I absolutely hate bodybuilding, yes. Although from what I know they do have some testing even there, but yeah, I know nothing about it because I would never watch that.
I only have some kind of knowledge from someone I know who knows someone who did bodybuilding competitively and honestly him and his partner have obvious serious issues with self esteem and a totally screwed body image.
I think it's too easy to say people are adults and it's their responsibility only. People smoke or eat for pleasure, yes, but we as societies usually don't put a price out there ((althought there are some freak eating competitions or the likes but those should not exist either...)): If you smoke more, eat more, we as a society will recognize you, hang a medal around your neck, give you prize money and make you famous - so if you want that, make sure to smoke and eat A LOT and MORE.
We can also make competitions where people have to fight lions to gain a prize or where they have to balance in 100 meters above concrete or where they have to run from pistol shots and if they don't make it - well. They decided to take part, didn't they? They are adults, so they have to know.
It's all in what you consider "too dangerous" and how much other people should "make them stop" vs hanging a medal on their necks. I know figure skating is dangerous, but at least we don't intentionally run into each other like football players and hockey players. Those two sports remind me of roman gladiators and people cheer that and hang medals around their necks.
the reality is that the lab being late would have had no impact on a clean athlete.
I've already said over and over again that clean athletes can have accidental positive tests from contamination. It's suddenly "their fault" for testing positive even tho they were taking supplements or whatever that were supposed to be clean and yet were not because the testing factory or someone else screwed up.
That is not fair to anyone because the athlete is CLEAN, but everyone involved is getting screwed over because the lab is late.
Everyone = the other team mates and the other teams who have to wait for medals until the situation is resolved.
Returning a lab result on time to get the athlete disqualified
(even if it turns out to be a false positive later), protects EVERYONE. It protects the other teams from being denied medals, it protects the current team that athlete would have been a part of, it protects the image of the Olympics itself.
If Kamila had managed to prove she was accidentally contaminated, you would have been screaming at the lab for taking so long to return her test, which caused everyone to have their medals delayed.
I think ROC have the stronger case because they selected their team in good faith, Kamila did not test positive at the event, performed her programs within the rules. If WADA had followed their own procedures then ROC would have had an opportunity to replace her.
What are the odds WADA's lab forgot to test the one positive test, and this one positive test belonged to the most important athlete in the Russian team, plus was 15 so if they notified her early she could have withdrawn and would have been entitled to confidentiality instead of no stop leaking of confidential information about the child (which continues until today)? It has to be in the billions to one these series of events and coincidences.
I'm not saying there's a conspiracy of some kind it's just a series of events that must be in the billions to one.
That really sums it up. WHY was the positive test delayed? WHY only that test? We don't hear about any other test being delayed. Were there other tests delayed and its just not being mentioned?
All evidence concerning any wrong doing on the part of the lab should have been presented to CAS by the lawyers representing Kamila. It is their job to explore every possibility where the rules and procedures were not followed. If they feel that CAS did not take that into consideration in their ruling, it is their job to appeal that decision based on that.
Whatever happened with the lab, I do hope that all the evidence concerning the delays was presented by her lawyers and that it was taken into consideration in the ruling. Kamila deserves good legal representation in this case and I hope her lawyers provide it for her with the upcoming appeal. CAS may rule against the evidence that they provide, but the lawyers should have supplied it and explored every possibility on her behalf.
I hope she was. But we may never know the full story sadly.
As a fan of many Russian athletes I do wish they would take an over abundance of caution and elevated awareness of their own responsibilities when attending major international events. They have all the means necessary to test each and every athlete themselves before sending them anywhere. Yes the tests are in an unofficial capacity but they do not need to rely on international labs to officially certify test results when selecting teams and individuals to send. I mean yes…they may not catch everyone and disputable results can appear at international events but given their recent violations and controversies I think they need to be beyond extra cautious.
This sport needs it’s Russian athletes back on the Main Stage and soon IMO.
Are they capable of this? If the Russians know how to check their skaters, that means they know how WADA checks skaters, which means they know how to avoid testing positive. One of the points of the Icarus movie was if you know how WADA tests, you can come up with ways to avoid a positive test. The whole mixing urine scene in that movie.
