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Jamaicans better hope they have no people doping
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IOC official: Jamaican sprinters should expect more drugs tests

LONDON (Reuters) - Jamaican athletes, who have dominated the sprint events at the London Olympics should now expect more visits by drugs testers, former anti-doping chief Dick Pound said on Saturday.

Usain Bolt stormed to victory in both the 100 and 200 meters with Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce snatching gold in the women's 100 as the Caribbean island consolidated its domination of the blue riband events.

"No, they are one of the groups that are hard to test, it is (hard) to get in and find them and so forth," former World Anti-Doping Agency chief Pound told Reuters Television when asked whether he was happy with the way Jamaica tested its athletes.

"I think they can expect, with the extraordinary results that they have had, that they will be on everybody's radar," said Pound, an International Olympic Committee member.

Jamaica won a clean sweep in the men's 200 with Yohan Blake and Warren Weir winning silver and bronze behind Bolt.

Blake was also second to Bolt in the 100 and the duo also combined with Nesta Carter and Michael Frater to retain the 4x100 relay title in a world record time. It was Bolt's third gold for the second successive Games.

Veronica Campbell-Brown of Jamaica also claimed bronze in the women's 100m behind Fraser-Pryce.

Pound said the IOC was still a long way away from winning the fight against doping with 11 athletes being expelled from the Games since the start of the Olympic period on July 16.

"I think it is too soon to say. I think we are gaining and getting better at science," said Pound, WADA's first president.

"We are starting to get better at smart testing. But there is a long way to go yet. In Churchillian terms, it is not the beginning of the end, but the end of the beginning."

Victor Conte, convicted owner of the now-defunct BALCO laboratory that was at the centre of a global doping scandal, had said earlier this week that 60 percent of athletes at the Games were on drugs.

"He is probably more likely to know than we are. I hope it is not 60 per cent, but it is certainly a lot more than we are catching," Pound said.

"The drug testing that will be done here is first class. I would not expect many cases at the Olympics because if you test positive here you fail not a drugs test but an IQ test."

The IOC will run more than 5,000 tests at the Games that end on Sunday.

More than 100 athletes were also caught using banned substances in the months leading up to the Games following increased testing by national and international anti-doping agencies, designed to root out cheats before they arrived in London.

Victor Conte said about 60% of athletes at the games are on drugs
 
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KingJamal;4751802 said:
Jamaicans better hope they have no people doping
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/jamaican-sprinters-expect-more-drugs-tests-pound-204717922--spt.html

IOC official: Jamaican sprinters should expect more drugs tests

LONDON (Reuters) - Jamaican athletes, who have dominated the sprint events at the London Olympics should now expect more visits by drugs testers, former anti-doping chief Dick Pound said on Saturday.

Usain Bolt stormed to victory in both the 100 and 200 meters with Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce snatching gold in the women's 100 as the Caribbean island consolidated its domination of the blue riband events.

"No, they are one of the groups that are hard to test, it is (hard) to get in and find them and so forth," former World Anti-Doping Agency chief Pound told Reuters Television when asked whether he was happy with the way Jamaica tested its athletes.

"I think they can expect, with the extraordinary results that they have had, that they will be on everybody's radar," said Pound, an International Olympic Committee member.

Jamaica won a clean sweep in the men's 200 with Yohan Blake and Warren Weir winning silver and bronze behind Bolt.

Blake was also second to Bolt in the 100 and the duo also combined with Nesta Carter and Michael Frater to retain the 4x100 relay title in a world record time. It was Bolt's third gold for the second successive Games.

Veronica Campbell-Brown of Jamaica also claimed bronze in the women's 100m behind Fraser-Pryce.

Pound said the IOC was still a long way away from winning the fight against doping with 11 athletes being expelled from the Games since the start of the Olympic period on July 16.

"I think it is too soon to say. I think we are gaining and getting better at science," said Pound, WADA's first president.

"We are starting to get better at smart testing. But there is a long way to go yet. In Churchillian terms, it is not the beginning of the end, but the end of the beginning."

Victor Conte, convicted owner of the now-defunct BALCO laboratory that was at the centre of a global doping scandal, had said earlier this week that 60 percent of athletes at the Games were on drugs.

"He is probably more likely to know than we are. I hope it is not 60 per cent, but it is certainly a lot more than we are catching," Pound said.

"The drug testing that will be done here is first class. I would not expect many cases at the Olympics because if you test positive here you fail not a drugs test but an IQ test."

The IOC will run more than 5,000 tests at the Games that end on Sunday.

More than 100 athletes were also caught using banned substances in the months leading up to the Games following increased testing by national and international anti-doping agencies, designed to root out cheats before they arrived in London.

Victor Conte said about 60% of athletes at the games are on drugs

Not surprised. Unless you lie about it under oath, the reward outweighs the risk.

How many people you know would take a drug that would get them millions in just a small 4 year window and the only risk is that the sports media and olympic-nerds will hate on you if/when you get caught?

I know dope dealers that take bigger risks just so they can get some rims on their car.
 
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Yo, I just watched the re-run of that mens 4x100 relay.. why didnt gay run the achor leg? bailey didnt have a chance up against bolt and them niggas was actually running side by side for a lil while.
 
thinking the same. Bailey looked stiff and like a deer in headlights.

Dude looked like he had no heart at all.

But Gay gave up ground to Y.Blake....i would;ve let Gatlin run last.
 
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Yo, I just watched the re-run of that mens 4x100 relay.. why didnt gay run the achor leg? bailey didnt have a chance up against bolt and them niggas was actually running side by side for a lil while.

They knew whoever ran against Bolt was going to get dusted. Their strategy was to try and build up a lead going into the last leg and hope Bailey could hold Bolt off. It wasn't a bad strategy. It didn't work, but that shouldn't be all that surprising considering 2 of the other 3 Jamaicans were top 5 fastest men in history.
 
fortyacres&amule;4752998 said:
respect to jamaica but yohan blake's celebration is maaaad suspect

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fuck is that



i know the claws represent his nick name the beast

i dunno wtf that shit at the end stand for

but yea i loved the strategy by usa build a lead and hope baily can hold on lol @ that

carlton banks stunt double already said they put bolt at the anchor just in case jamaica gets behind

re watching it yohan made up mad ground on that turn by getting it even by the time baton came to bolt

best race i've ever seen
 

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