Olympics Doping Thread

[meat puppet]

As the race progressed, ayana's run reminded me more and more of muhlegg's good ol 30k freestyle xc skiing feat from 2002. An insane 66sec lap followed by a pile of 70-71s.

Also, at least the Finnish commentators sported massive hard-ons, too. They believed. And commented as though what was going on was something, eh, positive

 

[Zypherov]

That 10km world record was one of the biggest red flags I've ever witnessed in the entire history of sport. Just absolutely ridiculous. She made it look like a walk in the park. No grimace whatsoever during and after the race. Not even a hint of being out of breath.

 

[gooner]

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All the top 13 in the 10k for women set a PB. Average improvement - top 5: 47.6 seconds and top 13: 35.8 seconds.

14.30 for the second 5,000m. That would have got the Olympic Record and easily beat Szabo and Sonia in 2000.

 

[Poursuivant]

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This makes PSM look believable

Why does Sky or Froome come up in every topic? It's like the forums Godwin's Law. Froome's w/kg that day was 5.99 ffs, Ayana destroyed the world record, after destroying a previously unbeaten Dibaba by 21 seconds in the trials.

 

[Irondan]

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That 10km world record was one of the biggest red flags I've ever witnessed in the entire history of sport. Just absolutely ridiculous. She made it look like a walk in the park. No grimace whatsoever during and after the race. Not even a hint of being out of breath.

That 10000m race made a mockery of the Olympic movement.......

 

[AICA ribonucleotide]

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That 10,000m was some watch.

Sonia O'Sullivan doesn't believe it at all.

She'd know.
I remember on Irish TV a few years ago on Second Captains Live when asked about Irish athletes underperformance. She said they should go out to the Kenyan training camps and "do what it takes".

 

[Irondan]

Re: Re:

That 10km world record was one of the biggest red flags I've ever witnessed in the entire history of sport. Just absolutely ridiculous. She made it look like a walk in the park. No grimace whatsoever during and after the race. Not even a hint of being out of breath.

That 10000m race made a mockery of the Olympic movement.......

Apparently Ayana ran over a minute faster that the MENS 10K gold medal winner of the London 2012 games.

 

[snccdcno]

Re: Re:

That 10km world record was one of the biggest red flags I've ever witnessed in the entire history of sport. Just absolutely ridiculous. She made it look like a walk in the park. No grimace whatsoever during and after the race. Not even a hint of being out of breath.

That 10000m race made a mockery of the Olympic movement.......

Apparently Ayana ran over a minute faster that the MENS 10K gold medal winner of the London 2012 games.

She ran nearly two minutes slower.

 

[Singer01]

'The pissing and moaning over unfounded doping allegations is boring as tears and seems lacking of imagination to kneejerk pronounce every great performance as a cheater by default suspicion. Some Olympians are just great athletes but a sizeable portion of pessimists cant seem to get over it and choose to believe in the impossibility of accomplishment. This is the antithesis of the Olympic Spirit imo'

the above quote is from another board i frequent when i questioned the validity of the womens 10k.

my response, guess who said this?

'Finally, the last thing I’ll say to the people who don’t believe in cycling, the cynics and the sceptics: I'm sorry for you. I’m sorry that you can’t dream big. I'm sorry you don't believe in miracles'.

 

[Irondan]

Re: Re:

That 10km world record was one of the biggest red flags I've ever witnessed in the entire history of sport. Just absolutely ridiculous. She made it look like a walk in the park. No grimace whatsoever during and after the race. Not even a hint of being out of breath.

That 10000m race made a mockery of the Olympic movement.......

Apparently Ayana ran over a minute faster that the MENS 10K gold medal winner of the London 2012 games.

She ran nearly two minutes slower.

I'll have to look it up. This is what I get for listening to the talking heads on television. They made the claim that she ran faster.

Either way, what she did was not done naturally.

Neither was the rest of the podiums performances for that matter.

 

[Lyon]

Re: Re:

That 10km world record was one of the biggest red flags I've ever witnessed in the entire history of sport. Just absolutely ridiculous. She made it look like a walk in the park. No grimace whatsoever during and after the race. Not even a hint of being out of breath.

That 10000m race made a mockery of the Olympic movement.......

It's the other way around.

 

[BullsFan22]

Re: Re:

That 10km world record was one of the biggest red flags I've ever witnessed in the entire history of sport. Just absolutely ridiculous. She made it look like a walk in the park. No grimace whatsoever during and after the race. Not even a hint of being out of breath.

That 10000m race made a mockery of the Olympic movement.......

