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U.S. downhiller Breezy Johnson hit with 14-month USADA ban

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Why can't ESPN include a photograph of the athlete somewhere in the story?

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Also, why do I see a thumbnail of a skier on Reddit, but when I open the article there's not a single pic? I've also seen that with other articles, a somewhat related thumbnail image on Reddit and I don't see it anywhere in the article, weird.

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Whereabouts protocol requires an athlete to inform anti-doping authorities where they will be for at least one hour every day for unannounced out-of-competition testing

That sounds like a pretty extreme requirement.

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Every athlete in the testing pool, across multiple sports, is subject to this. From the athletes’ perspective it’s part of the privilege of getting to compete in a sport. What’s extreme is managing to miss three tests when it’s super simple to update your whereabouts for the following day. Most athletes just pick an early AM window so on the off chance they get picked, they’re home sleeping. When you’ve missed one, you know to be super careful for number two. When you’ve missed two, not missing a third should be your primary goal on a day to day basis.

I’ll be in Aspen today guys… click

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This has been the protocol for a long time for almost all athletes. Wada has the same protocols. Tennis players go through it, olympians, etc. the athletes manage it for their entire careers without issue, so when these incidents happen, you just gotta wonder why they’ve gotten several non reports when everyone else is reporting their whereabouts

While I know absolutely nothing about this and want to agree with you, I’d this is the case for all of these athletes, it doesn’t matter.

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Dudes name is what happens when you leave your zipper open.

*Dudette’s

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u/Idontliketalking2u avatar

You mean to tell me Breezy Johnson was in the wind?

TIL there’s a private named Breezy

Well, sounds like he can only go uphill from here