Where are people seeing that he was retiring, aside from the above press release? Did he post on instagram or other social media?
Perhaps he actually retired many months ago but was still subject to testing. Or, maybe his actual retirement was in November and he is just a straight up doper.
If this substance is more for lifting / bodybuilding, then this bust & banning of a guy at the end of his distance running career is pretty pointless.. just stupid, actually. It makes the entire process look bad, imo.
What? Drugs aren't really "for" certain sports, they just do certain things. Casual and amateur PED use is way more rampant in the strength/lifting/bodybuilding world than the running world. So SARMs have an association with lifters and body builders because they buy them more. That doesn't mean it's "for" them though.
I thought we hashed this out when Shelby got caught. Lots of people scratching their heads like "Why would a distance athlete take something anabolic?" Because it helps them recover and makes them stronger.
Rojo I expect that you guys will go to bat for Hassan to defend him as you did for Shelby Houlihan. Surely Hassan is innocent and he never knowingly took any PEDs. Will you be looking into this and attempting to prove his innocence here?
Except the issue is that Hassan couldn't have eaten the pork burrito because of his religion.
Yeah but remember the saintly Shelby did not order pork either. She ordered a carne asada (not usada) burrito but ended up getting a pork juiced to the gills burrito.
Sample taken on October 17, by which point everyone knew he was done competing. This had nothing to do with athletic performance, he was probably just trying to get buff after his running career was over. Stop slandering this man, he is a legend and he’s clean.
What was the level of the substances found? When I saw 'ostarine', I immediately thought undeclared ingredient in a supplement, and hence, unintentional ingestion. Of course, an athlete who's getting old for the sport and has declined for years has an incentive to cheat but also may just have gotten busted for taking a supposedly clean supplement in a vitamin store. As for what it does, it improves lean muscle mass by acting on an androgen receptor, similar to steroids. The site I am looking at says that it has become a popular steroid alternative among body-builders and athletes because it has steroid-like positive effects without the negative effects of steroids.
Where are people seeing that he was retiring, aside from the above press release? Did he post on instagram or other social media?
Perhaps he actually retired many months ago but was still subject to testing. Or, maybe his actual retirement was in November and he is just a straight up doper.
He posted on Instagram a few days back, but I think it was just in his story so it's no longer there. Someone I follow reposted it. If the timeline a previous poster posted is accurate (suspended 11/2 and "retiring" 11/8) is accurate, that's definitely a bad look.
He posted on Instagram a few days back, but I think it was just in his story so it's no longer there. Someone I follow reposted it. If the timeline a previous poster posted is accurate (suspended 11/2 and "retiring" 11/8) is accurate, that's definitely a bad look.
That timeline is from USADA, see the first post in this thread.
Also from USADA: he was tested 4 times by USADA this year, 7 times last year, and 5 times in 2020, so indeed not a high priority for USADA, compared to e.g. Jager, Rupp, Centro, Houlihan...
Will his friends the Leers and Ben Blankenship and all the other US runners who complain about foreigners doping have a comment on this? Or will it continue to be rules for thee, not for me? I wish LetsRun would ask these people directly for comment.
Where are people seeing that he was retiring, aside from the above press release?
Heard from Hassan in April that he was going to retire, his last race was in May. He hadn’t been training at all since then and was retired by all accounts besides filing the necessary papers, which he clearly should’ve done earlier as he had no intention of competing again.
Very interesting. 2016 Olympian and 2017 US 10,000 champ for OTC has accepted a 3-year ban.
U.S. Track & Field Athlete Hassan Mead Accepts Sanction for Anti-Doping Rule Violation
Colorado Springs, Colo. (November 29, 2022) – USADA announced today that Hassan Mead, of Portland, Ore., an athlete in the sport of track and field, has accepted a three-year period of ineligibility for an anti-doping rule violation.
