Re: t-and-f: Checkered past?
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Today's stories on the women's bobsled team(s) made reference to Gea Johnson as a former track athlete with a checkered past. Can anyone elucidate on that? Jim Gerweck Running Times It seems she was suspended from track field in 1994 for 4 years for testing positive for anabolic steroids. She also received a two-year suspension from USA Weightlifting for a doping violation in 1997. __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games http://sports.yahoo.com
Re: t-and-f: Checkered past?
And you guys wonder why Dick Pound is frustrated. What a joke. Platter In a message dated Wed, 20 Feb 2002 11:40:58 AM Eastern Standard Time, John Sun [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Today's stories on the women's bobsled team(s) made reference to Gea Johnson as a former track athlete with a checkered past. Can anyone elucidate on that? Jim Gerweck Running Times It seems she was suspended from track field in 1994 for 4 years for testing positive for anabolic steroids. She also received a two-year suspension from USA Weightlifting for a doping violation in 1997. __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games http://sports.yahoo.com
Re: t-and-f: Checkered past?
With two major doping violations, shouldn't she be suspended for life from all Olympic sports? John Sun wrote: --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Today's stories on the women's bobsled team(s) made reference to Gea Johnson as a former track athlete with a checkered past. Can anyone elucidate on that? Jim Gerweck Running Times It seems she was suspended from track field in 1994 for 4 years for testing positive for anabolic steroids. She also received a two-year suspension from USA Weightlifting for a doping violation in 1997. -- Wayne T. Armbrust, Ph.D. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computomarx 3604 Grant Ct. Columbia MO 65203-5800 USA (573) 445-6675 (voice FAX) http://www.Computomarx.com Know the difference between right and wrong... Always give your best effort... Treat others the way you'd like to be treated... - Coach Bill Sudeck (1926-2000)
Re: t-and-f: Checkered past?
And, Was her four-year suspension under the old rules? Did that get rescinded to two years? If it stayed at four years, why was USA Weightlifting even testing her? (strike one in 1994, strike two in 1997) If it was a four-year term, could she have been eligible for another IOC member sport during the suspension? (Is USA Weightlifting an USOC/IOC member?) Wayne T. Armbrust wrote: With two major doping violations, shouldn't she be suspended for life from all Olympic sports? John Sun wrote: --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Today's stories on the women's bobsled team(s) made reference to Gea Johnson as a former track athlete with a checkered past. Can anyone elucidate on that? Jim Gerweck Running Times It seems she was suspended from track field in 1994 for 4 years for testing positive for anabolic steroids. She also received a two-year suspension from USA Weightlifting for a doping violation in 1997. -- Wayne T. Armbrust, Ph.D. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computomarx 3604 Grant Ct. Columbia MO 65203-5800 USA (573) 445-6675 (voice FAX) http://www.Computomarx.com Know the difference between right and wrong... Always give your best effort... Treat others the way you'd like to be treated... - Coach Bill Sudeck (1926-2000)
Re: t-and-f: Checkered past?
--- Mike Prizy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And, Was her four-year suspension under the old rules? Did that get rescinded to two years? If it stayed at four years, why was USA Weightlifting even testing her? (strike one in 1994, strike two in 1997) If it was a four-year term, could she have been eligible for another IOC member sport during the suspension? (Is USA Weightlifting an USOC/IOC member?) Found this in a November 14, 2001 Chicago Tribune article: Johnson, 34, argued that the positive result came from testing flaws and fought her four-year suspension by the international track federation, getting an injunction that allowed her to compete at the 1996 U.S. Olympic track trials. The ban eventually was halved when the international federation was compelled not to levy four-year bans because of right-to-work laws. Also, USA Weightlifting (USAW) is the National Governing Body (NGB) for Olympic weightlifting in the United States, and a member of the USOC. It's strange that most articles regarding her bobsledding career only mention the track suspension and omit the 2nd offense. Also strange is that the USAW Web site has only one mention of an athlete drug suspension, which is Gea Johnson's. Here is the URL and text from the site: http://www.usaweightlifting.org/NEWS/dopingsus.html In a doping control conducted in April 1997, USA Weightlifter Gea Johnson was reported to have an elevated finding for epitestosterone, her reported level of testosterone was not elevated. Ms. Johnson has contended that this was the result of a medical condition which she suffered at the time. However, in recognition of USAW and IWF anti-doping rules and to avoid the time and expense of further proceedings in connection with this test, Ms. Johnson has acknowledged that her elevated epitestosterone finding constitutes a doping violation and she has accepted a two-year suspension from the date of the test including forfeiture of all competitive results and awards earned during this suspension period. __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games http://sports.yahoo.com
RE: t-and-f: Checkered past?
