Doping

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+1... Brexiteer going by the spelling...

Magnificent... Post #2 is pretty strong too...

Is Mamnick back?

Tried to see if there was an English report on this yet, but doesn't seem to be. So: https://www.lemonde.fr/sport/article/2019/04/04/dopage-la-meilleure-marathonienne-francaise-evite-les-controleurs-au-maroc_5445824_3242.html

Selon le récit fait au Monde par plusieurs sources, les trois représentants de l’AFLD ont demandé à Clémence Calvin de se soumettre à un contrôle antidopage inopiné. La Française aurait refusé et pris la fuite.

Best female French marathon runner is asked to give a sample in Morocco. Runs away.

Yeah she’d been evasive for a while so they caught her out in Morocco and she literally ran away in the street.

Probably left the gas on or something

Avoiding giving a sample is normally treated the same as a positive. So she's kinda fucked.

She'll be running away for a long time, though.

Just read the article--it doesn't actually say she was confronted and ran away in the street, just that:

La Française aurait refusé et pris la fuite.

... which just means: 'The Frenchwoman refused and fled', but doesn't say how. The article also notes that there are different versions of the encounter and that they may be subject to a future legal battle.

Why are you allowing linguistic ability and facts get in the way of a good tale? We voted to abolish facts in 2016, get on with it!

There'll be a marathon extension, though, so ner-ner. :)

https://twitter.com/thierryvildary/status/1113543699437424640

There's the "rue" bit pour vous, monsieur Schick.

It's all a conspiracy against her, they always do it that way, just look at how they treated poor Mr Armstrong.

And he would have got away with it if it wasn't for those pesky cycling shoes.

Speaking of which, do you know who's shown themselves to be quite skilled at running in road cleats? Hmmm....

I think we should test Oliver for amphetamines; half a dozen comments and a new thread and it's not even midday yet.

And counting...

I'm saying nothing.

Denise Betsema positive for anabolic steroids.

Can't see any in these pics... https://www.instagram.com/deniesoverseas/ How very odd.

Fuck. Believed and respected her ride to fame too

Was she the one who came out of nowhere and everyone was like ‘woh how cool’?

Oh dear

Sad

Junior mtb champ though, so has the genes

“It was a bit easier than I expected,” Denise Betsema said about her meteoric rise to the top of women’s international cyclocross.

Yup...that’ll be the roids

From https://www.cxmagazine.com/denise-betsema-overseas-rise-cyclocross-stardom-2018-2019