Doping In Athletics

[Oldman]

There is no doubt that SML is juicing. Another obvious character is Cole Hocker.

The US had 26 medals. The next nation? Kenya, with 11. Now, we know what sort of trouble the Kenyans have been in the last 10 years or so. To think that US athletes aren't juicing is absurd.

To think they weren't always juicing is absurd. American sprinting to distance has always had it's full roster of gassed celebrities.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Whereabouts

Fred Kerley: American former world 100m champion given two-year ban

Former world 100m champion Fred Kerley is banned for two years for an anti-doping whereabouts violation.

www.bbc.com

 

[Sciatic]

Kenyan distance runners getting busted is getting so commonplace that it doesn’t even prompt a discussion here Only thing unusual in this one is that Korir simply admitted the violation and accepted the ban. He’s still got all his earnings. This is the 2nd time recently that a runner was positive CERA, which as we discussed before is a weird choice since it has a longer half-life than some of the other EPO formulations?

I’m also finding it remarkable the large number of busts of high profile stars in Athletics the past few years compared to almost none in pro cycling?

Kenya's NY marathon champ Albert Korir gets drug suspension

Kenya's former New York marathon champion Albert Korir was provisionally suspended on Monday after testing positive for a performance-enhancing drug in the latest hit to the reputation of the country's…

www.france24.com

 

[Rob5091]

Two guys under 2 hours at London Marathon today ... it's the shoes you know!

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Two guys under 2 hours at London Marathon today ... it's the shoes you know!

yea, but most of these guys ends up being busted a couple of years later. Lets wait and see...

 

[awavey]

yea, but most of these guys ends up being busted a couple of years later. Lets wait and see...

they said on the coverage his sponsors apparently fund anti doping agencies to test him more often, and unfortunate choice of phrase they used but theyre not from a cycling background, they called him the "most tested athlete", yes weve heard that one before.

Which digging into it is sort of true, apparently before the Berlin marathon he was tested very frequently, more frequently than he would otherwise have been, whereas recently he's been tested more in line with the normal frequency for someone in the current level of pool of testing he is in.

the guy who finished second spent most of the next 10mins post finish being sick and lying down, whereas Sawe looked fresh as a daisy really, like he could have gone even further within himself, and gone even quickerif he wanted to, and he still did it with a negative split, he was only about 2mins away from breaking the half marathon world record too, and that seems just incredible and insane to me, but then Im not that clued up on athletics.

but I dont know, all I know is the guy can run a marathon quicker than on average I can cycle the same distance, which is mightily disappointing for me at least. and no theres no hope in hell of me even running 1 mile in 4mins33secs which was his average pace for the whole marathon