IAAF will decide if athletes run at Worlds

[Twan]

Even if the five athletes can prove that they took the banned substance inadvertently and are selected on the team to Berlin by the JAAA, they could still face a roadblock, according to NACAC president Neville “Teddy” McCook.

McCook, speaking on Hitz92fm ‘Sportsgrill’ on Monday, said, “it would still have to pass through the council (IAAF). They will have to take a decision on all these matters.”
The IAAF council will meet on August 9 -10 in Berlin.

The athletes are expected to arriver in Jamaica between today and tomorrow to attend a hearing in which they will attempt to convince the panel that they made no effort to cheat at the National Championships last month.

McCook went on to say that Jamaican athletes face extreme scrutiny and red flags have occasionally been shown to him by his colleagues, including the braces that adorn quite a few of Jamaica’s female athletes.

[Twan]

McCook went on to say that Jamaican athletes face extreme scrutiny and red flags have occasionally been shown to him by his colleagues, including the braces that adorn quite a few of Jamaica’s female athletes.

did he mean BRAIDS ? and IF so, what is the red flag about running in braids ?

[Hortical]

Ban the drug cheats for life!

[Gamma]

the braces? HUH?!! didn't gail devers, carl lewis and michael johnson also wear braces at some point...

it is official...all out witch hunt in full force and effect!!!

[Baddaz]

the man seh braces... him cudda neva mean braids causen seh dem wudda affi look pon de americans dem first...

but braids or braces... iz what really a gwaan... look like seh dem nuh want wi fi be successful... success, it appears is reserve for 'developed' nations... bias and prejudice prevails...

as tuh neville mccook... him don't look like a advocate of jamaican athletics... based on some statements he has made recently... seems like an advocate of teddy mccook... mi can spot dem from afar...

[Twan]

the braces? HUH?!! didn't gail devers, carl lewis and michael johnson also wear braces at some point...

it is official...all out witch hunt in full force and effect!!!

is Shelley Ann Fraser the only one that wears braces ?

[Bricktop]

HGH supposedly causes the jaw to grow and teeth to space apart.

[Yuttie]

yo know i read a statement on another site and taught the person was talking out there ass.....here

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TVJ’s Eye on Sports had an interesting program last night. The discussion centered around the latest drug scandal affecting the 5 Jamaican athletes. Guests were Teddy McCook and Dr. Paul Wright (sports medicine specialist).

One of the main points emphasized by Dr. Wright regarding the positive test of those athletes is that according the IAAF rulebook, a positive test for a B level stimulant(as reported by the media), results in a sanction of a public warning AND disqualification from the meet the athlete for which he tested positive. Special emphasis was made on the AND, therefore, it will be more than likely if the above facts are true, all 5 athletes will be left off the team for which final name submission is due this Thurday, July 30th. Teddy said that it is his understanding that all 5 athletes have given their permission for their B sample to be tested.

Dr. Wright was most troubled by the positive test of Yohan Blake since he has been labeled as the future in sprinting in Jamaica. He noted that Yohan was running average times earlier in the season and now, he is running blistering times with a positive test, thus, a lot of eyebrows are being raised about him in the track and field circles. He said that Yohan is so talented and thus, do not need drugs and therefore, he is anxiously awaiting full disclosure of the actual substances and the reasons given by the athletes for the positive test.

There was also another interesting discussion about the effects of drug use(steroids/human growth hormones) on athletes appearance. He noted that it is well documented that some athletes who take steroids/human growth hormones have more prononounced foreheads and buffed/crooked teeth, thus the need to wear braces to straighten out their teeth. He said he would be highly suspicious of ANY athlete who previously was running “average times” all of a sudden starts wearing braces as an adult sprinter and now, they are running super fast times.

Teddy is a staunch anti drug official. He was only one of two IAAF officials(total of 192) that voted for a lifetime ban for first time drug use. He made a joke that the other official has since died. He is advocating for increased drug testing of all Jamaican athletes. He wants the increased use of drug profiling whereby an athletes blood/urine profile would be taken in the fall(during base background training) and again just before a national trials. Any dramatic changes in an athletes blood/urine profiles would indicate something highly suspicious even if the athlete drug test comes back negative.

[Historian]

Here We Go Again

HGH supposedly causes the jaw to grow and teeth to space apart.

The issues of several years ago, which I thought had gone to rest permanently, are cropping up again!! I recall back around the period 2003 to 2005, a great many posters on the Caribbean Track and Field Forum and on that defunct American forum, Sub-10, were repeatedly bringing up braces in their discussions on athletes they suspected of using human growth hormone (HGH) as a part of their in track and field program.

Several names from the USA, from Jamaica and from elsewhere were repeatedly brought up in those discussions, as many of the posters on those message boards equated braces with HGH!

Now, we see the same issue cropping up again today!

[Historian]

Not Sure

is Shelley Ann Fraser the only one that wears braces ?

At the moment, maybe she’s the only Jamaican athlete. At least, I cannot recall any other Jamaican female at the present time. But in the past people like Sherone Simpson, the Bahamas’ Pauline Davis-Thompson and Tonique Williams-Darling (not 100-percent sure about Tonique though), Mexico’s Anna Guevara, and a number of others all wore braces.

[Jangle]

"Teddy is a staunch anti drug official. He was only one of two IAAF officials(total of 192) that voted for a lifetime ban for first time drug use. He made a joke that the other official has since died. He is advocating for increased drug testing of all Jamaican athletes. He wants the increased use of drug profiling whereby an athletes blood/urine profile would be taken in the fall(during base background training) and again just before a national trials. Any dramatic changes in an athletes blood/urine profiles would indicate something highly suspicious even if the athlete drug test comes back negative."
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I would agree with this rule to eliminate ALL suspicions of any Jamaican athlete.

[Islandman]

Me nuh think Teddy should have mentioned the braces thing publicly, by doing that he all but called out the people them name.

[1of1]

a caveman look

[Historian]

Not only Shelly-Ann

At the moment, maybe she’s the only Jamaican athlete. At least, I cannot recall any other Jamaican female at the present time. But in the past people like Sherone Simpson, the Bahamas’ Pauline Davis-Thompson and Tonique Williams-Darling (not 100-percent sure about Tonique though), Mexico’s Anna Guevara, and a number of others all wore braces.

I made a slight mistake. Shelly-Ann Fraser is not the only Jamaican athlete who wears braces. I just remembered that Melaine Walker does as well; at least, she was last year. Brigitte Foster-Hylton too. All this means absolutely nothing, in my opinion, except that the ladies have made a decision to get some beauty spots attended to while they have the cash. But a question was asked and I’m responding to it.

[Mosiah]

But others are making money now but don't seem concerned about their appearance. Is ongle MVP athletes want fi look good?