Doping: Marta Bastianelli Positive
by Jen See on Jul 28, 2008 1:41 PM EDT
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The current Womens' World Champion on the road, Marta Bastianelli, tested positive for a stimulant on 5 July. She was racing the U23 European Championships where she finished third, at the time of the test. Specifically, the test showed the drug flenfluramina, a component in diet products. Though saying that one could never be surprised by anything these days, Ballerini, nonetheless said the result came as a shock. He speculated that the test might have resulted from a herbal supplement, that Bastanelli took unknowingly. The Italian Federation eagerly awaits the results of the B sample, as she is a member of the national team slated to ride in Beijing.
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Unknowingly took an herbal supplement?
How do you unknowingly put something in your mouth and swallow? Is that possible? How can coaches not laugh at athletes to their faces when they spit out these excuses?
If I just had one more gear, I...
She knew she was taking it
She claims she didn’t know what was in it
From http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/cycling/7529836.stm
“Like always I wanted to read the list of products used and amongst them was benfluorex, which doesn’t figure among the list of banned substances.
“However, laboratory analysis demonstrated that this product contains the ingredient responsible for my positive test.
“But how could I know that?”
I don't know how she could take a "supplement" without knowing what was in it
She’s a world champion for goodness sake. She no doubt would have a structure in place (doctors, physios, nutritionists, coaches) that she could get help/info/advice from. I just don’t know how this is possible.
If I just had one more gear, I...
try getting a clear and solid answer on what's
in pretty much any of the supplements you can buy over the counter. See that link below.
Dude, that would be a weak ass excuse
If she couldn’t decipher what was in the supplement, she shouldn’t have taken it. It’s pretty simple. Her excuse is the same as everyone else looking to get over. No, make no mistake about it, she knew what she was doing. Didn’t we learn enough from all the other cases that popped up during the Tour to know better than fall for this crap?
If I just had one more gear, I...
well, that's one approach
I’m not making any excuses for her case. But neither am I blinded to the possibilities by some anti-dope zealotry.
It's not zealotry, it's reality
With all of these riders lately that “unknowingly” took something, patience has run thin and cynicism high. Taking this approach kept me from being caught out by Ricco’s positive and thinking he could actually climb like he did. If you’re not cynical of performances as a fan of pro cycling these days, you’re not doing your job in my estimation.
If I just had one more gear, I...
Thanks for the evaluation, but
I’m pretty comfortable with my performance in cynicism. What I was aiming at was this statement:
If she couldn’t decipher what was in the supplement, she shouldn’t have taken it. It’s pretty simple.
Because you’re making it sound as if you can be rock solid sure as to what’s in any supplement. And you simply can’t. No more, no less.
ah...
so it’s one of these metabolite issues – the substance may not be itself banned, but it’s metabolite is. or, maybe not.
Hard to say, she may have done it by accident, or she may have have been looking for a buzz. But ze rules are ze rules. The Federation may go easy on her because she’s young, but hard to say.
A few months back Slowtwitch.com has a great series of articles on supplements.
It was a three part series and very much worth your time in reading.
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