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P1. ALCOHOL
Alcohol (ethanol) is prohibited In-Competition only, in the following sports.
Detection will be conducted by analysis of breath and/or blood. The doping
violation threshold is equivalent to a blood alcohol concentration of 0.10 g/L.
• Air Sports (FAI)
• Archery (WA)
• Automobile (FIA)
• Karate (WKF)
• Motorcycling (FIM)
• Powerboating (UIM)
the FIM cover world championships in all motorcycle sports, there has been a couple of speedway riders test positive for drugs this year as well,
Bet Stewart does not do another MXA interview for a long time,
Tested Positive June 22, first press release with a suspension waiting for a trial was September 8
http://www.monsterenergyswc.com/news/article/3571/dudek-suspended
FIM banned him for a year from August 8th, (he must have plead guilty for it to be that quick, remember Stewart did not give his medical documents until september for his defence), but his own federation banned him for 2 years from representing their country at the World Speedway GP's,
http://www.speedwaygp.com/news/article/3683/one-year-ban-for-dudek
and Darcy Ward is another interesting read, he failed a alcohol breath test at a Speedway GP, he was booted out of that GP, then returned to non GP racing, before being suspended from everything until the hearing, can't find if that hearing had taken place,
http://www.motorcyclenews.com/sport/2014/august/aug2814-wardsuspended/
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That being said, some folks lack any form of Logic
Weege kind of explained some of the implications of Stewarts suspension on RacerX last summer.
http://racerxonline.com/2014/06/25/rapid-reaxtion-why-stewart-can-race?lb
The answer lies in the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) code. If you want to make yourself dizzy, try reading through it here. (Oh, the difficulty in not using a joke about ADD or ADHD when mentioning how hard it is to read through a 136-page document of medical and legal jargon).
First, the FIM has given James a provisional suspension. According to the WADA code, Provisional Suspensions make an athlete ineligible to compete only in Signatory events, which means events directly sanctioned by the organization using the WADA code. That would be FIM events, in our sport. The Nationals, sanctioned by AMA Pro Racing, are non-Signatory events. Here’s the actual text, from section 7.5 of the WADA code (on page 45):
7.5 Principles Applicable to Provisional Suspension
7.5.1
Mandatory Provisional Suspension after A Sample Adverse Analytical Finding Signatories shall adopt rules, applicable to any Event for which the Signatory is the ruling body or for any team selection process for which the Signatory is responsible or where the Signatory is the applicable International Federation or has results management authority over the alleged anti-doping rule violation, providing that when an A Sample Adverse Analytical Finding is received for a Prohibited Substance, other than a Specified Substance, a Provisional Suspension shall be imposed promptly after the review and notification described in Articles 7.1 and 7.2.
The Provisional Suspension did indeed happen. But the AMA Pro Racing sanctioned Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship is not a Signatory event. It’s non-Signatory as defined in the WADA code. Provisional Suspensions do not apply and, most important, can’t be applied. There is nothing in the Nationals rulebook that would make it possible for MX Sports to suspend Stewart from competition this weekend. If they tried to suspend him, it would be very easy for Stewart’s side to explain that the rules don’t allow it.
Further, there’s a note for this 7.5 code that says
Comment to Article 7.5: Before a Provisional Suspension can be unilaterally imposed by an Anti-Doping Organization, the internal review specified in the Code must first be completed. In addition, a Signatory imposing a Provisional Suspension is required to give the Athlete an opportunity for a Provisional Hearing either before or promptly after the imposition of the Provisional Suspension, or an expedited final hearing under Article 8 promptly after imposition of the Provisional Suspension.
This basically says even for Signatory events, the Provisional Suspension can’t be imposed until the athlete gets an opportunity for a Provisional Hearing. Stewart hasn’t had one yet, so as of today, at least, Stewart wouldn’t be suspended from anything. Not even a GP with a direct FIM sanction.
You’ll note the use of “as of today” and “as of now” quite a bit in this story. Provisional Suspensions don’t last forever, and James will eventually have his case heard. We don’t know how that will turn out. If he’s found innocent, than he can obviously continue racing as if none of this ever happened (reputation be damned). If he’s found guilty, though, his status moves from Provisionally Suspended to Ineligible, and that’s much worse. Ineligible status applies to not only Signatory events, but also to non-Signatory events. On page 74, in a note for Article 10.10.1, it says:
Further, an ineligible Athlete may not compete in a non-Signatory professional league (e.g., the National Hockey League, the National Basketball Association, etc.), Events organized by a non-Signatory International Event organization or a non-Signatory national-level event organization without triggering the consequences set forth in Article 10.10.2. Sanctions in one sport will also be recognized by other sports (see Article 15.4 Mutual Recognition).
To sum up: Provisionally Suspended means you can compete in a non-Signatory event. Ineligible means you can’t. That’s all the difference right now. It’s true that in cycling, for example, or baseball, athletes that were found guilty ended up banned from everything, in every country. But those athletes were declared Ineligible.
or IOC host cities for a sprinter? I'd imagine the PR from FIM is them considering everyone else as notified...