Mead, 33, tested positive for ostarine (enobosarm) and LGD-4033 (ligandrol) metabolite di-hydroxy-LGD-4033 as the result of an out-of-competition urine sample collected on October 17, 2022. Ostarine and LGD-4033 are Non-Specified Substances in the class of Anabolic Agents and are prohibited at all times under the USADA Protocol for Olympic and Paralympic Movement Testing, the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee National Anti-Doping Policy, and the World Athletics Anti-Doping Rules, all of which have adopted the World Anti-Doping Code and the World Anti-Doping Agency Prohibited List.
Under Article 10.8.1 of the Code, an athlete who faces an anti-doping rule violation that carries a period of ineligibility of four or more years may receive a one-year sanction reduction if the athlete admits the violation and accepts the asserted sanction within 20 days of notification of the alleged anti-doping rule violation charge. Per the rule, Mead qualified for a one-year reduction to the otherwise applicable four-year period of ineligibility.
Under the Code, all athletes serving a period of ineligibility for an anti-doping rule violation are required to continue to make themselves available for testing in order to receive credit for time completed under their sanction. If an athlete retires during their period of ineligibility, the athlete’s sanction will be tolled until the athlete returns from retirement and once again becomes available for no-advance-notice, out-of-competition testing for the period of ineligibility. Mead’s three-year period of ineligibility took effect on November 2, 2022, the date his provisional suspension was imposed, but Mead retired on November 8, 2022. Therefore, his period of ineligibility will continue until Mead returns from retirement and serves the remainder of his period of ineligibility. In addition, Mead has been disqualified from all competitive results obtained on and subsequent to October 17, 2022, the date his positive sample was collected, including forfeiture of any medals, points and prizes.
In an effort to aid athletes, as well as support team members such as parents and coaches, in understanding the rules applicable to them, USADA provides comprehensive instruction on its website on the testing process and prohibited substances, how to file and update athlete Whereabouts, how to obtain permission to use a necessary medication, and the risks and dangers of taking supplements, as well as performance-enhancing and recreational drugs. In addition, USADA manages a drug reference hotline, Global Drug Reference Online (www.GlobalDRO.com), conducts educational sessions with National Governing Bodies and their athletes, and distributes a multitude of educational materials, such as a supplement guide, a nutrition guide, a clean sport handbook, and periodic alerts and advisories. USADA makes available a number of ways to report the abuse of performance-enhancing drugs in sport in an effort to protect clean athletes and promote clean competition. Any tip can be reported using the USADA Play Clean Tip Center, by text at 87232 ("USADA"), by email at playclean@USADA.org, by phone at 1-877-Play Clean (1-877-752-9253) or by mail. USADA is responsible for the testing and results management process for athletes in the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement and is equally dedicated to preserving the integrity of sport through research initiatives and educational programs.
Rojo I expect that you guys will go to bat for Hassan to defend him as you did for Shelby Houlihan. Surely Hassan is innocent and he never knowingly took any PEDs. Will you be looking into this and attempting to prove his innocence here?
One difference is, Hassan is admitting it and Shelby didn't. I'm sure if Hassan vociferously claimed innocence and had what originally appeared, on the surface, as possibly being circumstantial, the BroJo's would go to bat for him. BUT, Hassan took the three year ban by admitting he doped. So for sure he doped. Shelby's situation is more shameful, but it was at least possible, if not really plausible, that she had unfortunate circumstances.
pathetic. Makes me wonder just how many athletes out there are doping. I used to think it was just a few but now-a-days I think it's the majority, the caveat being not many actually get caught
Maybe a majority of the sub 13:10 guys are doing something weird? Which is quite a few people. Only 45 years ago if you were running 13:15 you were one of the best in the world, now you're not even qualifying for world level competitions. I'm pretty surprised by this news, and makes me wonder how long he was doing it. Was it a last ditch effort to be competitive again after not really doing much the past few years? Or has he been doing it for a while and that's what brought him to mid 27 and 13:0X fitness? He was only a 13:30 dude in college at age 23 and a couple years later ran 13:02. Are these people introduced to the shady supplements by coaches/staff in their training groups or do they seek it out themselves?