Dave Salo weighs in on why Jessica Hardy tested positive!

In my uninformed opinion Dave Salo should have said nothing but instead Coach Salo was quoted in the Orange County Register as saying this: "... Dave Salo, Hardy's coach at the Trojan Swim Club, told the Orange County Register on Thursday he thinks Hardy's positive drug test at the recent U.S. Olympic Trials for the banned stimulant clenbuterol was the result of "inadvertent consumption of a banned substance" possibly through supplements or vitamins. ..." [Link]

He also mentioned that he told Jessica Hardy to have whatever she is taking tested for purity. Though I understand his intention, that too is a bit ill advised for the product here is not regulated whatsoever and the quality and content can and will change from time to time.

These companies that make and distribute supplement products don't actually make these supplement products anyway. They are primarily distribution companies that buy product in bulk form from an original design manufacturers (ODM), slap on an expensive looking logo that says "Bicep-Blaster" or "Power-Butt-Desintegrator" and then they sell it.

They don't know what is in it especially if it is from overseas.

Jessica Hardy was part of that machine and she got hosed. If Dave Salo's speculation is correct, Tara Kirk, Lara Jackson and Amanda Weir belong on that Beijing squad and they were improperly denied.

Meet the new Laure Manaudou, the one in the middle standing next to the old Laure Manaudou

Her name is Kate Ziegler and she is the new Laure Manaudou. Laure Manaudou will zero out her aerobic ability to that of an average mortal in three months time if she doesn't keep swimming. I suspect it would take weeks for her move her stuff, get the coach she wants, a pool she likes, and a routine that is as productive as it needs to be to perform at that level.

If she didn't move for love, then she should have come to Los Angeles and trained with me... err, or Dave Salo at USC. No one would have cared who she was and the focus could have been more centered.

For now the new number one women's distance swimmer is Kate Ziegler. Here is her bio from US Swimming: [Link]