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#2602
Senior Member
Heard that the 2019 World M45-49 Women's winner (in 500m?) has tested positive. It promotes the US rider into Gold, if the rumor is true. I can't find anything in English that confirms this.
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"...during the Lance years, being fit became the No. 1 thing. Totally the only thing. It’s a big part of what we do, but fitness is not the only thing. There’s skills, there’s tactics … there’s all kinds of stuff..." Tim Johnson
#2603
Senior Member
That's cool looking.
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"...during the Lance years, being fit became the No. 1 thing. Totally the only thing. It’s a big part of what we do, but fitness is not the only thing. There’s skills, there’s tactics … there’s all kinds of stuff..." Tim Johnson
"...during the Lance years, being fit became the No. 1 thing. Totally the only thing. It’s a big part of what we do, but fitness is not the only thing. There’s skills, there’s tactics … there’s all kinds of stuff..." Tim Johnson
#2604
Flintstone In Training
#2605
Full Member
First one on the list: https://www.uci.org/docs/default-sou...AXCzAepPxiZKHg
Two cyclists were found positive to anti-doping at the World Masters Championships on track in Manchester on October 16th: the Argentine Adriana Perino, gold in the 500m, and the Australian Julie Barnett, world champion in pursuit and holder of the speed record in the age group 55-59 years.
The thing could be archived as the usual sad positivity of two over-fifties, but it is curious how both have been found positive to LGD-4033, a forbidden anabolic that serves to increase muscle mass (or recover the one that is lost with age) . At the same time, LGD-4033, also known as Ligandrol, is considered by USADA, the US anti-doping agency, a steroid commonly inserted illegally in some food supplements to make them effective, already found in the samples of several athletes in the last year.
On the other hand, Perino was also found positive at Meldonium, which rose to prominence three years ago thanks to the positive nature of tennis
player Maria Sharapova.
At the moment the two athletes are temporarily suspended.
#2606
Flintstone In Training
Translation of a story in the Italian press
Two cyclists were found positive to anti-doping at the World Masters Championships on track in Manchester on October 16th: the Argentine Adriana Perino, gold in the 500m, and the Australian Julie Barnett, world champion in pursuit and holder of the speed record in the age group 55-59 years.
The thing could be archived as the usual sad positivity of two over-fifties, but it is curious how both have been found positive to LGD-4033, a forbidden anabolic that serves to increase muscle mass (or recover the one that is lost with age) . At the same time, LGD-4033, also known as Ligandrol, is considered by USADA, the US anti-doping agency, a steroid commonly inserted illegally in some food supplements to make them effective, already found in the samples of several athletes in the last year.
On the other hand, Perino was also found positive at Meldonium, which rose to prominence three years ago thanks to the positive nature of tennis
player Maria Sharapova.
At the moment the two athletes are temporarily suspended.
Two cyclists were found positive to anti-doping at the World Masters Championships on track in Manchester on October 16th: the Argentine Adriana Perino, gold in the 500m, and the Australian Julie Barnett, world champion in pursuit and holder of the speed record in the age group 55-59 years.
The thing could be archived as the usual sad positivity of two over-fifties, but it is curious how both have been found positive to LGD-4033, a forbidden anabolic that serves to increase muscle mass (or recover the one that is lost with age) . At the same time, LGD-4033, also known as Ligandrol, is considered by USADA, the US anti-doping agency, a steroid commonly inserted illegally in some food supplements to make them effective, already found in the samples of several athletes in the last year.
On the other hand, Perino was also found positive at Meldonium, which rose to prominence three years ago thanks to the positive nature of tennis
player Maria Sharapova.
At the moment the two athletes are temporarily suspended.
Eventual champ, Cami Kornely, suffered broken ribs and collapsed lung, spending a few weeks in a British hospital. But ultimately she ended up taking gold in all 3 events entered.
#2608
Senior Member
#2609
World Cup in New Zealand
What happened to the US Women team pursuit? Both the US and Japan teams did not finish while competing with each other in the first round.
https://www.tissottiming.com/File/00...FFFFFFFFFFFF03
What happened to the US Women team pursuit? Both the US and Japan teams did not finish while competing with each other in the first round.
https://www.tissottiming.com/File/00...FFFFFFFFFFFF03
#2610
World Cup in New Zealand
What happened to the US Women team pursuit? Both the US and Japan teams did not finish while competing with each other in the first round.
https://www.tissottiming.com/File/00...FFFFFFFFFFFF03
What happened to the US Women team pursuit? Both the US and Japan teams did not finish while competing with each other in the first round.
https://www.tissottiming.com/File/00...FFFFFFFFFFFF03
#2612
Senior Member
#2613
Senior Member
I watched the 2019 Masters stuff while I was on the trainer last night. Some of those 50-54 guys are really fast. 34.5s 500m.
One thing I noticed is that almost none of them used aero bars. They used drop bars instead. This was indoors, so front disc, and presumably less wind. I wonder if outdoors, with wind, maybe a multispoke front wheel?, if more racers would use aero bars.
