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Titolo: Doping e Bolt

Mi sono imbattuto in questo articolo
http://dicorsa.corriere.it/2012/08/15/usain-bolt-fa-uso-di-steroidi/
 
 
tratto da
http://www.muscleweek.com/is-usain-bolt-on-steroids
 
 
qui potete incrociare con le date dei risultati 
(notare 2009)
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usain_Bolt
 
 
qui potete vedere la progressione dei record mondiali 
(notare il grafico in fondo)
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressione_del_record_del_mondo_dei_100_metri
 
_piani_maschili
 
Provate ad incrociare tutto facendo attenzione ai dettagli negli
articoli e ditemi se non vi viene un po' di tristezza. 
Speriamo bene.
 
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La rivista specializzata Muscle Week lancia un clamoroso interrogativo: 
Usain Bolt fa uso di steroidi? A sostegno dei propri dubbi, che sono anche
i 
dubbi di molti addetti ai lavori, in primis Carl Lewis, quattro volte 
campione olimpico del salto in lungo ed ex primatista mondiale sui 100 
metri, che con lo sprinter giamaicano ha avuto un duro scontro verbale ai 
recenti giochi olimpici di Londra, segue un lungo articolo che spiega come 
si possano aggirare i controlli antidoping della Wada e come vengano
gestiti 
i dosaggi delle sostanze anabolizzanti e del Gh, l�ormone della crescita.
 
A questo punto Muscle Week fa entrare di prepotenza in scena il
personaggio 
chiave nel maggiore scandalo doping di questi ultimi anni, il messicano 
Angel Heredia, che poi nel 2008, a scanso di guai, ha preferito cambiare
il 
proprio cognome diventando Angel Hernadez. Ex campione messicano nel
lancio 
del disco, Heredia compare in molte schede di atleti dopati e nelle loro 
confessioni legate al clamoroso scandalo Balco, il laboratorio di San 
Francisco diretto dal dott. Victor Conte.
 
In un articolo di qualche anno fa apparso sul New York Times erano
segnalati 
i nomi di 12 atleti olimpici di alto livello, fra cui Marion Jones e
Maurice 
Green tutti sul  libro paga di Heredia Hernandez.
Scambi di mail con i dosaggi da assumere, assegni ricevuti, record 
migliorati, esami del sangue da laboratorio per un totale di 26 medaglie 
olimpiche e 21 medaglie mondiali conquistate. Che mister Hernandez 
conoscesse bene il suo lavoro risulta dal fatto che Marion Jones, poi 
smacheratata soltanto grazie a rivelazioni del suo stesso tecnico Tevor 
Graham per una questione di vil danaro non ricevuto, sia passata indenne a 
ben 160 controlli antidoping cos� come Maurice Green.
 
Al riguardo mister Hernadez non solo non si � nascosto dietro un dito, ma
ha 
rilasciato addirittura dichiarazioni spavalde sul settimanale tedesco Der 
Spiegel: � Fino a 10 secondi netti ci si pu� arrivare anche con le proprie 
gambe. Dopo, da 10.00 a 9.70, si va solo con il doping.� Oppure : �Nello 
sprint mondiale pi� che un buon allenatore � meglio avere un buon chimico 
alle spalle in grado di preparare i dosaggi e prescrivere i protocolli � 
ancora � La qualit� e la sofisticazione del doping dipende dal budget di
chi 
lo commissiona. Pi� ha da spendere, meglio �
 
Ebbene nel 2009, mister Hernandez, che si procura senza problemi i farmaci 
dopanti in Messico, � stato ingaggiato proprio da Usain Bolt, non certo
per 
fargli le tabelle di allenamento che, invece dovrebbero competere al 
plurilodato Gleen Mills. Al proposito esiste un video in un documentario 
tedesco di qualche anno fa in cui il suddetto Hernandez mostra e racconta
il 
protocollo che utilizza nelle sue pratiche dopanti.
 
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Is Usain Bolt on Steroids?
ADMIN AUGUST 9, 2012 88
 
Is Olympic Sprinter Usain Bolt on Steroids?
 
As we prepare to watch the 2012 Olympic Track and Field events, all eyes
are 
squarely on Jamaican sprinter and world record holder Usain Bolt to see if 
he can match or surpass his blindingly fast times from the Beijing Olympic 
Games in 2008. But does anyone care to investigate whether the world�s 
greatest sprinter � Usain Bolt is on steroids?
 
