aden-EPO-banned-substances-hotel-room.html'>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-3651196/Drug-cops-swoop-coach-Jama-Aden-EPO-banned-substances-hotel-room.html</a></p>
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<p>And a little bit about weightlifting too, although I'm very skeptical of the authors assertion that the US athletes are all clean</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.catalystathletics.com/article/2002/About-These-IWF-Drug-Suspensions/'>http://www.catalystathletics.com/article/2002/About-These-IWF-Drug-Suspensions/</a></p> -
<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2016/jul/18/wada-mclaren-report-russia-sochi-2014-doping-live'>https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2016/jul/18/wada-mclaren-report-russia-sochi-2014-doping-live</a></p>
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<p>This would never happen in NZ, we would never accept it as a people.</p>
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<p>I don't know enough about Russian mentality, but I infer that "the end justifies the means" is a Russian national characteristic?</p>
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<p>My enthusiasm for the Olympics is at an all-time low, doubt I'll watch too much, but I hope no Russian athlete sets foot in Rio.</p>
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<p>I'll make an exception for the hot high-jump chick competing as an independent.</p> -
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<p>And a little bit about weightlifting too, although I'm very skeptical of the authors assertion that the US athletes are all clean</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.catalystathletics.com/article/2002/About-These-IWF-Drug-Suspensions/'>http://www.catalystathletics.com/article/2002/About-These-IWF-Drug-Suspensions/</a></p>
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<p>Of course they are, if you ignore all the ones suspended for doping.</p> -
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2016/jul/18/wada-mclaren-report-russia-sochi-2014-doping-live'>https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2016/jul/18/wada-mclaren-report-russia-sochi-2014-doping-live</a></p>
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<p>This would never happen in NZ, we would never accept it as a people.</p>
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<p>I don't know enough about Russian mentality, but I infer that "the end justifies the means" is a Russian national characteristic?</p>
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<p>My enthusiasm for the Olympics is at an all-time low, doubt I'll watch too much, but I hope no Russian athlete sets foot in Rio.</p>
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<p><strong>I'll make an exception for the hot high-jump chick competing as an independent.</strong></p>
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Except she was also done for doping....<br><br><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/36373805'>http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/36373805</a><br><br>
Before her B sample mysteriously came back clean, after being tested by the Russian authorities. What. A. Joke.</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.reuters.com/article/us-sports-doping-russia-athletics-idUSKCN0YS1KG'>http://www.reuters.com/article/us-sports-doping-russia-athletics-idUSKCN0YS1KG</a><br><br>
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<p>Anyway, the long jump chick is MUCH hotter...<br><br><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/13/russian-athlete-competing-under-a-neutral-flag-at-the-olympics-branded-a-traitor'>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/13/russian-athlete-competing-under-a-neutral-flag-at-the-olympics-branded-a-traitor</a><br>
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<p>Except she was also done for doping....<br><br><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/36373805'>http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/36373805</a><br><br>
Before her B sample mysteriously came back clean, after being tested by the Russian authorities. What. A. Joke.</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.reuters.com/article/us-sports-doping-russia-athletics-idUSKCN0YS1KG'>http://www.reuters.com/article/us-sports-doping-russia-athletics-idUSKCN0YS1KG</a><br><br>
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<p>Anyway, the long jump chick is MUCH hotter...<br><br><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/13/russian-athlete-competing-under-a-neutral-flag-at-the-olympics-branded-a-traitor'>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/13/russian-athlete-competing-under-a-neutral-flag-at-the-olympics-branded-a-traitor</a><br>
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<p>I meant LONG JUMP!!</p> -
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<p>A comment by Putin:</p>
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<p><em>"We are seeing a dangerous return to politics interfering with sport"</em></p>
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<p>Oh, the hypocrisy of that statement after Russia's state-sponsored cheating. :mocking:</p>
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<p>Countries I wouldn't trust at all if they win a medal</p>
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<p>1) China</p>
<p>2) Anything from the old eastern bloc, especially the Russian satellite states</p>
<p>3) Ethiopia</p>
<p>4) Kenya</p>
<p>5) Cuba</p>
<p>6) Turkey</p>
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<p>You can count on 1 hand the number of NZ athletes done for drug cheating over the years: there was that ?weightlifter, and I think a cyclist or too.</p>
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<p>It will be a complete joke if Russian are allowed to compete.</p> -
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<p>A comment by Putin:</p>
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<p><em>"We are seeing a dangerous return to politics interfering with sport"</em></p>
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<p>Oh, the hypocrisy of that statement after Russia's state-sponsored cheating. :mocking:</p>
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<p>You can count on 1 hand the number of NZ athletes done for drug cheating over the years: there was that ?weightlifter, and I think a cyclist or too.</p>
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<p>It will be a complete joke if Russian are allowed to compete.</p>
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<p>I've got to the point where I just don't think you can know. Lance got away wtih it for years - despite being the most tested person on the planet. US olympic athletes dope like crazy (Marion Jones, her husband). The reality is we can't know who is clean and who is not.</p>
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<p>My interest in the Olympics is at an all time low. I just don't think I can be bothered.</p> -
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<p>Aren't Jamaica super dodgy with testing?</p>
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<p>Super dodgy understates it. According to a program I watched on ABC about the Russia doping scandal, Jamaica did no out of competition testing for the six months leading up to London Olympics.</p>
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I think there are a lot more doing ped s than people realise , testing only catches the fools who don't know what they are doing . <br><br>
Lance Armstrong never tested positive . <br><br>
You are allowed a certain amount of testosterone in your system before they declare it suss . The amount they allow is to allow for the freak in nature who might have extra high natural levels . Funny that nearly everyone they test is just on that limit . Doctors monitor their levels before comps just to keep them legal . They hit it a lot harder while In training away from testers . -
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<p>Lance Armstrong never tested positive .<br>
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<p>That's actually not true he tested positive once and then got a doctor to write him a back dated prescription for a topical cream to cover it up. The UCI of course accepted it.</p>
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<p>If your interested in the story I highly recommend watching "Stop at Nothing, the Lance Armstrong story" its on netflix and is a good watch.</p> -
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<p>Super dodgy understates it. According to a program I watched on ABC about the Russia doping scandal, Jamaica did no out of competition testing for the six months leading up to London Olympics.</p>
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<p>And they won all the sprinting medals...</p>
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<p>Usain loves to eat McNuggets during the Olympics. That must be why</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.runnersworld.com/newswire/usain-bolt-ate-1000-mcnuggets-at-2008-olympics'>http://www.runnersworld.com/newswire/usain-bolt-ate-1000-mcnuggets-at-2008-olympics</a></p> -
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<p>Sounds like the IOC are going to ban the Russian team within the next 24 hours. Good. Fuck Putin and Russia.</p>
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<p>A friend of mine shared a facebook post from Tony Veitch linking to an article in the Daily Mail saying this. </p>
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<p>Is that grounds to unfriend? </p>
