Olympics: Backstrom out final game for banned substance in allergy meds (mod warning post 140)

[Bjorn Le]

How is it embarrassing to the IOC?

Because they ban a substance nobody else bans for superficial reasons. The IOC is so corrupt and has such ridiculous policies. It's all embarrassing.

 

[GKJ]

https://twitter.com/LavoieRenaud/status/437592150126395392

Renaud Lavoie
‏@LavoieRenaud

According to IIHF rules, 2 players needs to test positive to see a team disqualified.

 

[Merla]

Lubomir Visnovsky also tested positive for taking pseudoephdrine in the Olympics 2010. He was given a reprimand though (wasn't disqualified). Link

 

[txhorn]

DQ Sweden and rematch Canada-Finland tomorrow.

That would be awesome trolling of Team USA

 

[WinTheRightGames]

So... Finland and Canada to play tomorrow for gold?

 

[Lomac]

trainers fault here, they must have a list of all the banned substances unless he just took it on his own.

 

[VictorLustig]

What the hell. Pretty much every cross country skier takes those meds.

 

[FLYguy3911]

What a cheater. Real champions take Allegra.

Yeah Claritin sucks.

 

[wam_raven]

Lubomir Visnovsky also tested positive for taking pseudoephdrine in the Olympics 2010. He was given a reprimand though (wasn't disqualified). Link

how do you reprimand a player who isn't paid? if I were Backstrom and Sweden I would now be upset about uneven treatment

 

[Freudian]

Probably a miss in communication since you are allowed to use it in the NHL. Clumsy but not malicious.

 

[Dominus]

So... where are 'Claritin, not even once' pictures?!?!?

 

[Tadite]

This just the Olympics being stupid.

Well... More stupid then normal.

 

[1989]

Ouch...claritin, you'd think the trainers would've checked for this first?

Very good point. What's up with that?

 

[hisgirlfriday]

how unfortunate, well the rules are the rules.

It's a dumb rule that has been changed in the past and should be again.

The IOC stopped having pseudoephedrine as a banned substance after they took a Romanian gymnast's gold medal away over a similar deal to this and a big controversy ensued. Then a few years after that they made it a banned substance again and again someone mistakenly took it for allergies and a great athlete is losing out on a medal over a dumb rule that does nothing to stop real cheaters but just penalizes athletes who happen to have allergies.

 

[Freudian]

I wonder if he's being given a medal after this.

 

[Divine]

I wonder if he's being given a medal after this.

By official rules - no. He can't even say he participated in these Olympics.

 

[Hockeyfrilla]

will he be suspended from international hockey?

 

[I Hate Blake Coleman]

Very good point. What's up with that?

Probably took it before he went to the arena or while he was in the *******.

 

[Swervin81]

It's a dumb rule that has been changed in the past and should be again.

The IOC stopped having pseudoephedrine as a banned substance after they took a Romanian gymnast's gold medal away over a similar deal to this and a big controversy ensued. Then a few years after that they made it a banned substance again and again someone mistakenly took it for allergies and a great athlete is losing out on a medal over a dumb rule that does nothing to stop real cheaters but just penalizes athletes who happen to have allergies.

Don't you know, you must be allergy free to participate in the Olympics!

What's next, insulin is a banned substance? That will make diabeetus a requirement for the Olympics

 

[hisgirlfriday]

Lubomir Visnovsky also tested positive for taking pseudoephdrine in the Olympics 2010. He was given a reprimand though (wasn't disqualified). Link

So the IOC just cheated us out of an actually competitive GMG for grins and giggles? Swell.

Although I suppose they were more lenient in the 2010 Olympics because those would have been held just 1 month after the IOC had stupidly reinstated the pseudoephedrine ban.

 

[RedBaronIndian]

Olympics banned substances list is bit of an overkill. I vaguely remember a 16 yr Romanian gymnast losing her gold medal over cold medication. Everybody sympathized with her and she was cleared of any foul play, but her gold medal was not re-instated.

 

[hisgirlfriday]

OK they just said Nicklas Backstrom's name in the silver medal ceremony, so is he still getting a silver medal?

 

[almostawake]

I guess his grandmother was right afterall.

 

[QnebO]

Finland lost its Bronze medal in 1974 because one of the players had used something illegal (goalie). What happens to Swedens medals? I bet they get to keep them

 

[Bjorn Le]

Was Backstrom in the line?