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Thread: Maria Sharapova fails drugs test
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07-03-2016 07:16 PM #2
Waiting for Sergey to respond........................................... .................................................. ...................
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07-03-2016 07:18 PM #3
Usual nonsense excuses. The house of cards will start to come down now hopefully. Too many too long.
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07-03-2016 07:18 PM #4
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Not really worked have they
Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, vodka in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming, "WOO HOO what a ride!"
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07-03-2016 07:19 PM #5
Just watching this now.
I knew she had a "major announcement" to make and actually thought she would be announcing her retirement.
I really didn't expect this.
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07-03-2016 07:26 PM #6
Tip of the iceberg.
Elite level sport is absolutely rotten to the core in so many ways.PM Awards General Poster of The Year 2015, 2016, 2017. Probably robbed in other years
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07-03-2016 07:29 PM #7
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This isn't the sort of chemical that you would accidentally consume and it's been on the ban list for some time.
It surprises me not one jot that i) another Russian athlete has failed a dope test and ii) she's another from the Nike camp.
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07-03-2016 07:37 PM #9This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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07-03-2016 07:48 PM #10
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Tennis has a similar problem to where cycling was at several years ago. There was a huge drug bust involving a certain Dr Fuentes in Spain several years ago when several dozen high profile cyclists were caught blood doping. At the subsequent trial, a number of other Spanish athletes were implicated, but the Spanish authorities and judicial system only released the names of the cyclists for fear of bringing the whole country into disrepute. It was rumoured that Spain could have been stripped of their Euro victory if the names of Fuentes clients were in the public domain.
Not surprisingly, two Spanish tennis players were secretly filmed as using his medical practice - one being Nadal, the other was Jaun Martin del Potro. Since the bust, both of their careers have simply fallen off the proverbial cliff.
I'm glad that Sharapova has finally been snared. She won't be the last.
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07-03-2016 07:55 PM #11This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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07-03-2016 08:03 PM #12
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The precursor of this drug was on the banned list, it was simply that this derivative was yet to be introduced. Akin to the 'legal highs' that skip around the drug laws in this country.
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08-03-2016 08:05 AM #13
Her statement to camera seemed pretty honest and contrite for the most part. Then she rather ruined it with a fatuous attempt at levity near the end. Some remark about the hotel carpet.
She needs PR advice. Also a more wide awake medical team behind her.
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08-03-2016 04:12 PM #14
It means I won't see her at the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells next weekend. I will see Andy Murray and might toss him a Hibs scarf if he plays after we win the cup on Sunday. I would love to see him hoist it at a pre-match interview.
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11-03-2016 12:38 PM #15
Andy spoke sense yesterday about the business. Seems there are a lot of fit tennis players with heart conditions!
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11-03-2016 01:03 PM #16This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show QuotePM Awards General Poster of The Year 2015, 2016, 2017. Probably robbed in other years
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11-03-2016 01:37 PM #17
Sports authorities should stop wasting time and money trying to catch drug abusers. Let them all take what they want and then it's a level playing field.
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11-03-2016 01:46 PM #18This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
That's explained in one of the chapters in Tyler Hamilton's book about his years as one of Lance's boys. Without getting too technical about it, a small amount of performance-enhancing agents can affect different people in different ways. As a result, there will never be a "level playing-field".
Apart from that, there's the moral issue. If it's accepted that one can only be a top sportsperson by using drugs, what kind of message does that give our kids?
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11-03-2016 02:39 PM #19
[QUOTE=CropleyWasGod;4614384]It's not, though.
That's explained in one of the chapters in Tyler Hamilton's book about his years as one of Lance's boys. Without getting too technical about it, a small amount of performance-enhancing agents can affect different people in different ways. As a result, there will never be a "level playing-field".
Apart from that, there's the moral issue. If it's accepted that one can only be a top sportsperson by using drugs, what kind of message does that give our kids?[/QUOTE]
As it stands, we're telling them you can get paid £21m a year for hitting a ball over a net while wearing very short skirts and tight tops.
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19-04-2016 01:21 PM #21
Murray and Becker disagreement re drug comments
Interesting disagreement between Murray and Becker.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/articl...ing-suspicions
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