Maybe Athletes Should Just Stop Taking "Vitamins"

Miguel Tejada gave Rafael Palmeiro a B-12 shot (allegedly), but it turned out to be steroids (allegedly). Good story huh? Apparently it was so good that track man Justin Gatlin decided he'd go with that as his alibi as well.

From the AP:

The top assistant to track coach Trevor Graham gave Justin Gatlin an injection, which he believed to be vitamin B12, two weeks before the world record-sharing sprinter tested positive for steroids.

After Randall Evans gave Gatlin the shot, the sprinter was given what he was told were anti-inflammatory pills as a follow-up, a person with knowledge of the case told The Associated Press on Monday.

You know, for a sport that is so thick with PED's and that tests the Hell out of its athletes, you'd think that these geniuses would know more about what is going into their bodies. That is, unless they are lying. Nahhh!

Gatlin said Evans and Graham came to his house and told him the injection could help his troubled hamstring, said the person, who asked not to be identified because of the sensitivity of the case.

Here's an idea for all future track stars: Have a PHYSICIAN prescribe your medications then actually LOOK at what is being put into your body. Unless these drugs are illegal (never), there should be a label on everything you are given.

Gatlin's attorney John Collins confirmed Gatlin received an injection and pills. "But we have no reason to believe it was anything other than B12 and Voltaren," he said.

Well there you go. His attorney says so. And attorneys never, ever lie.