Usain Bolt�s Record Breaking History
 
In those 2008 Games, Bolt shocked the world by smashing the world record
in 
the 100m and 200m races, becoming the first sprinter to ever crack the
9.7s 
barrier by running a 9.69s (including the early celebration that began 5m 
prior to the finish line) in the 100m and a 19.30s in the 200m. The 
following year at the 2009 World Championships, Bolt lowered his time in
the 
100m to a seemingly impossible 9.58s and in the 200m to a mind-numbing 
19.19s.
 
 
The Case in Favor of Usain Bolt�s Steroid Use
 
In the three years since smashing two of the most famous world records in 
2009, we haven�t heard much from Usain Bolt. Rumors of injuries and 
relationships kept him largely out of the public eye until he re-appeared
on 
the scene at the 2011 World Championships, where he ran a more modest
19.40s 
in the 200m before anchoring a world record-breaking 400m relay for the 
Jamaican Team.
 
Since 2009, Bolt hasn�t come close to touching any of his records and his 
performance at the 2012 Olympic Trials (in which he ran a mortal 9.86s in 
the 100m and 19.83s in the 200m) seemed to indicate that his best times
are 
well behind him.
 
But that would ignore the entire process of steroid cycling.
 
As everyone who understands steroids knows, athletes utilize Performance 
Enhancing Drugs (PEDs) pursuant to a cycle that seeks to slowly elevate 
testosterone and growth hormone levels (and corresponding to an increase
in 
performance) to a peak that is concurrent with a competition.
 
How Usain Bolt and other Olympic Sprinters Can Beat Olympic Drug Testing
 
A typical PED cycle would begin 12 weeks out from competition with the 
target date being the day prior to or of the competition. Along with the
use 
of undetectable steroids and daily growth hormone injections, the athlete 
would also have his blood drawn on a daily basis to monitor his
testosterone 
and rhGH ratios in an effort to keep them within Olympic World Anti-Doping 
Agency (WADA) testing limits. Close monitoring of these ratios allow an 
Olympic sprinter such as Bolt to both use PEDs up to the day of
competition 
while still comfortably submitting to multiple drug tests.
 
This isn�t evidence particular to Usain Bolt, as it could just as easily 
describe the protocol that every Olympic sprinter is using to pass the
drug 
tests. However, it is mentioned simply to point out how easily Olympic 
athletes are able to pass an Olympic-level drug test, even with the
highest 
levels of scrutiny. The bottom line is that if an athlete is within the 
permissible testosterone and rhGH ratios, he is deemed clean. The reality
is 
that any athlete who doesn�t maximize his testosterone and rhGH levels to 
the maximum permissible level has no chance of breaking a world record.
 
For example, let�s assume that a talented NCAA sprinter has a testosterone 
ratio (testosterone: epitestosterone) of 1:1 which is considered normal,
or 
average. The current WADA guidelines permit a ratio of up to 4:1. Given
the 
fact that the only way for an NCAA sprinter to make any money sprinting is 
to win international competitions and garner endorsements, what reason
could 
that NCAA sprinter possibly have for NOT quadrupling his testosterone
ratio 
up to the maximum of 4:1? Using a number of undetectable steroid
compounds, 
that same athlete would presumably see a major improvement in his sprint 
times without ever �testing positive�.
 
And this is the folly of drug testing: It gives �dirty� athletes all the 
ammunition they need to proclaim themselves �clean� � replete with Olympic 
level testing results.
 
Passing an Olympic Drug Test Does Not Make Usain Bolt �Clean�
 
The worst argument that anyone can make for Usain Bolt being a clean
athlete 
is that he has yet to fail a steroid or other drug test, despite being 
subjected to rigorous drug testing protocols.
 
The reality is that most Olympic athletes have their blood levels so
closely 
monitored that only an egregious miscalculation in the timing of a steroid 
injection or use of a masking agent (i.e. diuretics) to dilute the levels
of 
a steroid within the blood would result in a positive test. This is the
only 
reason why we rarely see positive tests for Olympic level athletes.
 
International steroid expert Anthony Roberts told Muscleweek: �With
regards 
to fooling the Olympic drug tests, many of the same loopholes that existed 
ten to twenty years ago still exist today. Until those loopholes are
closed, 
there will always be a shadow of doubt falling on the Olympics.�
 
Roberts continued, �Testosterone, hGH and most of the other highly potent 
anabolics are virtually undetectable � when we see a positive test and a 
tearfully apologetic athlete, he or she probably represents less than 1%
of 
those who are actually using banned substances.�
 
Olympic Drug Testing is a Joke
 
United States Olympic Gold Medalist Marion Jones proudly proclaimed that
she 
passed more than 160 drug tests in her career. The fact remains that she
won 
three gold medals at the 2000 Olympics while passing the supposedly 
stringent requirements of Olympic WADA testing.
 
