| c0ldfusion United States. August 13 2012 21:38. Posts 2509 | Profile # |
"Belarus shot putter Nadzeya Ostapchuk stripped of gold for doping"
source:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/aug/13/belarusian-shot-putter-nadzeya-ostapchuk-gold?newsfeed=true
I expected more (caught) instances of cheating.
Interesting to note that: "Rogge said that the IOC will store all samples from London and can reanalyse them, revise results and reallocate medals until the statute of limitations expires in August 2020."
So we could potentially see more instances like this unearthed in the future.
Also from the article: "Besides Ostapchuk, only one athlete tested positive for a banned substance after competing. The USA judo fighter Nick Delpopolo was cited for traces of marijuana in his urine sample." lol
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| DannyJ United States. August 13 2012 22:06. Posts 3814 | Profile # |
| What a crappy way to get a Gold for that woman from New Zealand. |
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| Pandemona England. August 13 2012 22:07. Posts 10408 | Profile Blog # |
| There was the Russian Cyclists too which was sent home for failing a drugs test. |
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| DaCruise Denmark. August 13 2012 22:08. Posts 2126 | Profile # |
On August 13 2012 22:06 DannyJ wrote:
What a crappy way to get a Gold for that woman from New Zealand.
If I am not mistaken she also has a history of doping. |
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 CaptainCrush United States. August 13 2012 22:22. Posts 784 | Profile Blog # |
On August 13 2012 22:06 DannyJ wrote:
What a crappy way to get a Gold for that woman from New Zealand.
Thats not really a crappy way to get the gold if the winner was actually a cheater. Anyone can take steroids and lift a gazillion pounds but it's nothing worthy of a medal. |
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| DannyJ United States. August 13 2012 22:23. Posts 3814 | Profile # |
On August 13 2012 22:08 DaCruise wrote:
Show nested quote +On August 13 2012 22:06 DannyJ wrote:
What a crappy way to get a Gold for that woman from New Zealand.
If I am not mistaken she also has a history of doping.
Not according to the world wide web.
On August 13 2012 22:22 CaptainCrush wrote:
Show nested quote +On August 13 2012 22:06 DannyJ wrote:
What a crappy way to get a Gold for that woman from New Zealand.
Thats not really a crappy way to get the gold if the winner was actually a cheater. Anyone can take steroids and lift a gazillion pounds but it's nothing worthy of a medal.
It's definitely crappy. She didn't get to enjoy the Olympic experience of getting a gold medal on the podium, hearing her national anthem, etc. I'm not saying shes unhappy that she has the gold now but it's probably a bit bitter sweet.Last edit: 2012-08-13 22:24:48 |
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| birchman Sweden. August 13 2012 22:23. Posts 382 | Profile Blog # |
Ah, that is a shame. Doping makes me paranoid when watching sporting events, never being able to truly trust the winner.  |
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| Speedbump New Zealand. August 13 2012 22:36. Posts 304 | Profile Blog # |
On August 13 2012 22:08 DaCruise wrote:
Show nested quote +On August 13 2012 22:06 DannyJ wrote:
What a crappy way to get a Gold for that woman from New Zealand.
If I am not mistaken she also has a history of doping.
I'm glad drugs cheats get caught and punished. It's a shitty way to ruin sport. |
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| FuRong New Zealand. August 14 2012 00:35. Posts 2714 | Profile # |
It's pretty bullshit, but you can't really do anything about it.
Thankfully Valerie had already won gold in Beijing, so she got to enjoy the full ceremony and celebration at least once in her life, but that doesn't change the fact that she was denied what she deserved this time around. Even though she ends up with the medal and the satisfaction, the actual moment and rush of emotion is a huge part of the gold medal winning experience, and there's no way to retrieve that.
At least the medal ended up in the right place in the end, which boosts us two places up the medal table.Last edit: 2012-08-14 00:36:51 |
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| Zariel Australia. August 14 2012 01:20. Posts 969 | Profile Blog # |
| Doping is pretty common, with small amounts you can get away easily AFAIK. It's just those who over-dope that screw themselves up (gold medal and future health issues) |
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| FliedLice Germany. August 14 2012 01:23. Posts 6500 | Profile Blog # |
Here we go again.
Just like every time. |
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| shawster Canada. August 14 2012 01:47. Posts 2280 | Profile Blog # |
everyone dopes.... some people cycle it better and some people have better drugs.
shame how this person is gonna be vilified, she is no worse than half of the track and field runners |
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| ninini Sweden. August 14 2012 02:03. Posts 1188 | Profile # |
| That's not Nadzeya (whatsername), it's the swedish guitarist Janne Schaffer. |
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| L_Master United States. August 14 2012 02:57. Posts 3548 | Profile Blog # |
Sometimes I wonder if they shouldn't just legalize doping...
Unfortunately that opens like fifty more cans of worms. Hopefully, the tests keep getting better and stuff like the biological passport becomes enough of a significant deterrent that doping goes way down. |
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| Zootre Denmark. August 14 2012 03:22. Posts 170 | Profile # |
On August 14 2012 02:57 L_Master wrote:
Sometimes I wonder if they shouldn't just legalize doping...
Unfortunately that opens like fifty more cans of worms. Hopefully, the tests keep getting better and stuff like the biological passport becomes enough of a significant deterrent that doping goes way down.
just let doped people have their own olympics :D will be much cooler to watch them break each WR :D |
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| Gatored United States. August 14 2012 03:38. Posts 662 | Profile # | |
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| dUTtrOACh Canada. August 14 2012 04:34. Posts 1759 | Profile # |
| The Olympics are a lesson on how to not compete like a douche. When you cheat, you're a douche, and douches don't deserve to win. This sucks for Belarus, to be so proud of their athlete, only to have found out that the athlete was just a cheating douche. Last edit: 2012-08-14 04:37:12 |
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| N.geNuity United States. August 14 2012 04:40. Posts 3239 | Profile # |
Since when has performance enhancing drugs been called doping in general? I always thought doping just referred to blood doping, which is for endurance stuff (so I got confused how a shotputter would dope)
sad that this is what I get out of this. Athletes take drugs, just tests can't always find them. |
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| Gatored United States. August 14 2012 05:03. Posts 662 | Profile # |
On August 14 2012 04:34 dUTtrOACh wrote:
The Olympics are a lesson on how to not compete like a douche. When you cheat, you're a douche, and douches don't deserve to win. This sucks for Belarus, to be so proud of their athlete, only to have found out that the athlete was just a cheating douche.
Nearly everyone does it... This guy just got caught. |
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| CheesusCrust Germany. August 14 2012 05:26. Posts 57 | Profile # |
On August 14 2012 05:03 Gatored wrote:
Show nested quote +On August 14 2012 04:34 dUTtrOACh wrote:
The Olympics are a lesson on how to not compete like a douche. When you cheat, you're a douche, and douches don't deserve to win. This sucks for Belarus, to be so proud of their athlete, only to have found out that the athlete was just a cheating douche.
Nearly everyone does it... This guy just got caught.
It's not a guy.  |
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