Christine Ohuruogo

[stringvest]

It were a joke.

 

She only missed a few tests, its not like she took anything.

 

there's no truth in the rumour that the found 3kg of crack in her shorts then

[Whelan]

And that isnt right, surely, that athletes from different countries are being judged against different standards? How can people be expected to take the sport seriously, as with pro cycling, when there is no strong leadership from the international governing bodies?

 

Say you said you would be training at Picton Road - you turned up on Wednesday, it was closed - you moved to Everton Park but the testers turned up at Picton whislt you were travelling.

 

Would you not like the opportunity to get to Picton? Considering most drugs stay in the body for a minimum of 24 hours, allowing the hour to travel isn't too much of a problem. This isn't about telling them where you are training - you have to tell them where you are, at all times of the day! So you may be on TV in the afternoon, you have to tell them that as well. So it is understandable that appointments are missed.

 

And I don't believe any athlete can cheat for long periods now - or more to the point, their cheating is only effective whilst the drugs are ahead of the testing, eventually the testing will catch up.

[sir roger]

Say you said you would be training at Picton Road - you turned up on Wednesday, it was closed - you moved to Everton Park but the testers turned up at Picton whislt you were travelling.

 

Would you not like the opportunity to get to Picton? Considering most drugs stay in the body for a minimum of 24 hours, allowing the hour to travel isn't too much of a problem. This isn't about telling them where you are training - you have to tell them where you are, at all times of the day! So you may be on TV in the afternoon, you have to tell them that as well. So it is understandable that appointments are missed.

 

And I don't believe any athlete can cheat for long periods now - or more to the point, their cheating is only effective whilst the drugs are ahead of the testing, eventually the testing will catch up.

 

Oliver Holt led quite a voluble campaign against her at the time. As I remember, she was contacted & asked to come and meet the testers but said she couldn't do it within the time they allowed. Holt did the trip by different methods of transport & reached the rendezvous each time.

 

I don't have any real beef with her & she took her ban, but I just compare the deliberate silence on the matter with the way Cram ( & the Beeb generally ) were so outspokenly vindictive on Chambers.

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

She missed 3 tests. She needs a new SatNav.

[Strontium]

Seems that all can be forgotten when it suits. They were discussing her a few days ago and saying what a great role model she is and an inspiration as GB captain.

The same person who threatened to quit the country and run for someone else if her ban wasn't removed.

 

 

I would have told the British Olympic Association to fuck themselves too if they imposed a lifetime ban on me just for missing drugs tests.

[L19red]

Say you said you would be training at Picton Road - you turned up on Wednesday, it was closed - you moved to Everton Park but the testers turned up at Picton whislt you were travelling.

 

Would you not like the opportunity to get to Picton? Considering most drugs stay in the body for a minimum of 24 hours, allowing the hour to travel isn't too much of a problem. This isn't about telling them where you are training - you have to tell them where you are, at all times of the day! So you may be on TV in the afternoon, you have to tell them that as well. So it is understandable that appointments are missed.

 

And I don't believe any athlete can cheat for long periods now - or more to the point, their cheating is only effective whilst the drugs are ahead of the testing, eventually the testing will catch up.

 

 

Not sure where you got that from but athletes are required to provide their whereabouts for one hour every day. There is an online system for updates.

[L19red]

Say you said you would be training at Picton Road - you turned up on Wednesday, it was closed - you moved to Everton Park but the testers turned up at Picton whislt you were travelling.

 

Would you not like the opportunity to get to Picton? Considering most drugs stay in the body for a minimum of 24 hours, allowing the hour to travel isn't too much of a problem. This isn't about telling them where you are training - you have to tell them where you are, at all times of the day! So you may be on TV in the afternoon, you have to tell them that as well. So it is understandable that appointments are missed.

 

And I don't believe any athlete can cheat for long periods now - or more to the point, their cheating is only effective whilst the drugs are ahead of the testing, eventually the testing will catch up.

 

you reckon?

Last year Turkey carried out 120 tests on its 450 athletes, while Jamaica did 68 tests, but Greece managed none at all.

 

Source: BBC Sport - Athletics drug-testing report a wake-up call, says Wada boss

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

I would have told the British Olympic Association to fuck themselves too if they imposed a lifetime ban on me just for missing drugs tests.

 

The lifetime ban on appearing at the Olympics was wrong but she still missed 3 tests in something like a 9 month period. Although there were apparently no suggestions of doping it seemed odd that in an era of paranoia regarding doping in Athletics she would do this.

 

She was silly to miss the tests for whatever reason.

[lifetime fan]

Say you said you would be training at Picton Road - you turned up on Wednesday, it was closed - you moved to Everton Park but the testers turned up at Picton whislt you were travelling.

