Talk:Tim Bethune

Edit Request

Please edit my Wikipedia page to quote the exact text from page 318 of the Dublin Inquiry with respect to my testimony. Contrary to the entry from CanadianWikiUser in January 2020, I was not banned from competition or subjected to any sanctions as a result of my month of steroid use as a private citizen.

For confirmation, please contact either Athletics Canada or Athletics Ontario. Both governing bodies will support that I was an athlete in good standing when I retired in 1985 and all my performance were clean and untainted. Thank you. JTB400 (talk) 15:44, 3 April 2020 (UTC)

Thank you to JTB400 and Lugnuts for editing and making corrections to this page. After furthering reading of the Dubin Inquiry report, it is clear that Tim Bethune only used steroids while a private citizen following his retirement from the sport, and was not subject to anti-doping policies at the time of use. Tim was an athlete in good standing upon his retirement and there is no evidence to suggest that he utilized performance enhancing drugs during his athletic career, or participated in sanctioned competition while using performance enhancing drugs. Anything to the contrary is not supported by any existing evidence. My sincere apologies for this error. Thank you. CanadianWikiUser (talk) 20:30, 4 April 2020 (UTC).

JTB400 I'm not sure what part you want to quote. The page 318 PDF or the page 318 of the report?

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Page 318 of the report::

Tim Bethune

Tim Bethune was a 400 metre sprinter and a member of the Etobicoke Striders Track and Field Club. He was coached by Brian McKinnon. In 1981 he was ranked first in Canada in the 400 metres. He was a carded athlete and a member of the 1984 Canadian Olympic team. In 1985, at the world student games in Japan, he heard from two Canadian athletes, Mike Dwyer and Mike Spiritoso, about extensive anabolic steroid use among Canadian sprinters and throwers. They discussed the prevalent rumours about drug use by Mr Francis's athletes and advised Mr Bethune that Dr Astaphan was the source of supply of anabolic steroids to Mr Francis's athletes. Out of curiosity, Mr Bethune decided to check this information by seeing Dr Astaphan himself. At that time, he was not an active competitor. In fact, he had made a decision to retire from sprinting because Sport Canada had cut his funding as a carded athlete. In September 1985 he made an appointment with Dr Astaphan. When he went to the doctor's office, he told Dr Astaphan that he would like to go on Ben Johnson's program. He had no idea what the program was. After he was advised by Dr Astaphan that certain laboratory tests were satisfactory, he began to receive injections the doctor told him were growth hormone and tablets he understood were anabolic steroids. Mr Bethune advised Mr McKinnon that he was on an anabolic steroid program. Mr McKinnon testified that, although he was strongly against the use of steroids, he went to see Dr Astaphan along with Mr Bethune in October 1985 because Mr Bethune told him Dr Astaphan wished to meet him. He talked to Dr Astaphan about the extent of anabolic steroid use in sport and observed

Dr Astaphan provide tablets and prepare an injection for

Page 318 PDF:

Mr Earl also arranged for the payment of a sum of

U.S.$25,000 to Mr Matuszewski. As with the U.S.$25,000 paid to Dr Astaphan, the money was provided from funds obtained from the Mazda company through arrangements made by Mr Heidebrecht. Mr Earl gave Mr Matuszewski U.S.$18,750 in cash during the Canadian national track and field championships in Ottawa on August 6, 1988. This sum was said to be for payment for services to Mazdasponsored athletes for the first three-quarters of 1988. The final instalment of U.S.$6250 was to be delivered after the Olympic Games. At the time that Mr Earl delivered the cash to Mr Matuszewski in Ottawa, he asked him to sign a handwritten document prepared by Mr Earl. The document reads as follows: I Waldemar Matuszewski have received from Ross Earl (Mazda Optimist TC) 18,750 US dollars as payment for services to club athletes for the first 3 quarters of 1988. The fourth & final quarter of 6,250 US dollars will be deposited with Les Sosnowski after the Olympic Games. This bonus money has been made available to me through the Mazda Company and in no small way due to the success of Desi [sic] Williams, Angella Taylor, Mark McKoy and especially Ben Johnson. I realize and accept my position in the structure around.these athletes and will reserve my comments to my field and within my professional field of expertise. I will make no comments or opinion statements on things that are not in my direct field [and] within my job description that could be construed as negative or damaging to the athletes or the club or any sponsors connected to them. My position (job description) with the club athletes is as a specialist in muscle massage &. treatment to relax the muscles and prepare them for an optimum performance. My directions come from coach Charlie Francis and Dr Geo Astaphan. I realise that in working as closely as I do with these athletes that I may from time to time be privy to private and confidential information which will be treated as such with respect to my clients and their unique position in the world. My actions are within the IAAF rules and I will not

claim otherwise in the future.

Please tell us what you want to quote. {{replyto}} Can I Log In's (talk) page 05:31, 21 April 2020 (UTC)

Hello, it is not necessary to quote or reproduce the entire section of the Dublin inquiry report. In fact I wish it wasn't mentioned at all.

But since someone decided to insert inaccurate information, a sentence or two paraphrasing what happened (with a hyperlink) is satisfactory.

Thank you. JTB400 (talk) 13:40, 21 April 2020 (UTC)