Oxilofrine (also known as methylsynephrine, hydroxyephrine, oxyephrine, and 4-HMP) is a stimulant drug[1] is an amphetamine chemically related to ephedrine and to synephrine. The stimulant was probably being used as a masking agent to cover up steroids or whatever.
No. Oxilofrine is not a masking agent. Entropy is right, this is a really soft positive test and it's a product of an overzealous testing protocol. Oxilofrine exists only because supplement companies keep switching to new stimulants after that repeatedly get banned (ephedrine, synephrine, etc.) Yohan was popped for taking Jacked 3d. C'mon, people on the forum probably take that stuff.... That's not to say he's not on a lot more out of competition.... BUT the positive tests returned by the testers are very often complete BS.
Everybody takes steroids in sprinting just as in biking (like Tour de France). It's just a matter of how well you mask it and if you're caught or not. What's so "shocking" about this?
That's not a fair comparison. Doping is in cycling but not in male sprinting. You simply can't compete without blood doping; the same isn't true in sprinting. Drugs help some sprinters but a lot of athletes who were on drugs will admit that they were skeptical about whether or not they actually helped them perform. A lot of athletes take them because they look for any edge they can get; but then again a lot of athletes wear funny bracelets and magnetized necklaces looking for a boost as well. While testing isn't near perfect; drug testing today is WAY more strict than 25 years ago. If drugs were required in sprinting then the records 1988 and prior would be better than the records 1998-present (I'm allowing a ten year period for implementation of changes)...
However the sprint records 1988 and prior in the 1,2,4,8 are [ 9.92, 19.72A, 43.28, 141,1 ]. Since 1998 men have ran [ 9.58, 19.19 43.18, 140.9 ]. Improvement across the board. The same statistics for women show [ 10.49, 21.34, 47.60, 153.2 ] and [ 10.64, 21.69, 48.89, 155.1 ]. Clearly they have gotten worse since the advent of drug testing. Thus, you can't make the argument that faster tracks, better shoes, more technology, etc have improved male times in spite of drug testing because the women have all those advantages too. The simple fact is that drugs are required in womens sprinting. That's not to say that any particular female is on drugs, but just that if one has access to androgens she will have a clear advantage over another and the other will be required to use drugs to compete.
I understand fans like Raptor are disillusioned with the idea of a clean athlete... But you have to understand that athletes use anything they can get their hands on whether it helps or not. The bottom line is your favorite cyclist is surely doping. You favorite male sprinter and basketball player probably are too.... but they don't have to!
I for one hate USADA more than anything. They show up at your door at any hour of the day and treat you like an animal. The are run by a bunch of doctors who really don't understand athletics and have this really condescending attitude but probably all got on adderall to get through medical school; and they punish our athletes more than most national testing programs. Since most tested athletes are not stupid enough now to take useful known drugs if they are tested USADA has instead decided to expand the list of banned substances to pretty much everything you can imagine so they can get more positive tests. They need positive tests to argue for more money (ie. they need to make the argument that drugs are a problem) so they end of ruining careers of our athletes who took sampled some drink at GNC.
I don't really understand the point of testing your own athletes. I get that the NBA might conduct drug tests. They do this to make sure it's fair between the teams. But the Miami Heat don't need to drug test extra. Why put their team at a disadvantage? Similarily let WADA do the testing at the Olympics or if they can afford it let them do out-of-competition testing if they want. But why should we spend money to bring athletes on our team down?
Thanks for ruining the world championships. Not what track and field needed. More money to the testers, less to the sport. They are no better than cops with speed traps.
