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Title: Anyone here think swimmer Dana Torres is clean
Post by: Moosejay on August 14, 2008, 06:03:20 AM
...41 years old, world record holder


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Title: Re: Anyone here think swimmer Dana Torres is clean
Post by: Euro-monster on August 14, 2008, 06:43:26 AM
I didnt see it swim so do me a favour and post a picture of this creature so i can comment on your question... :)
Title: Re: Anyone here think swimmer Dana Torres is clean
Post by: dknole on August 14, 2008, 06:47:52 AM
yes I do. She trains, eats, recovers right.
Title: Re: Anyone here think swimmer Dana Torres is clean
Post by: Van_Bilderass on August 14, 2008, 06:51:25 AM
...41 years old, world record holder


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What do you think? What kinds of drugs do you think she's on?
Title: Re: Anyone here think swimmer Dana Torres is clean
Post by: Pete Nice on August 14, 2008, 06:56:19 AM
didnt she set a world record like 8 years ago though?  She achieved a silver on a relay team in this Olympics
Title: Re: Anyone here think swimmer Dana Torres is clean
Post by: Method101 on August 14, 2008, 06:59:03 AM
Gayer than
Title: Re: Anyone here think swimmer Dana Torres is clean
Post by: phish on August 14, 2008, 07:26:13 AM
doesn't seem that gay to me hes singing about banging a girl singing in front of girls, quite the opposite actually your posting about a guy in front of all guys hmm :-\
Title: Re: Anyone here think swimmer Dana Torres is clean
Post by: musclehedz on August 14, 2008, 07:45:30 AM
The guy on the right is managing her drug intake:

(http://uscnews.usc.edu/Publication_JPGS/2005/Apr/pic1_11229.jpg)
Title: Re: Anyone here think swimmer Dana Torres is clean
Post by: Moosejay on August 14, 2008, 07:46:07 AM
What do you think? What kinds of drugs do you think she's on?

I would love to say 'no'.

But, she seems too good to be true to me.
Title: Re: Anyone here think swimmer Dana Torres is clean
Post by: rockyfortune on August 14, 2008, 07:52:07 AM
here's she is..
Title: Re: Anyone here think swimmer Dana Torres is clean
Post by: tommywishbone on August 14, 2008, 07:54:31 AM
 ;D ;D
Title: Re: Anyone here think swimmer Dana Torres is clean
Post by: The Coach on August 14, 2008, 08:11:48 AM
yes I do. She trains, eats, recovers right.

I agree with this 100%..........but if you ask GH15 she's on everything under the sun and swimming is just a cover up.
Title: Re: Anyone here think swimmer Dana Torres is clean
Post by: spinnis on August 14, 2008, 08:12:33 AM
I agree with this 100%..........but if you ask GH15 she's on everything under the sun and swimming is just a cover up.


 ::) ::)
Title: Re: Anyone here think swimmer Dana Torres is clean
Post by: shootfighter1 on August 14, 2008, 08:17:28 AM
Yes.
Title: Re: Anyone here think swimmer Dana Torres is clean
Post by: Van_Bilderass on August 14, 2008, 08:23:39 AM
I agree with this 100%..........but if you ask GH15 she's on everything under the sun and swimming is just a cover up.

Would you say the Chinese female swimmers are also 100% drug free if they aren't caught in the tests?
Title: Re: Anyone here think swimmer Dana Torres is clean
Post by: The Coach on August 14, 2008, 08:27:23 AM
Would you say the Chinese female swimmers are also 100% drug free if they aren't caught in the tests?

I actually thought about last night as I was watching them. My thought is, even if they were on gear (and I do think some might be) the Chinese government would cover it up.
Title: Re: Anyone here think swimmer Dana Torres is clean
Post by: Van_Bilderass on August 14, 2008, 08:36:17 AM
I actually thought about last night as I was watching them. My thought is, even if they were on gear (and I do think some might be) the Chinese government would cover it up.

