somedude202 6 Report post Posted August 8, 2020 I was reading an article in the Economist reviewing Grigory Rodchenkov's (Icarus) new book. Buried at the end there was a tie to wrestling... "In one case, when a well-known biathlete's sample tested positive as inspectors from WADA looked on, he manged to switch the paperwork, leaving an unknown wrestler take the fall." Anyone have any guesses who the wrestler might have been? I always assumed that the wrestlers that have popped were guilty, I didn't consider they were sacrificed to protect the reputation of a biathlete. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Husker_Du 873 Report post Posted August 8, 2020 holy crap. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NJDan 1,113 Report post Posted August 8, 2020 I have always been under the impression that they only test the medalists? Am I wrong. If not, the "unknown" wrestler was also a medalist. Either way, it's likely that this wrestler did not stay unknown after he was named as a drug cheat. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gimpeltf 2,084 Report post Posted August 8, 2020 The biathletes have guns. 1 GoNotQuietly reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NJDan 1,113 Report post Posted August 8, 2020 4 minutes ago, gimpeltf said: The biathletes have guns. Wait a minute! Biathletes are in the WINTER games. So how could a biathlete's sample be exchanged with a wrestlers? Do they keep summer games' samples sitting around when testing winter games' samples? 1 1 MikePorcelli and Bozak2018 reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MadMardigain 1,636 Report post Posted August 9, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, NJDan said: Wait a minute! Biathletes are in the WINTER games. So how could a biathlete's sample be exchanged with a wrestlers? Do they keep summer games' samples sitting around when testing winter games' samples? I maybe wrong but I didn’t see this as a post Olympic medal test. I took it as a in country test where all world level athletes were randomly subject to testing and their samples brought to a analysis lab. Then someone Switched out the positive sample so that a prominent medal likely athlete wouldn’t be flagged while some random athlete (in this case wrestler) who was 3rd on their depth chart ended up taking the fall instead. Edited August 9, 2020 by MadMardigain Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tofurky 632 Report post Posted August 12, 2020 On 8/8/2020 at 4:30 PM, somedude202 said: I was reading an article in the Economist reviewing Grigory Rodchenkov's (Icarus) new book. Buried at the end there was a tie to wrestling... "In one case, when a well-known biathlete's sample tested positive as inspectors from WADA looked on, he manged to switch the paperwork, leaving an unknown wrestler take the fall." Anyone have any guesses who the wrestler might have been? I always assumed that the wrestlers that have popped were guilty, I didn't consider they were sacrificed to protect the reputation of a biathlete. Who is "he" in that sentence? I saw the movie, but I don't remember all of it. Also, how do you switch paperwork when the positive test is right there with officials watching? Did they hire David Copperfield or David Blaine to handle that? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Plasmodium 2,304 Report post Posted August 12, 2020 36 minutes ago, Tofurky said: Who is "he" in that sentence? I saw the movie, but I don't remember all of it. Also, how do you switch paperwork when the positive test is right there with officials watching? Did they hire pay David Copperfield or David Blaine to handle that? FIFY! 1 Tofurky reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GoNotQuietly 1,175 Report post Posted August 12, 2020 Definitely Boltukaev; I always knew that guy was clean! /s Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tofurky 632 Report post Posted August 13, 2020 21 hours ago, GoNotQuietly said: Definitely Boltukaev; I always knew that guy was clean! /s I was thinking Geduev in 2016. He looked ALL natural. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