One thing I noticed is that almost none of them used aero bars. They used drop bars instead. This was indoors, so front disc, and presumably less wind. I wonder if outdoors, with wind, maybe a multispoke front wheel?, if more racers would use aero bars.
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"...during the Lance years, being fit became the No. 1 thing. Totally the only thing. It’s a big part of what we do, but fitness is not the only thing. There’s skills, there’s tactics … there’s all kinds of stuff..." Tim Johnson
"...during the Lance years, being fit became the No. 1 thing. Totally the only thing. It’s a big part of what we do, but fitness is not the only thing. There’s skills, there’s tactics … there’s all kinds of stuff..." Tim Johnson
#2614
Elitist
Thread Starter
I think the benefits of using narrow drops even extends to the 750M...and maybe even Kilo for some riders.
#2615
Lapped 3x
In that pic it looks as if the spokes aren't perfectly perpendicular to each other. Almost as if the intention was to make a 6 spoke wheel, but 2 opposing spokes were eliminated.
#2616
Flintstone In Training
I watched the 2019 Masters stuff while I was on the trainer last night. Some of those 50-54 guys are really fast. 34.5s 500m.
One thing I noticed is that almost none of them used aero bars. They used drop bars instead. This was indoors, so front disc, and presumably less wind. I wonder if outdoors, with wind, maybe a multispoke front wheel?, if more racers would use aero bars.
One thing I noticed is that almost none of them used aero bars. They used drop bars instead. This was indoors, so front disc, and presumably less wind. I wonder if outdoors, with wind, maybe a multispoke front wheel?, if more racers would use aero bars.
#2617
Elitist
Thread Starter
I wish the 500M were still run as an Elite Men's event. Even as an optional event. It's not about male or female. It really is a different event from the Kilo.
#2618
Senior Member
I watched the 2019 Masters stuff while I was on the trainer last night. Some of those 50-54 guys are really fast. 34.5s 500m.
One thing I noticed is that almost none of them used aero bars. They used drop bars instead. This was indoors, so front disc, and presumably less wind. I wonder if outdoors, with wind, maybe a multispoke front wheel?, if more racers would use aero bars.
One thing I noticed is that almost none of them used aero bars. They used drop bars instead. This was indoors, so front disc, and presumably less wind. I wonder if outdoors, with wind, maybe a multispoke front wheel?, if more racers would use aero bars.
Double disc would be standard for all timed sprint events unless it was outside and real windy.
#2619
Elitist
Thread Starter
Aerobars only really help in the kilo to hold speed and not drop off too much. 500 isn't really long enough for aerobars to help, they probably are more of a hindrance with the compromised start position and swapping to the skis. Pretty sure most of the elite women are using drops for the time trial.
Double disc would be standard for all timed sprint events unless it was outside and real windy.
Double disc would be standard for all timed sprint events unless it was outside and real windy.
It takes A LOT of training at speed to be very comfortable in aerobars at near 60kph/35mph. Including training on them behind a motor. Very few people train like that in aerobars.
Even though aerobars are theoretically faster, it takes a lot to avoid the downsides of using them when compared to narrow drops. Those downsides are:
- Letting off the gas when transitioning from bullhorns to skis
- Not being comfortable at high speeds in them, thus subconsciously holding back some.
- Not holding a great line due to bumps in the track and/or lack of nerve getting close to the transition to the apron while in aerobars.
I'd imagine that Elite and Elite-fast Masters Kilo riders will have all of the above figured out.
#2620
Elitist
Thread Starter
"Russia banned from Olympics, world champs for 4 years; athletes could compete as neutrals"
Russia is banned from the next two Olympics and other major sports events for four years, though its athletes could still compete without representing the country if cleared by anti-doping authorities.
Russia’s hosting of world championships in Olympic sports also face being stripped after the World Anti-Doping Agency executive committee approved a full slate of recommended sanctions for tampering with a Moscow laboratory database.
Russian athletes will be allowed to compete in major events — including world championships — only if they are not implicated in positive doping tests or their data was not manipulated, according to the WADA ruling. “In this circumstance, they may not represent the Russian Federation,” according to a WADA release.
Russia’s hosting of world championships in Olympic sports also face being stripped after the World Anti-Doping Agency executive committee approved a full slate of recommended sanctions for tampering with a Moscow laboratory database.
Russian athletes will be allowed to compete in major events — including world championships — only if they are not implicated in positive doping tests or their data was not manipulated, according to the WADA ruling. “In this circumstance, they may not represent the Russian Federation,” according to a WADA release.
#2621
Lapped 3x
This is no deterrent to the corruption. It just puts it on hold for 4 years. In the meantime it allows the state to hone it's doping program on athletes who aren't allowed to compete.
In 5 years it will be business as usual for them.
You stop this by making it so the clean athletes see it as too risky to compete for dirty federations. Barr them as well and they will seek other federations to compete for.
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