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So there's a 50% chance it's a 2-time medalist. Yea, I don't see any conflict of interest on the part of the ITU.
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Also, we know it's not JB or AB because you know those two do everything together. If one tested positive and not the other I doubt the ITU would have given "tainted beef" a "plausible and reasonable" excuse tag. That being said, my on the ground observation is that while teams may have been housed at one resort in Cozumel, there were many elites out and about on non-team events at various points in time. I don't think all of Team GB ate every meal together.
That being said, this is why the stupid secrecy rule fails to protect anyone. Now instead of one dumb GB athlete getting tarnished, 3 totally innocent athletes and 1 dummy are tainted. Sunlight is the best anti-septic.
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The tainted beef excuse is plausible to explain low levels. However it is also entirely plausible that the low level is a trace amount from use as a weight loss agent earlier in the season.
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Simply a thought question to the gang here:
IF circumstances required revelation of the name, and it was one of the stars, and you were a 3rd or 4th ranked teammate of the superstars - how much money would you require to "become" the sacrificial lamb. (this presupposes that the organizations would buy into this trickery of course, for the good of the sport overall...LOL) @ItsShug , feel free to make this a poll question.
In this exact case, Mr. Bowden and Bishop likely make peanuts compared to the Brownlees. If I was them, I'd ask for 100k at least to "ruin my name" knowing there was no ban in play, unless as a Bowden or Bishop, I thought I had potential to be a top 5 in the world guy in the next couple years. Then I'd ask for 250k. Maybe a bigger question is "would this ever happen? would the stars pay this? would the BTF assist in paying this?
The article explains why no "naming" will occur as follow:
This is the usual procedure for the ITU. As long as a case is not appealed, the name of the accused athlete is protected. Publication is mandatory only when there is a sanction. The objective is to protect the athlete so that he will not suffer any harm if he is found innocent.
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My question is how do you get people to be compliant in those situations.
You either have to have
1. Leverage on the athlete to keep their mouth shut
OR
2. Complete ignorance of the sacrificial athlete that the others are also involved.
I'm more inclined to believe the second. They need a fail guy incase they get busted with the drugs they can pin it on them and not their super star.
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You're the rig guy? You don't look like you worked on rigs....
Anyone thinks otherwise, they are kiddIng themselves.. they know that it is adefense that allowed Contador to get a 2 year ban instead of the normal 4 year ban.. call me a skeptic and a conspiracy theorist, but I think the WTC is controlling what testing is done and what is reported.. it is their best interest to protect their brand.. they will sweep whatever they need to under the preverbial rug.
Also, WTC doesn't have anything to do with it in this particular instance. There have been rumors in the past of the same ilk, of cover ups as has been insinuated in this case, but this is all WADA/ITU/British Triathlon/Mexico ADA.