 

Would you not like the opportunity to get to Picton? Considering most drugs stay in the body for a minimum of 24 hours, allowing the hour to travel isn't too much of a problem. This isn't about telling them where you are training - you have to tell them where you are, at all times of the day! So you may be on TV in the afternoon, you have to tell them that as well. So it is understandable that appointments are missed.

 

And I don't believe any athlete can cheat for long periods now - or more to the point, their cheating is only effective whilst the drugs are ahead of the testing, eventually the testing will catch up.

 

 

Wrong.

 

 

Not sure where you got that from but athletes are required to provide their whereabouts for one hour every day. There is an online system for updates.

 

 

Correct.

 

And as plenty of clean athletes have pointed out you only have to give notice of where you will be for one hour each day.

 

These athletes that don't want to miss tests can give their home address for the location and can choose 05:00-06:00 so there's no risk.

[General Dryness]

there's no truth in the rumour that the found 3kg of crack in her shorts then

 

Its quite possible that they found the pipe as well.

[Strontium]

Not sure where you got that from but athletes are required to provide their whereabouts for one hour every day. There is an online system for updates.

 

 

There is now, yeah. The testing system was less well organised back then and athletes didn't take the whole thing as seriously, as evidenced by the lengthy list of athletes who missed at least one test. Ohuruogu's ban was a bit of a wake-up call for them.

 

It's a shame she still gets tarred with this brush, because nobody in athletics has ever seriously suggested she's taken drugs, and she's certainly never given a positive test.

[Liverpool lad]

She was bang at it

[L19red]

There is now, yeah. The testing system was less well organised back then and athletes didn't take the whole thing as seriously, as evidenced by the lengthy list of athletes who missed at least one test. Ohuruogu's ban was a bit of a wake-up call for them.

 

It's a shame she still gets tarred with this brush, because nobody in athletics has ever seriously suggested she's taken drugs, and she's certainly never given a positive test.

 

It was a phone call back then, not exactly difficult.

 

Why is it a shame? She earned that ban by missing three tests so has to deal with the consequences.

Nobody in athletics ever seriously suggests another athlete is taking drugs (ok maybe Steve Cram one time) so not sure that really counts as an argument either way and its true she has never tested positive, but then again neither did Lance.

 

the moral of the story is if you want to be above suspicion then don't do anything suspicious.

[Jairzinho]

[Teflon Don]

"Three times evadey" - very good.

[Josef Svejk]

"Three times evadey" - very good.

 

Seconded.

[Josef Svejk]

It's a shame she still gets tarred with this brush, because nobody in athletics has ever seriously suggested she's taken drugs, and she's certainly never given a positive test.

 

Plenty in athletics have seriously suggested she's taken drugs. That doesn't mean they're willing to broadcast a view that they could land them in legal trouble or that people don't want to hear.

 

Athletes are necessarily highly disciplined animals. Who measure what they do - what they eat, what they drink, how they train, when they sleep, how they compete - in the most precise terms. But some of them struggle to arrange flexible meetings with drug testers, resulting in three unfortunate incidents in a relatively short period of time.

 

Seriously.

[VladimirIlyich]

This is the one who avoided three drug tests isnt it?

In the words of Declan MacManus and his boys,'Accidents will happen but only just once.'

[stringvest]

Sorry Vlad, but Elvis didn't sing that line.

[Whelan]

Not sure where you got that from but athletes are required to provide their whereabouts for one hour every day. There is an online system for updates.

 

Ah! I have misunderstood. I thought it was akin to providing your diary? Still think it is unfair to label her a cheat. Just a dozy cunt, and she suffered for it.

 

you reckon?

Last year Turkey carried out 120 tests on its 450 athletes, while Jamaica did 68 tests, but Greece managed none at all.

 

Source: BBC Sport - Athletics drug-testing report a wake-up call, says Wada boss

 

Yes but that is individual nations - within international meetings those nations don't have a say in the testing process. America has been one of the worst countries for covering up failed drugs tests, but they still get caught quite regularly. Those two Greek athletes who never performed outside of Greece and then turned up at the Worlds or Olympics where obviously cheating and obviously aware they would be found out outside Greece.

[VladimirIlyich]

Sorry Vlad' date=' but Elvis didn't sing that line.[/quote']

 

I should have said 'using a bit of artistic licence.'

[stringvest]

I should have said 'using a bit of artistic licence.'

 

you can't fuck about with the King's lyrics, Vlad, you know that.

[VladimirIlyich]

 

you can't fuck about with the King's lyrics' date=' Vlad, you know that.[/quote']

 

Apologies.

[stringvest]

Apologies.

 

'and it's the damage that we do, and never know

it's the words that we don't say that scare me so'

 

it would be a great middle 8, except its only 4 bars

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

"Three times evadey" - very good.

 

Well thank you.