So you feel that successful doping today requires a government funded institutionalized doping program? I do agree that it's hard to dope today but consider how Balco managed to successfully dope American athletes until a snitch ruined it. Marion Jones passed 180 tests while on drugs! If the will is there you can do it without extreme funds as the Balco scandal proved. Is swimming less dirty than track & field?

I do believe the Chinese are heavily doped though. Just imagine the resources they have available for a sophisticated program!
Title: Re: Anyone here think swimmer Dana Torres is clean
Post by: The Coach on August 14, 2008, 08:43:42 AM
So you feel that successful doping today requires a government funded institutionalized doping program? I do agree that it's hard to dope today but consider how Balco managed to successfully dope American athletes until a snitch ruined it. Marion Jones passed 180 tests while on drugs! If the will is there you can do it without extreme funds as the Balco scandal proved. Is swimming less dirty than track & field?

I do believe the Chinese are heavily doped though. Just imagine the resources they have available for a sophisticated program!

Thats a great point and truthfully never thought of it that way and could very well be a possibility. But IMO, since the Balco situation I would have to guess that testing would be much more stringent than ever before. Plus you have a person who puts more into her training as an individual than anyone her age so she has that much more to prove. I would like to think she wouldn't put herself in that type of a situation.
Title: Re: Anyone here think swimmer Dana Torres is clean
Post by: temper35 on August 14, 2008, 08:45:30 AM
Why is Torres WAAAYYYY leaner than all the rest of the women?

She is even leaner than most of the men.  Most of those girls, even the ones winning medals have a good deal of bodyfat on them, yet Torres is extremely lean, and over 40.

Odd.
Title: Re: Anyone here think swimmer Dana Torres is clean
Post by: nicky.smth on August 14, 2008, 08:54:18 AM
here's she is..

Look at her manly facial structure..End of story
Title: Re: Anyone here think swimmer Dana Torres is clean
Post by: Van_Bilderass on August 14, 2008, 09:28:19 AM
But IMO, since the Balco situation I would have to guess that testing would be much more stringent than ever before.

Remember that the Balco athletes weren't busted due to WADA's efforts primary but due to a snitch. The testing is extremely stringent to be sure but if there's a will there's a way. In the recent Tour the France a cyclist was busted for a new form of EPO because the drug manufacturer had inserted a tracer in the drug, unbeknownst to the athlete. The drug itself was not picked up on! Solution = buy the drug from an Asian manufacturer. As far as I know no one has been busted for GH yet either. Same for insulin - don't think they are even bothering to look for that one either.
Title: Re: Anyone here think swimmer Dana Torres is clean
Post by: nicky.smth on August 14, 2008, 09:30:49 AM
Remember that the Balco athletes weren't busted due to WADA's efforts primary but due to a snitch. The testing is extremely stringent to be sure but if there's a will there's a way. In the recent Tour the France a cyclist was busted for a new form of EPO because the drug manufacturer had inserted a tracer in the drug, unbeknownst to the athlete. The drug itself was not picked up on! As far as I know no one has been busted for GH yet either. Same for insulin - don't think they are even bothering to look for that one either.


there were talks from congress people about there being a test for GH for this coming Olympics..Guess they are unaware of the half life of GH.. ;D
Title: Re: Anyone here think swimmer Dana Torres is clean
Post by: S_Samuel on August 14, 2008, 09:32:37 AM
Look at her manly facial structure..End of story

That's just becuase she's so much leaner than everyone else, she has more visibility to her cheekbones.
Title: Re: Anyone here think swimmer Dana Torres is clean
Post by: m8 on August 14, 2008, 09:32:51 AM
here's she is..

On this picture, she looks as if she just jumped out of bed.

And no, she's not natural. End of story.
Title: Re: Anyone here think swimmer Dana Torres is clean
Post by: Brutal_1 on August 14, 2008, 09:33:54 AM
So you feel that successful doping today requires a government funded institutionalized doping program? I do agree that it's hard to dope today but consider how Balco managed to successfully dope American athletes until a snitch ruined it. Marion Jones passed 180 tests while on drugs! If the will is there you can do it without extreme funds as the Balco scandal proved. Is swimming less dirty than track & field?