Apparently Ayana ran over a minute faster that the MENS 10K gold medal winner of the London 2012 games.

Not true at all. If that EVER happened (with the utmost respect to all women, not just athletes, around the world), then even the IOC would need to shut down the Olympics and call it an end to the movement.

 

[TMP402]

CONFIRMED
Olympic doping panel: Chinese swimmer Chen Xinyi receives provisional suspension after positive test.

 

[Irondan]

Re: Re:

That 10km world record was one of the biggest red flags I've ever witnessed in the entire history of sport. Just absolutely ridiculous. She made it look like a walk in the park. No grimace whatsoever during and after the race. Not even a hint of being out of breath.

That 10000m race made a mockery of the Olympic movement.......

It's the other way around.

I don't think so.

 

[SeriousSam]

Even Paula Radcliffe can't believe that time

I have yet to look at the best ever times in the women's 10k.

I would however be surprised if the current WR is more absurd than Paula's marathon record. One of the most comical world records in all of athletics, if not sport.

 

[BullsFan22]

Even Paula Radcliffe can't believe that time

I have yet to look at the best ever times in the women's 10k.

I would however be surprised if the current WR is more absurd than Paula's marathon record. One of the most comical world records in all of athletics, if not sport.

Ummm. She says she ran clean her entire career and she's been very vocal in favor of clean sport and getting rid of cheats. And plus she's British. Good enough for me.

 

[AICA ribonucleotide]

Even Paula Radcliffe can't believe that time

I have yet to look at the best ever times in the women's 10k.

I would however be surprised if the current WR is more absurd than Paula's marathon record. One of the most comical world records in all of athletics, if not sport.

Ummm. She says she ran clean her entire career and she's been very vocal in favor of clean sport and getting rid of cheats. And plus she's British. Good enough for me.

Plus she'll have her team of lawyers on you if you say anything different.

 

[TMP402]

Isabell Werth probably seals another gold for Germany in the team dressage. She has twice been suspended for banned substances.

 

[wansteadimp]

Even Paula Radcliffe can't believe that time

I have yet to look at the best ever times in the women's 10k.

I would however be surprised if the current WR is more absurd than Paula's marathon record. One of the most comical world records in all of athletics, if not sport.

Without for a second wanting to suggest Paula is clean (she's not) the 2hr 15 time was set with male pacemakers, the 2hr 17 times weren't and really should be considered the world records, they're still ridiculous though.

 

[Random Direction]

Finally cyclists join the fun: from race radio on Twitter:

Kléber Ramos da Silva, Brazilian cyclist, positive for CERA.

 

[May0maniac]

Positive for CERA at the Olympics, what year is it?

 

[BullsFan22]

Aaaand here.we.GO.


http://www.smh.com.au/sport/olympics/rio-2016/olympics-athletics/rio-olympics-2016-almaz-ayana-accused-of-doping-by-sarah-lahti-after-smashing-10000m-world-record-20160812-gqrmtd.html

 

[SeriousSam]

lol, CERA. that's so 2008

 

[PremierAndrew]

Even Paula Radcliffe can't believe that time

I have yet to look at the best ever times in the women's 10k.

I would however be surprised if the current WR is more absurd than Paula's marathon record. One of the most comical world records in all of athletics, if not sport.

The previous 10k WR was already as ridiculous as Paula's marathon record, if not more. Then Ayana comes along and completely smashes it, and still has it within her to not collapse to the floor after the finish line... it's easily the most ridiculous performance I've witnessed in my lifetime

 

[TheSpud]

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Why do all British rowers sound so similar?

They all have filthy upper middle class names like Mohamed Sbihi and Constantine Louloudis.

Yes you are right they are all working class heroes, Sbihi being born in the well known ghetto of Kingston-upon-Thames and Louloudis going to that infamously rough school Eton College. Rowers are by and large very upper-middle class in the UK. We are both British (I assume you are too?), and so we both know there is no point denying that. These guys have sat and dined in the same places as Tory grandees.

Rowers in the UK tend to be from private schools - doesn't make them upper class (if that exists anymore), just wealthy and / or happy to spend their money on education. Eton - yes I would agree upper class and VERY expensive, but most private schools are no where near that cost.

Makes me laugh when some people say that they couldn't afford the fees but happily shell out about the same on cars each year ...

Sbihi went to a state school in Surbiton (still a nice area). The Chambers brothers were from state schools in Northern Ireland. It's changing, but to say 'public school' dominates isn't right - most fee paying independents aren't like Eton, etc. but yes they are a high proportion,