(Podcast length 5:16 mins)
Failing a test is never fun, but athletes will say about anything to prove their innocence with their careers on the line. Here are the true stories of real, funny lies.
Transcript
1. New York Jets (NFL) player Jeremy Kerley blamed ghosts for his failed drug test. He stated that “There’s a lot of ghosts around here. Ghost put it in there. You know, the ghost of Christmas past? … I don’t know.” That didn’t work and he was suspended for four games. BOO
2. Passionate kisses from bad women. Yes, more than one athlete has used this excuse. A Canadian pole vaulter (he tested positive for cocaine, not steroids – totally different) and an American track and field athlete were both allowed to compete after using this excuse. IF IT WORKS
3. French runner Fatima Yvelain, a 2000 Olympian, said a positive drug test at a half-marathon was due to heavy rainfall. Specifically, the rain washed "unidentified medical waste" onto the course, then to her shoes and then splashed and soaked her shorts. The substance from the soaked shorts tainted the test, she claimed. The French federation rejected her reasoning. UM, WHAT?
4. Cyclist Tyler Hamilton blamed his failed drug test on his vanishing twin. He said he absorbed the blood of his twin, who died in the womb, which caused him to fail the test. We can’t make this up. JUST NO
5. In the ultimate test of chivalry, Olympic champion Dennis Mitchell blamed his high testosterone levels on his wife. More specifically on “five bottles of beer and sex with his wife at least four times…it was her birthday, the lady deserved a treat.” No one bought this Rico Suave’s story and he was banned for two years. YOU WISH
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