I read a story on her in USA TODAY, where they did discuss the track suspension (might have been 1992 or 1994). My guess is that she was suspended from track comp for four years (don't know whether her suspension was commuted or not), but it didn't affect her competition in weightlifting (or other sports probably?). She then switched (to weightlifting) as that was a sport she could still compete in (don't know why two violations didn't stop her from being in the Olympics). Then, after serving two year suspension she switches to new sport of bobsleigh. I don't know how multiple violations in different sports are handled, or what the penalties might be. /Brian McEWen -Original Message- From: Mike Prizy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 2:11 PM To: Wayne T. Armbrust Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: t-and-f: Checkered past? And, Was her four-year suspension under the old rules? Did that get rescinded to two years? If it stayed at four years, why was USA Weightlifting even testing her? (strike one in 1994, strike two in 1997) If it was a four-year term, could she have been eligible for another IOC member sport during the suspension? (Is USA Weightlifting an USOC/IOC member?) Wayne T. Armbrust wrote: With two major doping violations, shouldn't she be suspended for life from all Olympic sports? John Sun wrote: --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Today's stories on the women's bobsled team(s) made reference to Gea Johnson as a former track athlete with a checkered past. Can anyone elucidate on that? Jim Gerweck Running Times It seems she was suspended from track field in 1994 for 4 years for testing positive for anabolic steroids. She also received a two-year suspension from USA Weightlifting for a doping violation in 1997. -- Wayne T. Armbrust, Ph.D. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computomarx(tm) 3604 Grant Ct. Columbia MO 65203-5800 USA (573) 445-6675 (voice FAX) http://www.Computomarx.com Know the difference between right and wrong... Always give your best effort... Treat others the way you'd like to be treated... - Coach Bill Sudeck (1926-2000)
Re: t-and-f: Checkered past?
Mcewen, Brian T wrote: I read a story on her in USA TODAY, where they did discuss the track suspension (might have been 1992 or 1994). My guess is that she was suspended from track comp for four years (don't know whether her suspension was commuted or not), but it didn't affect her competition in weightlifting (or other sports probably?). She then switched (to weightlifting) as that was a sport she could still compete in (don't know why two violations didn't stop her from being in the Olympics). Then, after serving two year suspension she switches to new sport of bobsleigh. I don't know how multiple violations in different sports are handled, or what the penalties might be. Does anyone on the list know the answer to this question? -- Wayne T. Armbrust, Ph.D. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computomarx 3604 Grant Ct. Columbia MO 65203-5800 USA (573) 445-6675 (voice FAX) http://www.Computomarx.com Know the difference between right and wrong... Always give your best effort... Treat others the way you'd like to be treated... - Coach Bill Sudeck (1926-2000)
Re: t-and-f: Checkered past?
In a message dated Wed, 20 Feb 2002 4:03:02 PM Eastern Standard Time, John Sun [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: -- Found this in a November 14, 2001 Chicago Tribune article:.. The ban eventually was halved when the international federation was compelled not to levy four-year bans because of right-to-work laws. Just because compelled is such a loaded word, let me clarify that nobody told the IAAF (or had the authority to do so) that the bans should go from 4 years to 2. A measure to change the ban was voted down at the '95 IAAF Congress, then passed by a 112-56 vote in '97 after what TFN called an impassioned debate. The U.S voted in favor of the reduction on both occasions. IAAF Council member Amadeo Francis of Puerto Rico said at the time, I had to leave the room after the vote becuase I wanted to vomit. THis is going to make it cheaper to cheat. Four years was a really significant punishment. Some athletes canbe injured for two years. It is a slap on the wrist. Note also that had the IAAF not granted a special waiver for the '96 OT that everyone who competed against Johnson (who was a DNF) could/would have been banned under the contimination rule. gh
