Rumors from the WC

**mifencer** · 08-20-2002 11:01 AM

Rumors from the World Championship-

Did anyone hear that the fencers from the French team tested positive for doping? Is this a rumor? or is it true? And if this is true, why did they let them fence?

**veeco** · 08-20-2002 11:19 AM

This has been discussed already here.

Laura Flessel tested positive for glucose coramine after a world cup in May.

She has been notified of it and basically asked for a retest. During that time she is still allowed to fence. If the retest is positive then the FIE will basically say what her sanction is.

She might have her result from the World Champs annuled, but most likely she will be prevented to fence in any FIE sanctioned tournament for 3 months and that's it.

**mifencer** · 08-20-2002 11:54 AM

Oops, my bad. Thanks Veeco.

**HilandDoug** · 08-20-2002 12:39 PM

Forgive my ignorance, but what is glucose coramine?

**veeco** · 08-20-2002 01:03 PM

<a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.biam2.org%2Fwww%2FSpe 5099.html&langpai" target="_blank">http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.biam2.org%2Fwww%2FSpe 5099.html&langpai</a> r=fr%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=off&prev=%2Flanguage_tools

Basically it is a pill that contains sugar and salt.

There are several variations of it available on the market. Some of them contain Nicethamide (a member of the nicotinamide family). This is the chemical component that is restricted for athletes. It acts on your aorta and repiratory system to boost it (kinda like too much caffeine)

<small>[ 08-20-2002, 04:05 PM: Message edited by: veeco ]</small>

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	Register Help Remember Me? Forum Fencing Lists and Archives Discussion Archive Rumors from the WC Results 1 to 5 of 5 Thread: Rumors from the WC Thread Tools Show Printable Version Email this Page… Subscribe to this Thread… Display Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode 08-20-2002 11:01 AM #1 mifencer Senior Member Array Join Date Feb 2000 Location Michigan Posts 608 Rumors from the WC Rumors from the World Championship- Did anyone hear that the fencers from the French team tested positive for doping? Is this a rumor? or is it true? And if this is true, why did they let them fence? 08-20-2002 11:19 AM #2 veeco Fencing Expert Array Join Date May 2000 Location The valley of the -hot- sun, NorCal Posts 3,184 This has been discussed already here. Laura Flessel tested positive for glucose coramine after a world cup in May. She has been notified of it and basically asked for a retest. During that time she is still allowed to fence. If the retest is positive then the FIE will basically say what her sanction is. She might have her result from the World Champs annuled, but most likely she will be prevented to fence in any FIE sanctioned tournament for 3 months and that's it. Epee is the Louis Vuitton bag of fencing: only the best can get it, and the rest of the masses must content themselves with cheap knockoffs (sabre, foil) To not recognize the power of the French grip is to be in denial 08-20-2002 11:54 AM #3 mifencer Senior Member Array Join Date Feb 2000 Location Michigan Posts 608 Oops, my bad. Thanks Veeco. 08-20-2002 12:39 PM #4 HilandDoug Senior Member Array Join Date Jul 2000 Location Redford, Michigan Posts 890 Forgive my ignorance, but what is glucose coramine? 08-20-2002 01:03 PM #5 veeco Fencing Expert Array Join Date May 2000 Location The valley of the -hot- sun, NorCal Posts 3,184 <a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.biam2.org%2Fwww%2FSpe 5099.html&langpai" target="_blank">http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.biam2.org%2Fwww%2FSpe 5099.html&langpai</a> r=fr%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=off&prev=%2Flanguage_tools Basically it is a pill that contains sugar and salt. There are several variations of it available on the market. Some of them contain Nicethamide (a member of the nicotinamide family). This is the chemical component that is restricted for athletes. It acts on your aorta and repiratory system to boost it (kinda like too much caffeine) <small>[ 08-20-2002, 04:05 PM: Message edited by: veeco ]</small> Epee is the Louis Vuitton bag of fencing: only the best can get it, and the rest of the masses must content themselves with cheap knockoffs (sabre, foil) To not recognize the power of the French grip is to be in denial « Previous Thread \| Next Thread » Posting Permissions You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts BB code is On Smilies are On [IMG] code is On HTML code is Off Trackbacks are On Pingbacks are On Refbacks are On Forum Rules Contact Us Fencing.Net Archive Top All times are GMT -4. The time now is 05:23 PM. Powered by vBulletin® Version 4.1.9 Copyright © 2012 vBulletin Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved. Search Engine Optimization by vBSEO 3.6.0 (c) 1995 - 2010 Fencing Net; Fencing.Net, fdn, Fencing101, Epee101, Foil101, Sabre101 are all trademarks of Fencing.Net, LLC. Thank you to Replica Sword Shop for their support.