However, being pulled from the Monaco Diamond League by the Ethiopian Federation over concerns of her fitness and then a month later doing running the second half of the 10 KM in a time that would probably win the 5KM should be cause for concern. Reminiscent of Ben Johnson going home to train after getting beat by Carl Lewis in Zurich (1988) instead of racing after a long lay-off and we all know what happened then...
I new some would critcize her for answering his question honestly. It amazes me. The board is full of people calling everyone a doper. The first time an athlete says something remotely honest about doping people freak out - particularly if it's a woman.
I told Jonathan Gault that her winning by so much after not racing doesn't surprise me. In hindsight, the fact that she won by 45 seconds doesn't shock me either. Once they let her get ahead, it's over. She's run 29:20. She should be able to beat Infeld by about a minute.[/quote]