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  导出博客文章Not long after teenager Tejaswin Shankar created a new national record in high jump in Coimbatore on Thursday, his elation turned to panic. Nike MLB Jerseys From China . For a mark to be ratified as a national record, a number of procedures need to be in place. One of these is for the athlete to clear a dope test. And while Shankar was ready to give his sample, there was no one to collect it.I went around looking for where to give the dope sample. I went to the AFI (Athletics Federation of India) officials. But there was no dope sample collector. And then I couldnt give the sample on the next day also, Shankar says.As it turns out, the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA), which is supposed to collect and test blood and urine samples, had not sent a team to the Junior Nationals. Shankar had to approach officials of the AFI at the venue before CK Valson, the general secretary of the federation, dialed the director general of NADA.I requested him to send a team to collect samples, Valson says. A three-member team eventually arrived at the Nehru stadium on Saturday morning.According to Valson, NADA is informed of the athletics calendar at the start of the season. Valson says the AFI also sent a reminder to NADA on September 10, a month before the start of the junior nationals. Another AFI official says the federation had even arranged accommodation for the NADA officials, whom they expected to arrive on the first day of the event - which coincided with Shankars high jump event.?NADA believes that the doping is more common among senior athletes and not juniors, Valson says. So they dont prioritise dope testing at the juniors.Indeed, it is possible that had Shankar not jumped higher than the previous national record, NADA might not even have shown up at all. When I called up the NADA DG, he was surprised that a senior record had fallen, Valson says. Then they had to send a team to collect the samples.Even after reaching Coimbatore, the NADA team is not testing all medal winners or even all record setters (three on the first day alone).Each sample bottle in which you collect urine is a specialized one, Valson says. Once it is closed, the seal cant be broken. It costs about a hundred dollars each. There are four age groups [U-14, U-16, U-18 and U-20] at the junior nationals and around 125 events in all. So its not possible to test every winner.That still does not explain why NADA was not present at the beginning of the highest profile junior athletics event in the country.?Valson reckons NADA collected about 40 samples at last years junior nationals in Ranchi. This time, having arrived on the third day of the competition, he thinks they will collect between 25 and 30 samples.NADAs Director General Navin Agarwal for his part says that the reason for their absence was because they have a different approach to doping prevention.We believe more in preventive measures at the junior level and punitive measures at the senior level. We generally hold seminars for them to educate them that this (doping) is something that should not be done, he says.When we find there is an unusual result, we do the testing. Now we have done the testing. If they get barred for four years, they often say that they were not aware. We have a responsibility to first make them aware.Valson disagrees with this assessment: If you want to curb doping, you must test everywhere, he says. If an athlete realizes he wont be tested, of course there are chances that he will dope.This was cold comfort to Shankar. Incidentally, athletes present at the Nehru stadium in Coimbatore say no educational seminar was conducted either. When the NADA team did show up, Shankar was the first to give his sample. But as per the AFI constitution, the near 48-hour gap between event and urine sample collection should mean the 17-year-olds remarkable achievement cannot be ratified.Once an athlete is chosen to be tested, he must be notified in the same session of competition. He is followed around by a chaperone until he gives a sample which is then sealed and later tested.If dope control is not done, then you cant ratify it. It has to be done at the time of the competition itself. After two days it doesnt make sense. After two days what are you testing for? Any sample has been taken out of competition, says a dope control expert.Shankar will have to wait for his record to be made official when the AFIs ratification committee sits just before the federations general council meeting, possibly in January next year. Until then, Shankars mark will remain a personal best.However there is precedent for Shankars effort to become a national record. In 2013, long jumper K Premkumar leaped past the then national record. However, his dope sample was collected only a day after his event because neither the AFI nor the Railways Sports Control Board (RSPB) had informed NADA about the competition. The ratification committee eventually sanctioned Premkumars mark as a national record.In Shankars situation too, the ratification committee will have to go through the report of the AFIs technical delegate, who is responsible for making sure the event is held under approved guidelines.It isnt that anyone who gives a dope sample five days after the event is considered,?says Dr. Arun Mendiratta, chairman of Athletics Federation of India medical commission.These matters are treated on a case by case basis. If NADA was not in Coimbatore despite knowing about the event, it clearly isnt the athletes fault. If the AFI can show that they had written to NADA then there is merit in ratifying the record.?Despite the delay, Valson says there shouldnt be any issue regarding ratification. It isnt Tejaswins fault. He gave the sample the moment he was asked to so there will be no problem, he says.While Shankars case might still have a happy ending, Valson says he will speak to Agarwal about the situation. However, Agarwal himself believes that there was no mismanagement in Coimbatore.No,there will be no change in policy (regarding dope testing among juniors). There was no incident. When we came to know there was an unusual record, we sent our team. Wholesale Nike MLB Jerseys . Q: Team Canada announces their Olympic roster three weeks from today. Who is general manager Steve Yzerman watching? LeBrun: Over the last 48 hours, hes taken in the home-and-home between the Dallas Stars and Colorado Avalanche with Jamie Benn and Matt Duchene being the obvious targets. Signed Nike MLB Jerseys . 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Coors Field, where he held the Rockies scoreless in 4 1/3 innings. Facing the San Francisco Giants at Marlins Stadium wont be easy, but he appears stretched out enough to go five or six frames and should be able to escape serious damage.Checking out the pitcher scheduled as it aligns with the Astros has become a Pavlovian-type ritual. Ervin Santana is Wednesdays winner and thus becomes the standard high-risk, high-reward option as the Astros continue to fan against right-handers at an elevated pace. However, their offensive prowess in that scenario has waned the past month, recording a rather vapid .295 wOBA. This makes Santana an option for DFS as well as a spot starter in seasonal leagues in which punchouts are needed.Jeremy Hellicksons ESPN ownership is slowly increasing as he continues to get the job done, though at 38 percent its still well below the threshold we set for inclusion on the space. Next up is the Los Angeles Dodgers for a road affair. The Phillies righty has routinely pitched at least six stanzas, rarely allowing more than three earned runs.Chase Andersons 2016 campaign has been disappointing. Its not like he profiled to be anything more than a back-end innings eater, but still, coming into the season it was expected Anderson would pitch well enough for the Milwaukee Brewers to be used in select spots. Well, those spots have been few and far between, but with a date against the Atlanta Braves on tap, the righty is in play for this Miller Park affair.AvoidWe have a trio of risky hurlers registering a game score in the avoid range, and I cant see a reason to override that. Joining Martin Perez, Ross Detwiler and Yovani Gallardo on the fantasy bench is Jorge De La Rosa. There are instances where using De La Rosa on the road can pay dividends. Facing the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Park isnt one of them.HittingAs implied by the pitchers to avoid, run scoring should be high at a couple of American League East venues. Well get to those in a minute. Lets start with the slates contrarian option, the Washington Nationals squaring off with Cleveland Indians soft-tossing righty, Josh Tomlin. Tomlin is the type to thwart stacks, which is why this is contrarian. The Nationals offense was on a roll until it ran into the tough Giants staff, but it should fare better against Tomlin and his 1.9 HR/9. Before locking Bryce Harper, check the lineups, as a sore neck had him on the sidelines the past couple of games. Daniel Murphy remains a stud with a righty on the hill, joined by Anthony Rendon, whos been hitting cleanup in Harpers stead. Adding to the contrarian nature of this call is most of the hitters dont have the platoon edge, like Rendon, as well as Wilson Ramos and Jayson Werth.The home-and-home series between the Colorado Rockies and Texas Rangers shifts to Arlington, where offense is favored, though not as much as in Denver. 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