ex-runner wrote:
ukathleticscoach wrote:
His physique was used as a reason why Kenyans are do good.
This has been shown to be bs. Look at Coe and Cram similar times over 1500m completely different physique.
It's bs and down to lack of testing same as a certain tall retired sprinter.
Asbel obviously backed off the juice in London or he would have been busted like some of his teammates.
I don't think Coe and Cram had significantly different body types to top African runners at all. Coe has a short torso, slim long legs, high calf muscles, very emasculated upper body with twig thin arms and no chest. He looks exactly like a Silas Kiplagat or someone in my opinion. Or maybe a Nijel Amos.
Certainly very different to Clayton Murphy or Nick Symonds.
I wrote that they had different body types to each other. You've written about something Zi didn't say
Kiprop was compared to other East Africans as he had an exaggeration of their typical runner body type.
Cram at 6'1 was the equivalent of that to Coe 5'9 on tip toes
Compared to a regular lard ass they had similar body types. Compared to each other different body types.
Kiprop was said to dominate even other Kenyans with his long legs. Shown to be bs.
Bolt the same in my opinion his body type is less relevant than the lack of testing.