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Absolutely disgusting.
It could help him to find a decent ride and get back to speed earlier than with a 450 fill in ride.
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Dude should race canada. Field is too stacked for him to get a factory ride
How can people be so far out of touch in this day and age?
The alphabet soup list of organizations are not to blame for anything.
All blame lies on the athlete. Why cant people in this sport get that, when every other sport can?
I don't know how any of you that are fans and racers can accept this.
As to the 4 years being the standard length of suspension, that Tickle got cut in half. Those suspensions are based on international competition. Think Olympics. I am all for drug testing in sports, but maybe WADA isn’t the right fit for this job.
He knew at the time they told him he failed, the suspension was 4 years
Done. He was informed. He was notified.
This is not a court of law, nor is it bound by any rules of a court of law. All of these rules, procedures and timelines are laid out in the WADA/USADA guides and online. They have or offer zero responsibility to provide a "speedy trial" or any type of trial at all....you pee hot in both your A and B samples, you're guilty....that's how drug testing works.
WADA/USADA does not care who you are or how famous you are......if you're a TdF cyclist, Olympic underwater basket weaver or a pro motorcycle racer. You're a number in the system, get to you when they get to you. You failed, you got your mandatory suspension, 4-years, anything beyond that, like an appeal, is asking them for a favor, and that's on their time schedule, not the athlete's time schedule.
They want to make the athlete suffer. They want each athlete to show the other athletes, "this is what will happen if caught".....James Stewart didn't get any special dispensation, he too waited months and months before getting a final reduced sentence.
I am not passing judgement on whether or not Tickle knowingly took an illegal PED, only discussing how the system works,
FYI - Outdoors also has drug testing, administered by USADA, the US division of WADA
Methylhexanamine - A 2013 review concluded that: "Pharmacological effects after oral intake can be expected on the lungs (bronchodilation) and the nasal mucosa following a single oral dose of about 4–15 mg. Pharmacological effects on the heart can be expected following a single oral dose of about 50–75 mg. Pharmacological effects on the blood pressure can be expected after a single oral dose of about 100 mg. Because of the long half-life, there is a risk that repeated doses within 24–36 hours could lead to steadily stronger pharmacological effects (build-up)
A bronchodilator is a substance that dilates the bronchi and bronchioles, decreasing resistance in the respiratory airway and increasing airflow to the lungs.
In 2010, a 21-year-old male in New Zealand presented with a cerebral hemorrhage after ingesting 556 mg of methylhexanamine, caffeine, and alcohol. Health authorities in Hawaii linked cases of liver failure and one death to OxyElite Pro.
The death of Claire Squires, a runner who collapsed near the finish-line of the April 2012 London Marathon, has been linked to methylhexanamine. The coroner stated that methylhexanamine was "probably an important factor" during the inquest. Despite, according to a friend, having been diagnosed with an irregular heartbeat - and advised not to consume methylhexanamine, it is believed that she consumed the substance through drinking an energy drink, which was subsequently adjusted to exclude methylhexanamine.
That's why it's illegal in competition and ILLEGAL FOR SALE IN THE USA
This didn't end JS7 either. It just made it easier for him to quit something he hated doing anyway.
Pit Row
to being Reed into this is not anywhere remotely in the conversation. Reed has a draw multi time sx champ and outdoor champ, has not been competitive for years not knocking him, he's a great rider and good for the sport be he is the exception to the rule.
HE'S NOT GUILTY WHEN HE FAILS THE TEST YOU FUCKING GOOF THERE STLL HAS TO BE A TRIAL/HEARING JUST LIKE IN A LEGAL CASE. HE HAS TO BE PROVEN GUILTY HE'S INNOCENT OTHERWISE. EVIDENCE IS NOT CONVICTION.
But that's the problem with WADA/USADA. They have seemingly unlimited unchecked power. Thats what why everyone is upset. You seem to not get that. Thats why we all have Brock's back. People like you man for fucks sake.
Did you wana fight tho?
I looked into it last year when this first came out and dug a little into the drug itself, Methylhexanamine.
Turns out it was discovered/made back in the 1940's originally targeted as a nasal decongestant and removed from the market in the 1970's.
In 2006 Methylhexanamine was brought to the consumer market by a company called Proviant Technologies and sold for use in dietary supplements. The owner of that company is/was a man named Patrick Arnold, an American organic chemist, former amateur body builder and who seems to have dedicated a good portion of his professional career manufacturing and bringing to market hard-to-detect performance enhancement drugs (PEDs). For example, he invented prohormones which, at the time, we undetectable but it is a drug our bodies convert into testosterone all on their own. Pretty clever huh? He makes for a good read on the google machine.
So from 2006 Methylhexanamine made its way into supplements. However, since 2011 it has been banned by several countries and even the FDA and made the marketing of the product illegal. From the wiki page:
"In April 2013, the US Food and Drug Administration determined that methylhexanamine was potentially dangerous and did not qualify as a legal dietary supplement; it warned supplement makers that it was illegal to market methylhexanamine and warned consumers of potentially serious health risks associated with methylhexanamine-containing products. The FDA has issued warning letters to manufacturers and distributors who continued to market products containing methylhexanamine." Link
Methylhexanamine is a performance enhancing drug which is why it is banned from USADA/WADA. Broc is on record saying he doesn't know how he could have ingested the drug, but it seems the most likely source is from a dietary supplement (e.g. powders for weight lifting, etc.).
It also seems Methylhexanamine is not always listed on the ingredients of some products, even if it is in there. For professional athletes making their living racing, boxing, etc., it seems too big of a risk. I bet after the experience of the last year Broc would have gladly skipped all the powder shakes and whatever else in exchange to be back on his KTM.
One detail in this whole story which I have not seen/read, is whether or not Broc was managing his own nutrition/supplement intake at the time of the adverse finding? Does anyone know?
I kinda get that a racer might not be checking every ingredient on the backs of those powder jugs. OTOH, maybe now people will realize they have to do that going forward. But if someone else was overseeing his nutrition, well... they definitely should have known or had it checked in a lab.
What in the actual? Holy shit. Dimetime is going to get a kick out of this one.
Not according to the WADA agreement within his FIM License
There is no "trial"
You pee hot, they test both samples, if both samples fail, you failed. You've been found to have had an illegal PED in your system during competition.
It's done, 4 years....BAM
Now, you can appeal the ruling and appeal the length of the suspension, but it is on their timeframe as they monitor and deal with tons of athletes worldwide.
If you do so, it is at their convenience, not yours
Enjoy the vacation.
the powers that be can t even get a rule book together and enforce said rule book, we have another organization from another part of the world overseeing our race series handing put penalties and suspensions. that is my point have clear rule book follow rule book with clear penalties. give a rider a chance to present his/her objection within a acceptable time frame. We are not getting this representation at this time. time for new sanctioning body. or AMA step up.
And it's still being sold under DMHA or the chemical names as the FDA hasnt banned that yet.
If you are caught with a prohibited substance in your system, confirmed with the B sample, you are suspended immediately. In this case (performance enhancing substance found in an in-competition test), the standard suspension is 4 years. Tickle's team gets to use the time between the handing down of the provisional suspension and the hearing to research what happened and put a case together to try and get the 4 year suspension reduced to 2 years. They did it, THEY WON.
I do enjoy the irony of you bringing up morality in a cheating case.
Edit: Damn, clicked before I could finish typing
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