Breaking: Issam Asinga Sues Gatorade

Except this couple has an additional layer of genetic potential. Klecker's parents were notable athletes and Hurta's parents were collegiate runners.

Worst post of th eyear so far? I rarely tell Gault what to write.

I barely even look at traffic numbers. I like this story as it's fascinating to me. I loved "Murder she wrote" as a kid. I think most people's minds aren't curious. Mine is very curious so I like to debate both sides.

You make some good points.

I do think logically the most likely option is - guy improves a ton because he's doping and then gets caught when he enters the testing pool. That being said , I'm far from thinking it's 100%.

Another thing I've been wondering is 'Why in the hell would BetterNutritionals have 1516 anywheren ear the plant? Like was this a welll respected company? If so, that seems crazy as it's expensive. Or was this some fly by night snake oil company ? Much more likely."

Of course, going in the other direction is the mother's text. Why would she be texting worried about some supplement if they were doping?

So. Unbelievable world beating high schooler tests positive.

1. blames it on a mass produced supplement from an industry leading sport supplement/nutrition company that produces the same product as NSF. Would indicate fairly stringent product control procedures.

2. Sends opened gummies. Not all test positive but some do. So already 1 major inconsistency suggesting it’s not a batch effect otherwise all gummies would be positive.

3. Gatorade has multiple lots of products tested, including one manufactured at the same time on the same line, and an identical lot. Neither test positive.

4. Other athletes gummies from the same ceremony have theirs tested. None test positive.

5. Athlete has his own gummies tested AGAIN, noting the inconsistencies outlined in point 2. Unclear from what I’ve read if this was a retest of the same exact samples from the original test, or a new test on new samples from the original pack.

The simplest explanation here is that the athlete was doping, tried to sabotage his samples, and is now scrambling. If no other supplements available have returned a positive test then you would need incredibly improbable chances to rationalize and explain the contaminant being in 1-2 gummies in 1 pack given to the 1 athlete who just happens to be a world record holder. Also - Greene seems dodgy as hell. Your whole career is spent defending dopers coming up with increasingly fantastical explanations?

That's hilarious, Facebook, good one!

He better be careful. They could counter sue his sorry behind.

Great point, teenagers always tell their parents everything that they're doing.

If I remember correctly, this crap caused massive cancer pretty much overnight in lab mice. Super nasty. It's not something a supplement manufacturer would have laying around.

Exactly. No way Gatorade has this stuff accidentally spilling into a gummy batch. Was he stupid to blame this on a billion dollar company? Or was it his plan to try to get some money out of this debacle?

The 14 and 20 months thing you point out I think is a potential weakness in the argument for sure.

The Washington Post guy is reporting what is in the lawsuit. Jon was reported what was publicly available. You want them to only include things that are against Asinga? That isn't a journalists job.