
Olympic boxer Fuchs cleared after positive tests
USADA announced its ruling Thursday, clearing the 32-year-old Virginia Fuchs, who intends to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics next year as a flyweight.
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USADA (and formerly Tygart) loves to give the Americans a slap on the wrist and a 2nd or even 3rd chance and then they cry foul whenever something happens in a country like Russia (of course I'm not saying that the Russians are innocent).USADA don't practice what they preach - They are all 'show' when it comes to big cases and therefore grab public kudos - They find reasons to let athletes off offences or in some cases give light penalties.
USADA does manage an uneven enforcement profile but they don't have a limitless budget, either. As for complaining about Russia; they're a voice in the chorus. When the Russian state goes to the extremes they practiced to manage positives in testing it's pretty much a flawed criminal enterprise.USADA (and formerly Tygart) loves to give the Americans a slap on the wrist and a 2nd or even 3rd chance and then they cry foul whenever something happens in a country like Russia (of course I'm not saying that the Russians are innocent).
Perhaps. There's a long history of enmity between the two sports countries. The hypocrisy does seem to get more obvious as we approach an Olympic year. USADA should be looking more inward, for sure. Plenty of locals to police.They're a voice in the chorus in much the same way as Freddie Mercury was one of four credited vocalists on any given Queen album.
Looks like second strike on the same issue. 3 missed tests were "forgiven" on appeal last year. Would think he'd expect nothing less again?Aww, poor guy, what injustice.
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2...rovisionally-suspended-over-missed-drugs-test
"A sub 2:06:00 time for a marathon (male), may not be possible without the use of performance-enhancing drugs. I recall, reading an article on the internet, which I can no longer source, in which a high-level European male marathoner, with a personal best time in the 2:07's, was under no illusion, although he couldn't prove it, that this is the case. There is no one better qualified, to provide opinions, expressed as facts, than those athletes who are participating at the highest level."
I would venture to say that even a sub 2:10 for a marathon is already in the grey area. The first person to run a sub 2:10 was Derek Clayton of Australia, all the way back in December 1967. He broke the record by almost 3 minutes, which was set just two years prior.
A 2:01:39 (official) marathon is ridiculous. The last 5-10 years has seen a lot of top Kenyan runners and coaches busted for doping. While Kipchoge is very talented, I don't see him running clean for that WR.
There's some discussion on running forums about the new/current use of Wavelights and how much of a role they play in pacing a runner to a record time, some think they're another form of cheating, some think they aren't all that helpful and are merely an amusing lightshow for the spectators. I don't know yet for sure, but with the Wavelights, the bouncy shoes, and PEDs records were bound to be broken. Nothing shocks or surprises me in the world of athletics anymore.Cheptegei also broke Bekele's 10,000 WR the other day, with a casual time of 26:11!
Women's 5,000 WR fell at the same meeting.
There's some discussion on running forums about the new/current use of Wavelights and how much of a role they play in pacing a runner to a record time, some think they're another form of cheating, some think they aren't all that helpful and are merely an amusing lightshow for the spectators. I don't know yet for sure, but with the Wavelights, the bouncy shoes, and PEDs records were bound to be broken. Nothing shocks or surprises me in the world of athletics anymore.
I'm not sure what you mean by the 90s?Well it has been a long time since those records have been broken. I'd say that it's more surprising that they lasted that long (as good as those records were).
One thing is for sure. This isn't the '90's. At least not yet.
I'm not sure what you mean by the 90s?
So what do you make of these Wave Lights? It's my understanding they are turned off at the last 400m?
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3ZSkjojnXA&ab_channel=FloTrack
Thanks for the link, while I did watch vids of some of the races I wasn't aware of Cheptegei's actual 10k splits.Just compare the pacing between the Bekele's and Cheptegei's WR... It's crazy how even Cheptegei's splits were. Every lap was 62.9-63.0 seconds, on the dot. Even though he claimed that the lights didn't help him, I think they did... And yes, the last lap, they were turned off...
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8 Takeaways After Cheptegei and Gidey Smash World Records in Valencia
Cheptegei went 13:07 - 13:03 to set the new 10,000 mark and wipe Kenenisa Bekele from the record books while Gidey, who hadn't won a 5000 race in four years, broke Tirunesh Dibaba's 5000 world record.www.letsrun.com
I'm not sure what you mean by the 90s?
So what do you make of these Wave Lights? It's my understanding they are turned off at the last 400m?
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3ZSkjojnXA&ab_channel=FloTrack