What initiated the test?
Age group win?
Random ?
Suspicion ? Hope not!
Triggered by posts on internet forums
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in some cases
In some cases
in some cases (not the athletes i work with, of course)
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some TT members certainly have been 
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There was a Guy Dan? ex rower? Who got popped?
Lol
What a helmut
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Barely. Sam Long complained that he wasnât tested in the 8 weeks leading into 70.3.
A few I swam with were on the whereabouts system and declared their training times as their one hour slots, testers would come 1-2x a year. Always thought it was nice/accommodating that the testers let them finish their training sessions before declaring requirement to test at the very end of the hour, but guess easier in a confined swimming pool to watch the person throughout.
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The testers will follow you whilst you complete any reasonable tasks - training, recovery run, shower, food etcâŚnot sure if you can sleepâŚ
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His comments speak volumes.
If we are " wondering" you can bet the people who actually race against them are.
I say them as it"s quite likely if one is the other would be too, obviously if he"s clean it"s likely the other is too. It"s quite sad that two years of fantastic performances are rewarded with suspicion, but that"s the world we live in.
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Sounds a bit like the whole TUE program. I think pro athletes should declare if racing under a TUe - no need to disclose âmedical conditionâ but just if racing under TUE.
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Thatâs a lot to do within the hour!
That does suggest a far bigger leniency than the rules/guidelines suggest. My reading was once youâve been served notice or requirement to provide a sample then special circumstances would stretch to things like a medal ceremony, but unlikely as far as a proper recovery or food.
Also, presumably itâs just easier to provide a sample rather than have someone staring at you in the showerâŚ
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Possibly confusing, Sam Long was saying Sam Long wasnât tested (yes he probably would talk about himself in 3rd person).
I donât know if Blu has recently been tested. But random testing isnât very common, and competition testing only shows theyâre not juiced that day, not that they havenât had training benefits from it.
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Nothing to do with Blu, but since weâve talked about PEDs a lot recently I thought this was a good watch, on par with Icarus.
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Bloody hell! That"s a proper set up, as we have said before i don"t think there is much in Tri, certainly not at AG level, why would you!?
The Pros i really hope not.
Watched a few programmes on the two Norgies around kona and the 70.3 worlds, never heard them mention testing, Clomifene, the drug Connor Benn got caught with was mentioned several times.
News on the Boxing sites is he is getting a small back dated suspension, just awful if true.
Was discussing altitude training with a pro whilst at loughborough, wasnât a discussion about testing but they mentioned they were tested every day whilst at the camp.
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As part of establishing biological passport given the claims of altitude testing being a common excuse/cause of discrepancies?
The Norwegians were talking about clomiphene?
If so, what was the show?
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No sorry
The you tube show you put on.
It was mentioned a few times mostly when that idiot was trying to sell the fake sprinter stuff
Wayne Rooney⌠lol.
The REALLY worrying comment was the chemist â As long as we know how there testing, we can get round itâ !
Thatâs quite sad
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I was in the gym on Monday and was looking around, there was a lot of pretty big lads in there and my suspicion was that it was a bit more than creatine and protein! Doubt most will be competing for anything though and mostly for the mirror, especially given the number of them taking photos in the changing room mirrors!
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If you have an interest in this, check out:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Game-Shadows-Steroids-Scandal-Professional/dp/1592401996
Been on nights all week, last one tonight!
Been working with a lovely new officer, if I was ten years younger she would be half my age!
She said she enjoyed working with me as I wasnât â inappropriate â and even guys my age were coming in to her ?!? Sheâs proper fit! Lol.
She is a pt and knows lots about health and fitness.
She has several clients who do similar stuff to us effort wise at times just to stand on a beach in Ibiza, and they do crazy diets along side this.
The amount of recreational weight trainers who as you say donât compete in anything who are messing about with peds are probably the biggest consumer group today.
There are thousands of them, my own son has started weights with his mate, his mate wants to use testosterone after 10 weeks training as thatâs â normalâ Yhe youth of today can work very hard but want it all NOW!
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