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The Monkey Man said:There's your watermark...
Go get em P
Shannon Hartnett Suspended For Doping Violation
The USADA suspended Hartnett from competing in all International Weightlifting Federation events for two years after she tested positive for metabolites of stanozolol during a doping control test conducted at the 2005 U.S. Weightlifting National Championships in Cleveland, Ohio last May. It is the first offense for Hartnett, who is believed to be the first Marin-based professional athlete to test positive. Weightlifting is one of a wide range of athletic interests for Hartnett, meaning she can still compete in a variety of events.
"I've been drug-tested for a million years," said Hartnett, a 40-year-old Sausalito resident. "It's inaccurate. This has been happening to a lot of athletes since (the) BALCO (scandal). They are testing positive for over-the-counter things - nutritional supplements, not steroids."
Travis Tygart, general counsel of the USADA, says the facts are clear.
"Make no mistake, she used stanozolol," Tygart said. "Absent from chain-of-custody lab error, and there was none of that in this case, (stanozolol) does not get in your system any other way. This has been on the banned list for years. To say that this is something now added to the list is nonsense."
BALCO is the Burlingame laboratory identified for creating and distributing previously undetectable steroids to high-profile athletes. Stanozolol is the man-made steroid, similar to the naturally occurring steroid testosterone, that Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson tested positive for at the 1988 Olympics.
Tygart said Hartnett had a chance to appeal the suspension and chose not to. Hartnett said she is weighing the cost of legal representation before deciding her next move.
"Most of the athletes getting caught now are trying to get in the Olympics, I'm not," Hartnett said. "I haven't competed (as a weightlifter) since that event because I hurt my shoulder. I had to pull out of that competition. I took a cortisone shot for it, that could've been part of (the positive test)."
Hartnett, a former track standout at San Rafael High School and Sonoma State, has a long and varied athletic career in and around Marin. She was a member of the three-time national champion fastpitch softball team, a top-10 national bodybuilder, a top-five finisher in the World's Strongest Woman competition, an alternate on the 2002 Winter Olympic women's bobsledding team, a fullback for the Santa Rosa Scorchers semipro football team and a legend at the Scottish Highland Games. Hartnett retired from the Scottish Games this summer after 15 years of high-level competition.
Hartnett said the ban wouldn't curtail her competition schedule. She is entered in a powerlifting event next week. Powerlifting is not an Olympic sport and not regulated by the IWF.
"I have enough to worry about," said Hartnett, referring to Body Central, the workout center for women she owns in Santa Rosa. "I haven't signed the papers (from the USADA). I just need to know how much it's going to cost to fight this."
The Monkey Man said:There's your watermark...
Go get em P
The Monkey Man said:At this point I'll be happy to correctly snatch 150lbs -![]()
The Monkey Man said:Doha, Qatar - It was all about Pawina Thongsuk (Thailand)
in the women???s 63-kg category at the World Weightlifting Championships today.
With "Thailand" "Thailand" filling the air, Thongsuk nailed 135 on her first
attempt for a world record in the total. Shimkova couldn't get under the bar
with 137 kg and then Liu took 138, to tie the world record in the jerk and go
into gold medal position in the jerk and the total, but she couldn't stand up
with the weight. Shimkova, showing that at least sometimes when you miss,
you can get away with moving up, called for 139 kg on her last attempt and
made a good lift for a world record in the jerk and gold-medal position in the
jerk and silver medal position in the total.
But Thongsuk wasn't done, and she made a nice lift with 140 kg on her
second attempt, although she had to work and walk to control the jerk...
her effort gave her the world record in the jerk as well as the total,
not to mention locking up all the gold medals in her class.
If that weren't enough for the night, Thongsuk called for 145 kg on her third attempt,
made a nice clean and came close to jerking the weight.
IainDaniel said:Also Ben Johnsons Drug of Choice.
Would be interesting to know why these athletes that require power use Stanazolol
IainDaniel said:Also Ben Johnsons Drug of Choice.
Would be interesting to know why these athletes that require power use Stanazolol

P-funk said:I got pretty choked up seeing Dimas standing on the podium holding his heart and crying for the fans.
P-funk said:I always get choked up when I watch the olympics. Hell, I got choked up on the first segment of the show about USA women's fencing winning a gold medal for the first time in 100yrs!! I think it is because there is just so much emotion in the olympics. You train for years for 1 day, 1 event, 1 moment. That is it. It isn't like football or baseball when there is always next week, or next year. I love it. It is very emotional.


ForemanRules said:Dont know if this was posted yet???
http://www.bodytechusa.com/images/Jeff_Lewis05/05WPOSFDAY2_JeffLewisSQ3_Small.swf
jeff lewis 1202 squat video
done couple of weeks ago WPO in chicago. is it deep enough????
he weighed in at 480 lbs