Doping In Athletics

[Libertine Seguros]

It does feel otherwise like 'normal service resumed' in athletics though. Chase Jackson winning the shot putt. Femke Bol beating Anna Cockrell by about a second while Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone stays home. Grant Fisher dropped before the halfway point. Ingebrigtsen outkicking Cole Hocker comfortably in the last 400m. Naser and Yavi nowhere to be seen. The less said about Rooks' steeplechase the better.

 

[Brullnux]

Certainly makes the already somewhat suspect Tokyo silver for Kalkidan Gezahegne even more suspect in context.

She was a good junior 1500m runner back representing Ethiopia, then switched to Bahrain in 2013. She runs three races in 2013 and only one in 2014, although she DNSes both races on the Diamond League she does and her most significant result is a 4th in the Golden Spike at Ostrava, a Continental Tour Gold event. She then has zero IAAF-sanctioned results until 2017, when she runs the 5000m at Prefontaine and the World Championships, scoring 14th in the final. She wins the Asian Games 1500m and 5000m in 2018 and is 2nd in the West Asian Games in both, behind two fellow Ethiopian-born Bahraini athletes.

And then she disappears off the grid and doesn't run anywhere at all for two straight years (2020 of course being somewhat explicable with Covid pandemic restrictions, but nevertheless, it's not the first time for her), then returns in 2021, coming 2nd in two Continental Tour 10000m races, a discipline she'd never competed in before (at least not on track), one in Maia, Portugal (a Challenger event, the fourth tier of Continental competition) and one in Montreuil (a Continental Tour bronze event, the third tier), before staying with Letesenbet Gidey as she upped the pace time and again, dropping everybody bar Gezahegne and eventual winner Sifan Hassan, ending up some 30 seconds ahead of Hellen Obiri in 4th (who set her PB at the time then as well) and taking home a shiny new silver medal while the commentators questioned who she was and where she had come from since she'd never even done any college racing, any US racing, any Diamond Leagues or any racing against competitors even remotely close to this level before, and she was 30 years old so hardly a brand new revelation either.

And since then? She did two more 10ks, but these being road races, breaking the world record for the road 10k at the Geneva meet. And she hasn't run competitively since.

Bahraini Mark Padun

 

[Invicituz]

There goes the 3000m word record. One of tracks most impressive world records, one which a lot of people have said would take a long time to break. It has stood since 1996, when Daniel Komen ran a perfect race.

While the track may be running fast in Poland, for Ingebritsen to obliterate it by 3 seconds is unreal.

An unbelievable run by Jakob Ingebrigtsen in a new world record time of 7:17.55, beating Komen's 1996 mark of 7:20.67, a time considered by many to be almost unbeatable. Incidentally, Ethiopian Berihu Aregawi, second behind Ingebrigtsen, ran 7:21.28, the third fastest time in history.

 

[Nomad]

India's teen sensation Parvej Khan under provisional suspension by NADA - Inside Sport India

Parvez Khan provisional suspension raises questions about future of his career and implications of his positive test on his eligibility.

www.insidesport.in

Scholarship athlete at the University of Florida. SEC 1500m champion last spring.

 

[Invicituz]

Runner in 2012 'dirtiest race' gets 10-year ban:

Tatyana Tomashova banned: Runner in 2012 'dirtiest race' gets 10-year ban

Russian athlete Tatyana Tomashova is banned for 10 years by the Court of Arbitration for Sport and is stripped of her London 2012 1500m silver medal for doping.

www.bbc.com

 

[BullsFan22]

Runner in 2012 'dirtiest race' gets 10-year ban:

Tatyana Tomashova banned: Runner in 2012 'dirtiest race' gets 10-year ban

Russian athlete Tatyana Tomashova is banned for 10 years by the Court of Arbitration for Sport and is stripped of her London 2012 1500m silver medal for doping.

www.bbc.com

12 years after the fact. Too bad they won’t ever retest Sir Mo’s samples…

 

[Rob5091]

Men have 100m final at Seoul and women the 1500m at London. That's gender eqaulity, n'est-ce pas?

 

[Invicituz]

Seven more Kenyan athletes banned for doping or related practices:

Seven more Kenyan athletes banned for doping

Seven more Kenyan athletes banned for doping or related practices

athleticsillustrated.com

 

[Sciatic]

Seven more Kenyan athletes banned for doping or related practices:

Seven more Kenyan athletes banned for doping

Seven more Kenyan athletes banned for doping or related practices

athleticsillustrated.com

Wow, the even bigger news is that Kenyan anti-doping is broke and is going to stop testing athletes?! Shouldn’t they be banned from international competition until they can show there is legitimate testing?

 

[Rob5091]

Wow, the even bigger news is that Kenyan anti-doping is broke and is going to stop testing athletes?! Shouldn’t they be banned from international competition until they can show there is legitimate testing?

No doping tests means no doping!
https://athleticsillustrated.com/ke...-of-expulsion-from-international-competition/

 

[Invicituz]

Another Kenyan tests positive ...

Kenyan 21-year-old, Faith Chepkoech, banned for testing positive for EPO:

Kenyan Faith Chepkoech, banned for testing positive for EPO

Kenyan 21-year-old, Faith Chepkoech, has been banned for testing positive for EPO by the Athletics Integrity Unit for three years

athleticsillustrated.com

 

[Rob5091]

Another Kenyan tests positive ...