And yet, despite breaking world records in the 100m and 200m sprints; 
despite being romantically involved with and coached by Olympic
shot-putter 
CJ Hunter who tested positive for steroids four times leading up to the
2000 
Olympics and was subsequently banned by the ITAF; despite being
romantically 
involved with and coached by Olympic sprinter Tim Montgomery who tested 
positive for steroids and was subsequently banned; despite training under 
track coach Trevor Graham who has been banned for life from track and
field; 
and despite her affiliation with BALCO Labs and the insistence of BALCO 
president Victor Conte who admitted to injecting Marion Jones with
steroids, 
the general public and sports �journalists� were still gullible enough to 
believe that Marion Jones was in fact, a �clean athlete.�
 
As Marion Jones proved, testing �clean� means absolutely nothing.
 
Usain Bolt�s Track �Coach� is a Steroid Expert
 
Interestingly (and perhaps damningly) in making a case against Usain Bolt,
a 
fact that is often ignored is that the man who worked with Victor Conte at 
Balco Labs and later testified against CJ Hunter, Tim Montgomery, Marion 
Jones, and yes � current 2012 U.S. Olympic sprinter Justin Gatlin� was a
man 
by the name of Angel Heredia. Prior to working at BALCO, Angel Heredia was
a 
national discus champion for Mexico. In the case against BALCO and Graham, 
he is referred to as �Source A� and his testimony against BALCO athletes
in 
verifying the documents that detailed the drug schedules for those
athletes 
was crucial in obtaining convictions or confessions from those individuals.
 
But BALCO drug guru Angel Heredia never served a day in prison.
 
Even more suspiciously, sometime after 2008, Angel Heredia legally changed 
his name to Angel Hernandez.
 
Pop Quiz: Why would Angel Heredia change his name to Angel Hernandez?
 
Answer: Usain Bolt hired the new incarnation of Angel Heredia to become
his 
track �coach� in 2009. Unfortunately for Mr. Heredia, Google Search can be
a 
terrible thing for a man with a past like Angel.
 
Here is a video of Usain Bolt�s track coach Angel Heredia (Hernandez) 
obtaining steroids in Mexico and injecting growth hormone on camera for a 
German documentary:
 
 
And a small piece of the interview transcript from German publication Der 
Spiegel�s 2008 interview with Angel Hernandez:
 
SPIEGEL: Mr. Heredia, will you watch the 100 meter final in Beijing?
 
Heredia: Of course. But the winner will not be clean. Not even any of the 
contestants will be clean. (emphasis added)
 
SPIEGEL: Of eight runners �
 
Heredia: � eight will be doped.
 
SPIEGEL: There is no way to prove that.
 
Heredia: There is no doubt about it. The difference between 10.0 and 9.7 
seconds is the drugs.
 
Bolt�s Coach is more of a Chemist than a Coach
 
According to the New York Times, Usain Bolt�s track coach Angel Hernandez 
has referred to himself as a chemist, scientist and nutritionist.
 
Pop Quiz #2: Why would the world�s top �natural� sprinter need the
services 
of a chemist affiliated with BALCO and multiple dirty sprinters?
 
Answer: A logical response would be that Usain Bolt isn�t any more �clean� 
than Marion Jones, Justin Gatlin, Ben Johnson, Tim Montgomery, or even 
Jamaican-born U.S. sprinter Debbie Dunn � who bowed out of the 2012
Olympics 
just days prior to the opening ceremonies when she tested positive for a 
testosterone derivative.
 
Logic would seem to dictate that sprinters need sprint coaches, not 
chemists. But no, Usain Bolt needs a chemist.
 
Just as those aforementioned sprinters who have broken track records
before 
have.
 
Because a great sprint coach could never help a track athlete as much as a 
great chemist can. Here�s more from Usain�s �coach� explaining his precise 
skill set as it applies to �coaching� in that 2008 interview:
 
SPIEGEL: So you became a therapist for the athletes in matters of drugs?
 
Heredia: More like a coach. Together we found out what was good for which 
body and what the decomposition times were. I designed schedules for 
cocktails and regimens that depended on the money the athletes offered me. 
Street drugs for little money, designer drugs for tens of thousands.
Usually 
I sent the drugs by mail, but sometimes the athletes came to me.
 
