According to the Japan Anti-Doping Agency, HES is used to conceal blood doping carried out to improve aerobic performance. This is the first time the substance has been detected at a race within Japan, but the number of athletes caught using it in overseas cycling races and similar events is considerable. According to the Tokyo Marathon Foundation, the announcement of the result was held until the completion of the proper procedures by the IAAF. Aryasova will be stripped of all race results following last year's Tokyo Marathon and will serve a two-year ban beginning last April 29.
In the Dublin City Marathon in October 2010, Tatyana Aryasova of Russia broke the women's course record by winning in a time of 2:26.12, beating the old record of 2:27.22, set by Ruth Kitol of Kenya in 2003.
Considering that she failed a drugs test just four months later, it raises a serious question about her Dublin victory. Was she clean then?
8 comments:
Innocent until proven guilty John.
Personally I would think NOT to your question “was she clean then” but I am starting to think that anybody who is caught should have any record they set in their provisional career wiped as its impossible to tell when they started. Maybe a bit harsh but who knows. ?????
I agree with Paudie. Wipe their career results and ban them for life.....perhaps that will cure the drug problem in sports.
Its a pity Higuchi (2nd place) didn't win the race on the day. It was her debut marathon.
Why take drugs in the first place? Everybody should have a moral duty/obligation to be honest. Honesty sets you free. It's sad that certain people look outside the box and illegally boost themselves in their pursuit of victory.
Another element we need to understand is peer pressure, like for instance Tour de France cyclists have in a roundabout way admitted to taking drugs. If you see an athlete doing well by taking drugs and leaving you behind in the race thus making you a forgotten person in the sport, you'd start to wonder whether you should take performance enchancing drugs.
What I feel is needed is explicit honesty and leadership.
Eoin
hard to know about dublin and weather she was clean. i suspect not. lifetime ban and a erasing of her records.it's gutting to read it though. thank god in cycling lance armstrong is clean especially after all his team mates were caught
cathal
hard to know about dublin and weather she was clean. i suspect not. lifetime ban and a erasing of her records.it's gutting to read it though. thank god in cycling lance armstrong is clean especially after all his team mates were caught
cathal
You're joking about Armstrong, right?
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