heywoodu 13,560 Posted January 31, 2020 #31 Share Posted January 31, 2020 1 hour ago, phelps said: here we go again (cit.)... Spanish police bust largest ever performance-enhancing drugs gang "Spain has long been an attractive place to train for athletes." No shit Especially the islands and somewhere on a volcano or something were testers rarely come. Why else do you think there's also a ton of athletes training in remote African places? Because "the conditions are harsher and so it's good to make you tougher"? thiago_simoes 1 If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bestmen 2,566 Posted January 31, 2020 #32 Share Posted January 31, 2020 Africa has nothing to do in, they prepare these drugs in Europe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,560 Posted January 31, 2020 #33 Share Posted January 31, 2020 8 minutes ago, bestmen said: Africa has nothing to do in, they prepare these drugs in Europe And when you want to dope, you go to places where there's the smallest chance of testers getting to you (while still being able to train, so Antarctica doesn't count). This is generally in places like remote African towns and mountains, or the infamous Teide on Tenerife. thiago_simoes 1 If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,182 Posted January 31, 2020 #34 Share Posted January 31, 2020 59 minutes ago, heywoodu said: "Spain has long been an attractive place to train for athletes." No shit Especially the islands and somewhere on a volcano or something were testers rarely come. Why else do you think there's also a ton of athletes training in remote African places? Because "the conditions are harsher and so it's good to make you tougher"? Oh, finally I know why Marianne Vos went to El Salvador that time. #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,560 Posted January 31, 2020 #35 Share Posted January 31, 2020 47 minutes ago, dcro said: Oh, finally I know why Marianne Vos went to El Salvador that time. And every cycling fan in the Netherlands is not sceptical at all about Van Vleuten going to El Teide all the time If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,560 Posted February 2, 2020 #36 Share Posted February 2, 2020 Oh my gosh. Such shock. Quelle surprise. "We all never saw this coming." Etc etc. Next thing you know water is wet. If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,182 Posted February 3, 2020 #37 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Apparently Coronavirus has been reported on Canary islands. This will stop testers from coming! #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,560 Posted February 3, 2020 #38 Share Posted February 3, 2020 5 hours ago, dcro said: Apparently Coronavirus has been reported on Canary islands. This will stop testers from coming! Good timing, because wonderboys Fuglsang and Lutsenko, together with several other Astana-Kawasaki's, are on the Teide right now If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHSN 3,221 Posted February 3, 2020 #39 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Olympic medalist and multiple World Champion in wrestling Bilyal Makhov tested positive for doping https://tass.com/sport/1115731 phelps 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wumo 2,796 Posted February 3, 2020 #40 Share Posted February 3, 2020 An A-sample has shown that former World Champion and Olympic bronze medallist, Jenny Fransson, has been tested positive for doping. This was announced by The Swedish Olympic Committee in a press release: https://sok.se/arkiv-for-artiklar/2020-02-03-sok-om-jenny-franssons-prov.html (in Swedish) The Swedish wrestler is taken out of the Swedish Olympic squad pending a second test to be analyzed. Jenny Fransson has left a doping test showing traces of methyl testosterone, an anabolic steroid. Benolympique 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts