My, my - are all the usual suspects out running or is this as indefensible as it looks? I really expected the excuses to have been flowing freely by now... after all it's five hours since I received Ed's post. A few well chosen words in apology to Dick Pound would be in order from some people. Did Long compete in between June 1999 and December 2001? And surely if the USTAF drags it's heels until after a two-year ban would be finished surely the ban should start when the punishment is meted out. Randall Northam
> Isn't this a little ridiculous? No wonder the rest of the world thinks we > dine with the devil. > > -------------Forwarded Message----------------- > > From: "USATF Communications", INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [unknown], edgordon007 > > Date: 2/22/02 2:11 PM > > RE: USATF Release > > > Contact: Jill Pilgrim > General Counsel/Director of Business Affairs > 317-261-0500 x341 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Friday, February 22, 2002 > > USATF Release > > The following athlete was sanctioned for a doping violation during the month > of February 2002: > > Todd Long tested positive for nandrolone metabolites at the 1999 USA Outdoor > Track & Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon, on June 25, 1999. On December > 20, 2001 the DHB panel held a hearing and found a doping offense had been > committed. As a result, Long was disqualified from the meet, and USATF is > imposing the sanction of a two-year period of ineligibility from June 25, > 1999.