Still not convinced? Consider this New York Times article from 2008 that 
documented how Angel Heredia (Hernandez) was on the payroll of no less
than 
12 Olympic level athletes, including Olympic Gold Medalist Sprinter
Maurice 
Greene (detecting a pattern here, no?):
 
In recent interviews with The New York Times, Mr. Heredia described how
and 
with whom he worked, sharing copies of records that appear to link him to 
many of the best sprinters of the last decade. Those records include
e-mail 
exchanges of doping regimens, canceled checks, telephone recordings, 
shipping records, laboratory readings of blood and urine samples, and 
Justice Department documents.
 
Among his clients, Mr. Heredia identified 12 athletes who had won a
combined 
26 Olympic medals and 21 world championships. Four of the 12 athletes, 
including Ms. Jones, had been named and barred from competition for
illicit 
drug use. Eight of the 12 � notably, the sprinter Maurice Greene � have 
never been previously linked to performance-enhancing drugs.
 
Mr. Greene, a two-time Olympic gold medalist and a five-time world
champion, 
has never failed a drug test.
 
Mr. Heredia showed The Times a copy of a bank transaction form showing a 
$10,000 wire transfer from a Maurice Greene to a relative of Mr.
Heredia�s; 
two sets of blood-test lab reports with Mr. Greene�s name and age on them; 
and an e-mail message from a close friend and track-club teammate of Mr. 
Greene�s, attaching one of the lab reports and saying, �Angel, this is 
maurices results sorry it took so long.
 
Why would an athlete�s own �coach�, errr,  I mean �chemist� be testing his 
own athlete�s blood?
 
Well,  if you believe the �coaches�, it�s to analyze the blood and
determine 
if there are any deficits in any areas that may need to be addressed. But
a 
chemist would just tell you that it�s to confirm that the testosterone and 
ghGH ratios are within the legal limits. Who would you believe?
 
Would you believe Usain Bolt�s coach? If so, then you might want to
consider 
this, from the same Times Article:
 
Mr. Heredia, 33, a former Mexican national discus champion, is a secretive 
figure on the track circuit who describes himself as a chemist, scientist 
and nutritionist. The son of a chemist, Mr. Heredia received an 
undergraduate degree in kinesiology from Texas A&M in Kingsville, records 
show.
 
He said he used family connections to pharmacies and labs in Mexico to
help 
his business. For years, Mr. Heredia said, he helped his clients flout the 
rules and easily avoided detection. Substances like human growth hormone
and 
the blood booster erythropoietin, or EPO, are still virtually impossible
to 
detect, and �it is still easy to use testosterone� with fast-acting
creams, 
he said.
 
�You combine all these things � boom! � you get amazing results,� Mr. 
Heredia said.
 
Amazing, indeed. Earlier today, Usain Bolt just became the first Olympic 
athlete to repeat winning Gold in the 100m and 200m sprints. His times of 
9.63s in the 100m and 19.32 in the 200m are his best times since the 2009 
World Championships and after his 200m victory, he boldly declared that he 
is �the greatest athlete who ever lived.�
 
It probably doesn�t hurt that he just happens to have �the greatest
chemist 
who ever lived� right there in his corner.
 
 
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 dubbi di molti addetti ai lavori, in primis Carl Lewis,
 
.. che parla per esperienza diretta...
A me pare pure una buona notizia! fino a 10" con le tue gambe, beh, non 
male dai!
Cmq signori, mettiamocelo nella testa: noi si fa sport, loro lavorano, 
il doping, la ricerca di aiuti esterni � sempre esistita e sempre ci sar�.
Non per questo dobbiamo pensare che:
a) le prestazioni siano solo figlie del doping
b) che alteri il livello, che qualcuno sia avvantaggiato.
 
a dimostrazione di #a ora la WADA ha strumenti assai migliori di solo 10 
anni fa, eppure le prestazioni migliorano ancora, nonostante i dosaggi 
dei principi dopanti siano in continuo calo
 
quanto a #b: tutti quelli che arrivano a correre in 10" con le proprie 
gambe, ricevono le possibilit� di accedere ai chimici di cui si diceva.
ciao!
-- 
Il problema dell'umanit� � che gli stupidi sono strasicuri, mentre gli 
intelligenti sono pieni di dubbi. (Bertrand Russell)

 ciao!
 
Allora Amen :)
Bolt ha giocato l'asso.
 
Stiamo bene fino a Roma 2024.
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