The guy in the black suit comes to your house and explains it rather nicely, after you screw up. Ignorance is of no justifiable excuse for breaking a law/rule.
That's not something that anyone who's shouting that JS's ban was unfair, too long, or all an FIM conspiracy has bothered to consider. And why would they? Why spoil a good anti-Europe rant with facts?
Pit Row
I was quoting DC from Racerhead.
Seriously though, he failed the test and the penalty is about right. Getting clearance AFTER you fail the test doesn't cut it. It's kind of an anti climax to a good career and it must be killing the fanboys to see him go out this way but everyone wanted to clean up the obvious PED issue and this is step one. At least it proves nobody is too big to get caught.
Rippaa- the decision took 3 months not 8. 3 months from September when JS finally filed his medical records with the FIM.
Another question you should all be asking JS is why did it take him so long to get his medical records straight?
"The ingenuity that unscrupulous professional cyclists display when coming up with excuses to explain positive doping tests is something to behold.
Gilberto Simoni’s cocaine sweets
Italian Gilberto Simoni explained away his positive test for cocaine before the 2002 Giro del Trentino on some sweets that his aunt had obtained from South America. Previously, he had suggested that he had ingested the cocaine after being unwittingly given it during a visit to his dentist.
Tyler Hamilton’s chimeric twin
When Tyler Hamilton failed a test for homologous blood transfusion in 2004, the only explanation he could give for having someone else’s blood in his veins was that he suffered from a rare genetic condition. Hamilton said he was a chimera, and had two sets of genetic material including one from a twin that he absorbed when in his mother’s uterus. He was banned for two years and subsequently admitted to doping, writing a tell-all book about it.
Adri van der Poel’s pigeon pie
Strychnine is a substance better known as a rodent poison, but in small doses has the effect of helping tired leg muscles. Dutch pro Adri van der Poel tested positive for it in 1983 and blamed the result on eating a pigeon pie made with his father-in-law’s racing pigeons which had been doped with the substance.
Floyd Landis and his dodgy whisky
Floyd Landis staged a sensational comeback during the 2006 Tour de France to take the title – but the American’s glory was short lived after a test result showed elevated levels of testosterone. Landis blamed the consumption of whisky as the reason, which had caused him to dehydrate and skew his blood values. Like Hamilton, he later admitted to doping during his riding career and was instrumental in exposing Lance Armstrong’s career-long doping regime.
Alberto Contador’s tainted steak
One of the longest-running and most protracted doping cases was that of Alberto Contador’s clenbuterol positive at the 2010 Tour de France. Contador said that he must have ingested the substance via a tainted steak brought to France from Spain by a friend, simultaneously alienating the Spanish farming industry and causing sniggers among race fans. After much to-ing and fro-ing of the UCI, WADA, lawyers and the Court of Arbitration for Sport he lost the 2010 Tour title and served a ban.
Mauro Santambrogio’s erectile dysfunction
The Italian had existing form when it comes (sorry) to doping positives, having failed a test for EPO at the 2013 Giro d’Italia. Towards the end of his ban for that infringement, Santambrogio tested positive for Andriol (testosterone), and blamed treatment for erectile dysfunction as the cause.
Frank Vandenbroucke’s doggy drugs
Police investigating dodgy doping doctor Bernard Sainz were led to Belgian pro Frank Vandenbroucke’s house in 2002, where a small quantity of banned substances were found, including EPO and clenbuterol. Vandenbroucke told authorities they were for treating his dog. He later admitted to doping but sadly died of a pulmonary embolism in 2009.
Raimondas Rumšas’s mother-in-law’s doping cocktail
After placing third at the 2002 Tour de France, police searched Raimondas Rumšas’s wife’s car and discovered a veritable pharmacy including steroids, EPO, testosterone and growth hormones. His wife claimed they were for her mother, but that didn’t stop the Lithuanian testing positive for EPO the following year.
Lance Armstrong’s ‘everyone else was doing it’
The weakest excuse is kept for last. Lance Armstrong admitted during a television show with Oprah Winfrey that he doped for all seven of his Tour de France wins, subsequently stripped. Having made a career of denying doping and crushing anyone who said he did, Armstrong has only ever offered the excuse that he was only doing what everyone else was doing at the time. Armstrong was banned for life.
http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/pro-cyclists-best-excus…
What if James is feeling a little ill and does not want to take his Meds...is he allowed to go out on the track and risk losing "focus" and landing on someone?
Does a rider that is landed on by JS7 have the right to get proof that he was properly medicated at the time of the accident?
If he is diagnosed with ADHD... ban him... this sport is like no other when you take into account how your fellow competitors can drastically change your life with a mistake.... no room for medicated psychological disorder patients.
Can you blame him?
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