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The Official Olympic Thread

My favourite sport besides the Athletics is definitely swimming. I guess you can't truly appreciate how fast they swim unless you see it live.
 
In 2003, Dr. Wade Exum, the United States Olympic Committee's director of drug control administration from 1991 to 2000, gave copies of documents to Sports Illustrated which revealed that some 100 American athletes who failed drug tests and should have been prevented from competing in the Olympics were nevertheless cleared to compete. Among those athletes was Lewis.[74]

It was revealed that Lewis tested positive three times before the 1988 Olympics for pseudoephedrine, ephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine, banned stimulants and bronchodilators also found in cold medication, and had been banned from the Seoul Olympics and from competition for six months. The USOC accepted his claim of inadvertent use and overturned the decision. Fellow Santa Monica Track Club teammates Joe DeLoach and Floyd Heard were also found to have the same banned stimulants in their systems, and were cleared to compete for the same reason.[75][76]

The positive results occurred at the Olympic Trials in July 1988 where athletes were required to declare on the drug-testing forms "over-the-counter medication, prescription drugs and any other substances you have taken by mouth, injection or by suppository."

"Carl did nothing wrong. There was never intent. He was never told, you violated the rules," said Martin D. Singer, Lewis's lawyer, who also said that Lewis had inadvertently taken the banned stimulants in an over-the-counter herbal remedy.[77] "The only thing I can say is I think it's unfortunate what Wade Exum is trying to do," said Lewis. "I don't know what people are trying to make out of nothing because everyone was treated the same, so what are we talking about? I don't get it."[78] The International Olympic Committee's medical commission chairman, Arne Ljungqvist, said the Exum documents "fit a pattern" of failure to report on positive drug cases.
 
markysimmo said:
Lots have been sent back from hospitality, etc..

http://www.tickets.london2012.com/b...afternoon=1&evening=1&show_available_events=1

Basketball, Gymnastics, Weight Lifting still available, lots have been sold since I went on early lastnight..

http://www.tickets.london2012.com/b...afternoon=1&evening=1&show_available_events=1

For tuesday, Boxing, Women's Football, Weightlifting

http://www.tickets.london2012.com/eventdetails?id=0000455ACE920CC2

Big night of swimming on Wed, £295 though
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Chaps the below link is a good place to get tickets

http://blogs.wsj.com/dailyfix/2012/07/27/need-olympic-tickets-try-czech-delegation/

Ive just spent 1.5hours(extended lunch hour) but got tickets to Beach volleyball thursday afternoon.

You pay a fiver to get into the BDC and then make your way up two flights of stairs, turn right and the desk is there. Desk is open till 8.30pm.

They are charging face value + 20% admin charge. May go again as they are sell tickets fior events up to 3 days in advance, hence no athletics tickets yet.

Was chatting to someone in the queue and all the delegations will have tickets to sell. Just got top find out where they are on twitter.
 
Leeds Spur said:
Not proven and it was for ephendrine, which is in cold medicines......i'll give benefit of teh doubt, you can see this man was a natural athlete, just from his physique.

Best long jumper ever.
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He was drafted for the NBA at one point as well, despite never playing college ball! Natural athlete.
 
4th with one horrendous dive and one not so good, would never have got gold but defo had a good chance of 2nd or 3rd, oh well unlcuky chaps..

Annoying that everybody on twitter is like come on Tom, er there are two of them in this event...
 
Leeds Spur said:
Not proven and it was for ephendrine, which is in cold medicines......i'll give benefit of teh doubt, you can see this man was a natural athlete, just from his physique.

Best long jumper ever.
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He failed 3 drugs tests. But the american's didnt give a brick. The Olympics is political for them.
I love how you think all the Chinese are doping yet you're give self confessed doper Lewis a free pass.


http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2003/apr/18/athletics.duncanmackay

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2003/apr/24/athletics.duncanmackay
 
That dive of 71 in the 4th round cost them silver.

They were only 14 points off silver and a dive of 86 would have been sufficient.
 
Modric THFC said:
He failed 3 drugs tests. But the american's didnt give a brick. The Olympics is political for them.
I love how you think all the Chinese are doping yet you're give self confessed doper Lewis a free pass.


http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2003/apr/18/athletics.duncanmackay

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2003/apr/24/athletics.duncanmackay
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I'm not giving him a free pass.

I'm saying he tested for ephedrine.....which is known to have been in cold medicines at the time.

He was tested regularly all over the world.....nothing to hide.

Unlike the Chinese who disappear and resurface for competitions only.

Johnson was a proper drugs cheat......stanzolol is on a different planet to ephedrine
 
Christie was a proper drugs cheat......Nandrolone.

The mass ephedra related tests were due to new tests showing up people taking what they thought were simple congestion medicines.
 
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