I do believe the Chinese are heavily doped though. Just imagine the resources they have available for a sophisticated program!

Check mate!

Can't argue with that...tests these days are joke!
Title: Re: Anyone here think swimmer Dana Torres is clean
Post by: Brutal_1 on August 14, 2008, 09:35:27 AM
Thats a great point and truthfully never thought of it that way and could very well be a possibility. But IMO, since the Balco situation I would have to guess that testing would be much more stringent than ever before. Plus you have a person who puts more into her training as an individual than anyone her age so she has that much more to prove. I would like to think she wouldn't put herself in that type of a situation.

Just as you always say concerning health care...who's gonna pay for it???
Title: Re: Anyone here think swimmer Dana Torres is clean
Post by: Moosejay on August 14, 2008, 10:08:11 AM
Just as you always say concerning health care...who's gonna pay for it???

US Olympic committee...easily
Title: Re: Anyone here think swimmer Dana Torres is clean
Post by: Brutal_1 on August 14, 2008, 10:29:10 AM
US Olympic committee...easily


HA sure they will  ::)


Cause they can't sleep at night knowing some athletes aren't clean, right?  ::)  Drug testing is merely for the general public, that's all.  So YOU can rest easy at night.  :-*
Title: Re: Anyone here think swimmer Dana Torres is clean
Post by: Van_Bilderass on August 14, 2008, 12:39:06 PM

there were talks from congress people about there being a test for GH for this coming Olympics..Guess they are unaware of the half life of GH.. ;D

They said the test was ready for the 2000 Olympics. Until the first failure and first successful defense of the reliability of it in court there is no test.
Title: Re: Anyone here think swimmer Dana Torres is clean
Post by: Hypertrophy on August 14, 2008, 12:49:03 PM
RIn the recent Tour the France a cyclist was busted for a new form of EPO because the drug manufacturer had inserted a tracer in the drug, unbeknownst to the athlete. The drug itself was not picked up on!

Van B,

At first the presence of a tracer was mentioned, but the drug's maker Roche came out and said no there wasn't. They  just sent the drug to the testing labs before it was publicly released, so they could come up with a test for it. I can't find the official Roche statement, but here is a link describing the new form of EPO  (Mircera) , and the TDF business (it's about halfway down the page):

http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/tour08/news/?id=/news/2008/jul08/jul18news (http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/tour08/news/?id=/news/2008/jul08/jul18news)
Title: Re: Anyone here think swimmer Dana Torres is clean
Post by: Hypertrophy on August 14, 2008, 12:57:45 PM
I hear Dana Torres mentioned a lot, but nobody is bringing up other older athletes at the games. For example Jeannie Longo, a 49 year old French cyclist, just missed a bronze medal by 1.5 seconds in the woman's cycling time trial.

And no, I don' think she is on dope. She has been leading this sport for 25 years! But unless there is a positive test or a confession, you can't prove a thing either way. Problem is, a lot of people are tarred and feathered as drug users for no other reason than they are damn good at their sport. Such is the pharmaceutical era.
Title: Re: Anyone here think swimmer Dana Torres is clean
Post by: Van_Bilderass on August 14, 2008, 01:22:52 PM
Van B,

At first the presence of a tracer was mentioned, but the drug's maker Roche came out and said no there wasn't. They  just sent the drug to the testing labs before it was publicly released, so they could come up with a test for it. I can't find the official Roche statement, but here is a link describing the new form of EPO  (Mircera) , and the TDF business (it's about halfway down the page):

http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/tour08/news/?id=/news/2008/jul08/jul18news (http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/tour08/news/?id=/news/2008/jul08/jul18news)

Alright. Though I think, being a skeptic, that it's possible they added a marker for other purposes and the denial is semantic to discourage use. WADA has lied about having a test for GH for a long time too, like I mentioned before.

From a cycling forum:
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From my understanding of it and talking to a biological chemist Roche have apparently placed a genetic marker in the drug for tracing. This tracing I gather was mainly for checking the effects of the drug in the body but they also notified the relevant sporting organisations that it can be detected during drug testing.