Kenyan 21-year-old, Faith Chepkoech, banned for testing positive for EPO:

Kenyan Faith Chepkoech, banned for testing positive for EPO

Kenyan 21-year-old, Faith Chepkoech, has been banned for testing positive for EPO by the Athletics Integrity Unit for three years

athleticsillustrated.com

In an interview with with the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), on Sept. 13 she claimed that someone else injected her with the EPO, but refused to identify the person.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Wow, the even bigger news is that Kenyan anti-doping is broke and is going to stop testing athletes?! Shouldn’t they be banned from international competition until they can show there is legitimate testing?

They could just hire all their athletes as informants and make them promise to compete clean.

 

[Nomad]

Emmaculate Anyango faces four-year ban following provisional suspension over doping

Kenya’s long-distance runner Emmaculate Anyango faces the prospect of a four-year ban after being handed a provisional suspension for doping as the net nabs another big fish.

www.pulsesports.co.ke

This is a big pop: Holds the 2nd fastest 10K time in history. 2024 World XC Champion. At only 24, she had bright future.

Interestingly, she tested positive for both EPO & testosterone (usually they test positive for one or the other but not both at the same time).

The EPO + testosterone/steroids is the #1 stack used by distance runners. The synergistic effects give a real boost - especially for female runners.

 

[Rob5091]

Emmaculate Anyango faces four-year ban following provisional suspension over doping

Kenya’s long-distance runner Emmaculate Anyango faces the prospect of a four-year ban after being handed a provisional suspension for doping as the net nabs another big fish.

www.pulsesports.co.ke

This is big pop: Holds the 2nd fastest 10K time in history. 2024 World XC Champion. At only 24, she had bright future.

Interestingly, she tested positive for both EPO & testosterone (usually they test positive for one or the other but not both at the same time).

The EPO + testosterone/steroids is the #1 stack used by distance runners. The synergistic effects give a real boost - especially for female runners.

Caught in training or at a race?

 

[Nomad]

Looks like it was an OOC/target test on 092624.

 

[Rob5091]

Looks like it was an OOC/target test on 092624.

Somebody knew when to test then by the sounds of it, or they got lucky.

 

[topcat]

https://athleticsweekly.com/athleti...ampion-kipyegon-bett-dies-aged-26-1039993316/

 

[Invicituz]

https://athleticsweekly.com/athleti...ampion-kipyegon-bett-dies-aged-26-1039993316/

Kenyan athlete Kipyegon Bett dies at the age of 26.

Kenyan athlete Kipyegon Bett dies at the age of 26 | Africanews

Kenyan athlete Kipyegon Bett, who won a bronze medal in the 800m at the 2017 World Championships in London, has passed away at the age of 26 due to renal and hepatic failure.

www.africanews.com

Kenyan athlete Kipyegon Bett ... has passed away at the age of 26 due to renal and hepatic failure.

His sister reported that he ... developed an alcohol addiction over the subsequent years.

 

[Invicituz]

At this rate, there soon will be no Kenyans left to test.🙄

Two more Kenyan athletes, Charles Langat and Rogers Gesabwa, banned for doping:

Two more Kenyan athletes banned for doping

Two more Kenyan athletes, Charles Langat and Rogers Gesabwa, have been banned for doping by the Athletics Integrity Unit

athleticsillustrated.com

 

[meat puppet]

Ruth Chepngetich chopped nearly two min off marathon WR with her 2h09:57 today. The old record was 2h11:53 from last year.

Running starting to catch up?

 

[Invicituz]

Ruth Chepngetich chopped nearly two min off marathon WR with her 2h09:57 today. The old record was 2h11:53 from last year.

Running starting to catch up?

There was a time when only a few men could run as fast as this in the Marathon.

She's faster than 1972 Olympic Marathon champion Frank Shorter, who had a personal best of 2:10:30.

Amazing Stats from Ruth Chepngetich’s Marathon World Record

How far could you run at her average pace?

www.runnersworld.com

Men’s equivalent marathon performance, according to World Athletics: 1:59:35.

Chepngetich’s average pace per mile: 4:57.4.

Chepngetich’s average pace per 5K: 15:24.0.

Number of U.S. men who have run faster than 2:09:56 this year: 4.

Ruth Chepngetich Responds To Question About Kenyan Doping After 2:09:56 World Record In Chicago:

 

[Nick2413]

At this rate, there soon will be no Kenyans left to test.🙄

Two more Kenyan athletes, Charles Langat and Rogers Gesabwa, banned for doping:

Two more Kenyan athletes banned for doping

Two more Kenyan athletes, Charles Langat and Rogers Gesabwa, have been banned for doping by the Athletics Integrity Unit

athleticsillustrated.com

They could ban 100 of them and they’ll still churn out a few dozen 2:0X runners every year. I’m a bit conflicted. Clearly tons of doping is going on, but no country is innocent and we know they have superior genetics. They probably have a 3-5 min advantage over everyone else just on genetics alone.

 

[Sciatic]

At this rate, there soon will be no Kenyans left to test.🙄

Two more Kenyan athletes, Charles Langat and Rogers Gesabwa, banned for doping:

Two more Kenyan athletes banned for doping

Two more Kenyan athletes, Charles Langat and Rogers Gesabwa, have been banned for doping by the Athletics Integrity Unit

athleticsillustrated.com

Seems like there should be some dispersion for cocaine use in Peru

 

[BigCoward]

There was a time when only a few men could run as fast as this in the Marathon.

She's faster than 1972 Olympic Marathon champion Frank Shorter, who had a personal best of 2:10:30.

Amazing Stats from Ruth Chepngetich’s Marathon World Record

How far could you run at her average pace?

www.runnersworld.com

Ruth Chepngetich Responds To Question About Kenyan Doping After 2:09:56 World Record In Chicago:

50 years ago there was 35 mins between the men's and women's world record. At the turn of the century it was 15. Not going to be long.