I only bring up Conte's theory because so many people have looked at how odd the timing seems and thought it somehow let him off the hook.
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this is the thing, there is nothing odd about the timing at all.
He was tested at the start of July, a month out from the fight. When that test happened, it would be a good guess that that would be his last test before fight week. Usada are pretty predictable in some ways. What we repeatedly see is they hit the fighters about 6-7 weeks out, and then 3-4 weeks before the fight, and thats it then till the weigh-ins. So its not a stretch to think that Jon was pretty confident those early July tests would be his last till fight week.
Think about it, what is the perfect time to take peds?
Is it 6 weeks out from the fight? No.. because USADA could turn up any minute, we know they test maybe 6-7 weeks out and 3-4 weeks out.
Is it 4 weeks out from the fight? No, because again, we know that USADA could turn up any minute.
Is it 4 weeks out from the fight when youve just been tested? Yes. Because having just been tested you can be confident (to a degree) that you wont be tested again for a little while, and if its 3-4 weeks out from the fight thats probably it until fight week.
Four weeks out from the fight, having just been tested, so being confident he wont be tested again till fight week is the PERFECT time for Jones to take PEd's.. thats the time when you are most likely to get away with it.
So.. you are Jones, 4 weeks out from the fight, just been tested so confident you wont be tested now till fight week.. youve time to run a quick booster. You talk to your doctor or a gym mate..
a) he tells you turinabol has a 48-72 hour detection window (not knowing there is a new test for it) so you can run it for 2 weeks and just come off before you fly to vegas
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b) he suggests you run some sort of testosterone cycle, saying again that its got a short detection window (but unfortunately for you its contaminated).
So no, the timing doesnt seem odd.
Had he been caught by a test four weeks out that would have been odd because he would have known USADA were due any time.
Had he been caught out and tested positive six weeks out, again, that would have been really odd because he would have known USADA were due at any time.
Running a cycle 3 weeks out when youve just been tested, makes complete sense..
If I was going to run a quick cycle prior to the fight, that is EXACTLY when I would do it (And probably testosterone.
(The people saying the timing makes no sense are mainly people on the Jones side of the argument looking to plant doubt in peoples minds)