• douglas burke
      • abeba aregawi will run for sweden 12/13/2012 1:34PM
      • douglas burke
      • 3:56 for 1500 runner abeba aregawi will now run for sweden, she has represented ethiopia in the past.
    • trollism
      • RE: abeba aregawi will run for sweden 12/13/2012 3:46PM - in reply to douglas burke
      • trollism
      • douglas burke wrote:
        3:56 for 1500 runner abeba aregawi will now run for sweden, she has represented ethiopia in the past.
        She'll probably get caught now like a lot of Africans who switch to European nations. They're not used to actually being tested.
    • crazy person
      • RE: abeba aregawi will run for sweden 12/13/2012 7:29PM - in reply to trollism
      • crazy person
      • This is interesting.

        Any source?

        Too bad this board doesn't actually talk about running anymore, so nobody comments.
    • Swede.
      • RE: abeba aregawi will run for sweden 12/14/2012 4:18AM - in reply to trollism
      • Swede.
      • trollism wrote:
        douglas burke wrote:
        3:56 for 1500 runner abeba aregawi will now run for sweden, she has represented ethiopia in the past.
        She'll probably get caught now like a lot of Africans who switch to European nations. They're not used to actually being tested.
        Aregawi has been living and training in Sweden for several years. She is married to a swedish citizen.
    • trollism
      • RE: abeba aregawi will run for sweden 12/14/2012 7:37AM - in reply to Swede.
      • trollism
      • Doesn't matter. Until she actually ran for Sweden, she wouldn't be subject to Swedish anti-doping protocol.

        Up until now, she would be subject to Ethiopian protocol which consists of the IAAF turning up once in a blue moon and doing their best not to catch anyone.
    • Dawit
      • RE: abeba aregawi will run for sweden 8/14/2013 7:05AM - in reply to trollism
      • Dawit
      • Mr Trollism, ur name says it all. i think you are either confused about ur facts or u r one of those who is immersed in streotyping in this matter. Can you mention one african athlete who switched nationality as you said and got caught in drug issue?? drug in athletics is most common in european and us sprinters and other athletes and it is not something that is associated with african athlets. please read and digest facts, before smearing dirt. All athletes go through a rigorous dopping test in all major competitions.
    • 800 analyzer
      • RE: abeba aregawi will run for sweden 8/14/2013 7:53AM - in reply to Dawit
      • 800 analyzer
      • Lol, exhuming this corpse of a thread to refute it, is doing more harm than just leaving it where nobody would ever see it again. Don't you think?
    • agip
      • RE: abeba aregawi will run for sweden 8/14/2013 7:57AM - in reply to Dawit
      • agip
      • Dawit wrote:
        Can you mention one african athlete who switched nationality as you said and got caught in drug issue?? drug in athletics is most common in european and us sprinters and other athletes and it is not something that is associated with african athlets. please read and digest facts, before smearing dirt. All athletes go through a rigorous dopping test in all major competitions.
        rashid ramzi
        Meryem Erdoğan

        I'm sure there are more - those were the easy finds
    • ethiopia is the land of peds
      • RE: abeba aregawi will run for sweden 8/14/2013 8:51AM - in reply to agip
      • ethiopia is the land of peds
      • just another Ethiopian cheater who will dominate.
    • yanky yank
      • RE: abeba aregawi will run for sweden 8/16/2013 3:47AM - in reply to ethiopia is the land of peds
      • yanky yank
      • callous and jeolousy noted here!! ppl just be courteous here, athletes win because they are good in what they do where ever it is they come from; and they deserve that. No need to turn green because of that!! :))