The Justin Gatlin Saga Just Got Really Weird

Triathlon Forum
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This is way more entertaining than the Floyd Landis story. Now, a Nike employee is being implicated in an assault on the massage therapist in June at the US Track Championships.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/03/sports/othersports/03gatlin.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

The USOC bans Trevor Graham from use of USOC facilities

http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/trackandfield/news/story?id=2538450

Trevor Graham is hiring a massage therapist to work for his group, Sprint Capital, should any of you be interested.

http://www.sprintcapitolusa.com/news_events.html

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Could you imagine the uproar if this guy admitted to smearing an illegal substance on the athletes without them knowing it?

If I were a world class athlete, I would be real careful about who I let touch my body. :slight_smile:

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Anybody know what the “lifetime” in the body of testosterone delivered by cream is? That is, how long after it comes in contact with the skin is it still detectable?

Seems to me that if the massage therapist did deliver a dose in this way, he also got a dose himself so testing him for testosterone is a way of testing the claim made against him.

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“If I were a world class athlete, I would be real careful about who I let touch my body.”

I try to be careful about that anyway.

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Dr. Zog’s Sex Wax?

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<<If I were a world class athlete, I would be real careful about who I let touch my body. :slight_smile: >>

But since you’re not, it’s open season for any old street hag?

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i admit, that’s weird by any standard. i wonder if graham and fuentes have each other’s numbers on their speed dials?

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Did you see the statement Whetstine issued to letsrun.com?

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This is a perfect example of why I’m happy to not be directly involved with track and field anymore. While this story is certainly weird it’s not anything out of the ordinary. Personally (and speaking only for myself) I never liked Trevor Graham. From the first meeting I had with him, Tim Montgomery and Shawn Crawford, I knew he wasn’t right. I’ll reserve comment on the Nike employee beating up a Nike consultant in front of the meet hotel at US Nationals…just strange, and I’m sure we’ll never hear the whole story.

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<< i wonder if graham and fuentes have each other’s numbers on their speed dials?

I wonder if they are all friends with Charlie Francis?

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Wanna bet they end up on Jerry Springer?

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How do you call that what USOC does now?

Setting a statuatory example…

All just face-painting. They are going to hang one and then the games can go on.

It is even more ironic that he actually got into their crosshairs by being so stupid to hand over the syringe.

I mean, how can J. Gatlin scream any louder: Look at me!!!

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Chamois cream is the way to go with sabotaging cyclists. “Taint the taint.”