The '2012 London Olympics' Thread

[lifetime fan]

DVD boxset available for £6.80 on amazon.

[Dougie Do'ins]

Sherone Simpson: Jamaican sprinter given 18-month drug ban

 

Jamaican Olympic medallist sprinter Sherone Simpson has been suspended for 18 months after testing positive for a banned stimulant.

Simpson, 29, said in January that a supplement provided by her Canadian trainer was responsible for the positive test.

But a Jamaican anti-doping panel voted unanimously that Simpson was "negligent in all the circumstances".

Olympic discus thrower Allison Randall was suspended for two years.

 

Simpson, an Olympic 4x100m relay gold and silver medallist, and her training partner, former 100m world record holder Asafa Powell, tested positive for the stimulant oxilofrine  at last year's national championships.

They were two of five Jamaicans to test positive, with Powell set to hear his verdict on Thursday.

Simpson and Randall's bans have been backdated to 21 June 2013, the date they provided the samples.

They will both miss the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in July.

Randall, 25, who holds the Jamaican discus record with a distance of 61.21m, tested positive for the banned diuretic hydro-chlorothiazide.

Simpson had previously said that she researched the "Epiphany D1" supplement for up to 14 hours online before taking it.

She had added that nothing "raised a red flag or an alarm bell" but acknowledged that she did not disclose the new supplement on doping control forms.

The 29-year-old was training in the United States and was not able to fly back in time for the hearing.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/athletics/26946436

[Trumo]

RiS'd that one up!

[Champ]

RiS'd that one up!

You did. With not that much on here having caught my eye the last day or two I was hoping for something to grab my attention. Must try harder

[lifetime fan]

Katarina Johnson Thompson just jumped a personal best in the long jump.

[Jairzinho]

Tried to find a thread like this earlier when I caught a bit of the women's 400m at the British Championships.

 

Fucking hell, we've got some talent.

 

They're were quite good at running as well.

[lifetime fan]

Tried to find a thread like this earlier when I caught a bit of the women's 400m at the British Championships.

 

Fucking hell, we've got some talent.

 

They're were quite good at running as well.

 

Watching this beats actually working.

 

Beating being todays word.

[Spy Bee]

The high jumpers are worth  slurp too!

[Champ]

And there was me thinking I'd be the only one watching!

[Champ]

Katarina Johnson Thompson just jumped a personal best in the long jump.

Does anyone else see her as one of our own?

[Spy Bee]

Ujah bottled it then. Gutted to see that drug cheat win again!

[Champ]

Ujah bottled it then. Gutted to see that drug cheat win again!

Cram's commentary was pretty loaded

[lifetime fan]

Does anyone else see her as one of our own?

 

Fuck this our business. She's mine.

[lifetime fan]

Ujah bottled it then. Gutted to see that drug cheat win again!

 

Big time, they all had a poor start.

[Dougie Do'ins]

Isn't KJT related to someone on here ?

[lifetime fan]

Isn't KJT related to someone on here ?

 

Yeah, cousin of someone. Champ can remember who it was.

[Jairzinho]

TheGuest?

[lifetime fan]

Sounds right.

[Champ]

TheGuest?

Yep. Imagine that

[lifetime fan]

You can marry your first cousin can't you?

[Champ]

You can marry your first cousin can't you?

It would be a bit weird

[lifetime fan]

Why would it?

[lifetime fan]

Katarina Johnson Thompson just jumped a personal best in the long jump.

Her arse is looking better than ever.

 

 

EDIT: just improved her PB too.

[Trumo]

They've started calling her KJT now. Bloody hipsters.

[lifetime fan]

They've started calling her KJT now. Bloody hipsters.

I just call her mine.