Subway Surfers Addiction wrote:
I think you're getting away from the point, Semenya, Wambui and maybe Niyonsaba shouldn't be competing in women's events in the first place. Their spots in Diamond league races should be filled by actual females. Times will be slower but fairer. I also stated, "Now this probably wasn't the best a female could do." The reason I used 1970 was it predates a lot of the cold war era doping which blurs truthful measurement of time. I challenge you to find an actual female that is regularly tested for modern drugs, that isn't a man, hasn't failed a drug test, that has run faster than 1:57. There's not many.
Correct there aren't many sub 1:57 females, just like there isn't many sub 1:43 males. Point still is that PLENTY of women run under 1:58 currently and throughout history. Including now a Jamaican you've probably never heard of, the likes of Lynsey Sharp and others.
Semenya is still not as fast as Jelimo who ran 1:54.01.
Personally I don't think Niyonsaba is outside of what is ordinary. I will bet now that after the IAAF ruling she will continue to run fast.
Can we all remember that Ajee Wilson ran 1:55. Kelly Holmes ran 1:56. There is a bunch of Kenyans who have run under 1:57.
Aside from this Caster Semenya situation, everyone needs to stop pretending that 2:00 is an elite standard.
Semenya is unbeatable yes, and I think that some solution to the disparity in ability should be possible. However that does not mean that your 2:00 club member can get sympathy for not making finals or be considered elite. I promise you, remove Semenya and even the other two you mentioned and your girl still struggles against the myriad of athletes running 1:59.3 or quicker.