American sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson tests positive for cannabis, Olympic hopes in doubt
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Why aren’t alcohol and tobacco banned? They would help performance as well, amirite? What a bunch of bull hockey.
Cannabis is banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), but if athletes can prove that their ingestion of the substance was unrelated to sports performance then a suspension of three months rather than the usual four years is imposed.
This is a travesty.
Its weed...not some performance enhancing drug.
She needs to be in Tokyo
Its weed...not some performance enhancing drug.
She needs to be in Tokyo
if we idolize Prefontaine we surely can't throw Richardson to the curb, right?
But some dude can lift weights as a woman.
science.
science.
I'm too lazy to look, but does cannabis enhance sprinters performance?
I would assume no, which means this is just dumb.
I would assume no, which means this is just dumb.
agreed, while i may think the rule is dumb it is the rule. and i like weed but if I know something important is riding on me not partaking I'm going to not indulge. priorities
If you are training seriously hard for a spot on an Olympic team with a chance to earn a medal that will be a lifetime achievement, at some point don't you make a conscious choice to avoid things that could hamper your performance?
I'm not saying she has to be punished, but it seems like a decision an elite athlete would make on their own. To me it just seems obvious.
I'm not saying she has to be punished, but it seems like a decision an elite athlete would make on their own. To me it just seems obvious.
Bad planning on her part, I'd say...
The rule is stupid.
She knew the rule.
It is what it is.
What’s wrong with several strong gin and tonics instead?
She knew the rule.
It is what it is.
What’s wrong with several strong gin and tonics instead?
It's stupid it is a banned substance but it's just as dumb that she smoked/ate it.
Stupid rule but she knew it was a rule
Did she test positive for Chips Ahoy?
Marijuana being illegal is immeasurably stupid.
Marijuana being illegal is immeasurably stupid.
The twit is inferring she used pot to cope with her mother's passing. Otherwise why put it out there?
It is shameful to use a parent passing as an excuse for a failed drug test.
She is not making an excuse. She has owned her failed drug test and suspension.
Maybe she hasn't smoked in a long time and did to cope.
Maybe she has always smoked.
We don't know.
She was explaining this failed drug test.
Weed is a performance enhancing drug and walking is a sport: The Olympics.
This is a tough one-
I believe everyone would agree THC should either not be a disqualifier or just no longer tested for as it is legal in many states and NOT a performance enhancer.
On the other hand, for people that it matters to, such as an Olympic athlete who likes to smoke, get the rule changed before someone gets caught, force the issue, don't wait until you are fighting from behind.
Rules are rules, but I do hope she somehow gets to go to Tokyo as her story is really good
I believe everyone would agree THC should either not be a disqualifier or just no longer tested for as it is legal in many states and NOT a performance enhancer.
On the other hand, for people that it matters to, such as an Olympic athlete who likes to smoke, get the rule changed before someone gets caught, force the issue, don't wait until you are fighting from behind.
Rules are rules, but I do hope she somehow gets to go to Tokyo as her story is really good
This runs parallel to the whole Reggie bush whine session for knowingly cheating and now wanting all of his awards back.
If you don’t like the rule get it changed but until then you follow the rule.
i think marijuana being a banned substance is dumb but not nearly as dumb as wasting an opportunity you worked years for. There are far too many people that think rules are optional and that there feelings trump all.
If you don’t like the rule get it changed but until then you follow the rule.
i think marijuana being a banned substance is dumb but not nearly as dumb as wasting an opportunity you worked years for. There are far too many people that think rules are optional and that there feelings trump all.
It's an incredibly stupid rule that weed is a banned substance.
With that said it was a rule, she knew it, and she broke it. I feel bad for her that she lost her mom at 21; that's when mine died as well. Still, it's a rule and if she was willing to risk going to the Olympics to smoke weed that's her decision.
If she is able to go to Tokyo, great. If not, I won't feel bad since it was all on her.
With that said it was a rule, she knew it, and she broke it. I feel bad for her that she lost her mom at 21; that's when mine died as well. Still, it's a rule and if she was willing to risk going to the Olympics to smoke weed that's her decision.
If she is able to go to Tokyo, great. If not, I won't feel bad since it was all on her.
This article says:
After the London Olympics, international regulators relaxed the threshold for what constitutes a positive test for marijuana from 15 nanograms per milliliter to 150 ng/m. They explained the new threshold was an attempt to ensure that in-competition use is detected and not use during the days and weeks before competition.
www.kcrg.com
After the London Olympics, international regulators relaxed the threshold for what constitutes a positive test for marijuana from 15 nanograms per milliliter to 150 ng/m. They explained the new threshold was an attempt to ensure that in-competition use is detected and not use during the days and weeks before competition.
Sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson tests positive for marijuana, will miss Olympic 100
She tested positive at the Olympic trials and so her result is erased. Fourth-place finisher Jenna Prandini is expected to get Richardson’s spot in the 100.
Whats dumb is she knew the tests were coming. These arent new regulations, and most everyone else seems to have no issues passing them. The most infuriating part is its for a recreational reason (assuming if there was a medical reason, even self diagnosed, she wouldve made that a part of her statement).
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Calories. Sugar. Hangover.
In nearly every measurable way, alcohol is a much worse mind-altering substance for a top notch athlete.
Look at Michael Phelps - dude smokes copious amounts of ganga - is the best competitive swimmer of all time.
Point of clarity, the rule is from the WADA, so the US position (and state positions) are irrelevant.
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LOL at all the tough guy "rules are rules" posters.
Like they don't cry and bitch if they get speed camera tickets. If shit's stupid, it's stupid, period. Which includes testing Olympic athletes for pot, speed cameras and many other bullshit, pointless rules and laws. I don't have a huge upwelling of sympathy for her, but c'mon man - the only thing that garners less sympathy from me is narcs and hall pass monitors, which we seem to have way too many of around here.
Like they don't cry and bitch if they get speed camera tickets. If shit's stupid, it's stupid, period. Which includes testing Olympic athletes for pot, speed cameras and many other bullshit, pointless rules and laws. I don't have a huge upwelling of sympathy for her, but c'mon man - the only thing that garners less sympathy from me is narcs and hall pass monitors, which we seem to have way too many of around here.
She didn’t know her mom was dying - couldn’t plan for that.
Would be a lot more sympathy if she was some pretty white girl from Iowa.
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