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serious gaylord
Sep 16, 2007

what.

vaginal culture posted:

They are still frozen in storage as WADA appeals that, Spain really really wants them destroyed lol

I thought they'd been binned before Wada could react. I'm happy at this news.

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serious gaylord
Sep 16, 2007

what.

Ahahahahaha

serious gaylord
Sep 16, 2007

what.

Emetic Hustler posted:

Is the hate Spain thing because they've won the last three big tournaments or is it because the way they play the beautiful game? Was it OK to like Spain before they won everything, when they were to (lovable?) losers. Also is there any substance to the rumors of them all being doped up or is it just bitter talk.

For the supposed 'best team in the world' they played dire, attritional boring football, combined with over the top histrionics. There's also proof they were on a poo poo ton of PED's locked in a court battle as the Spanish government tries to get the evidence destroyed while WADA want to get their hands on it and basically wipe any spanish athletes victories for the last 8-10 years.

serious gaylord
Sep 16, 2007

what.
Spain will be a national embarrassment and almost all of sports results for the last 10 years will be severely shaken up. At this point the Spanish government know WADA will get their hands on the samples, so they're trying to stall for as much time as they can in the hopes that the samples degrade enough to be in admissible.

serious gaylord
Sep 16, 2007

what.
Theres a pretty good quote from Gary Neville about the Euro 96 semi final, where one of the physios came around with a 'pain killing' injection.

serious gaylord
Sep 16, 2007

what.

Machinegunboyo posted:

How much do you know about the case bru? I was wondering what exactly was happening and what WADA were up to, but I can't find a great deal.

Information about this case is understandably very hard to come by, but the general consensus is that when, not if WADA get their hands on these samples there will be some major shakeups. It will then be down to each sports authority to act on this information, so expect cycling to come down the hardest and tennis to ignore it completely.

The spanish authorities are fighting tooth and nail to prevent these samples from getting into WADA's hands. That should tell you exactly how big this is.

serious gaylord
Sep 16, 2007

what.

Painkiller posted:

If Spain are doping they're pretty poo poo at it since they're so one paced. Alba's the only player with very good speed.

Can't wait to see Chile tear them apart tonight. :unsmigghh:

The high pressing tiki taka passing game was reliant on good stamina. All of a sudden not only Barca, but other spanish teams known for their pressing have all lost that. Wonder what might have happened?

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serious gaylord
Sep 16, 2007

what.

Spangly A posted:

to an Australian teenager who started doing trick shots against him.

That 19 year old was firing down like 140mph serves too.

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