WADA Reinstating Ru$$ia: What exactly is going on here?

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  • Uninformed Viewer

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    5 years ago 09/19/2018 2:03pm EDT

    I've not seen such big names within the anti-doping community speak out publicly against WADA quite like this. The front page quotes on Letsrun the past few days make it clear something very bad is happening. I have a few questions:

    1. What exactly IS going on?

    2. If Russia is reinstated, do you seriously believe the anti-doping establishment should be trusted to decide the livelihood and reputation of men and women who have dedicated their entire lives to sport?

    3. If you were/are a parent of a high school age national or international-level talent, would you try to steer them away from sport seeing things like this happening? It's looking more and more like a farce everyday, is it not?

    4. Is sport any more or less corrupt than any other profession humans pursue?

    I'm trying not to be cynical, but as a coach it sure feels like professional sport becomes more like professional wrestling (WWF, WWE, whatever they call it now) every day.

  • Questionable``,`,`

    Anonymous Poster

    5 years ago 09/19/2018 5:26pm EDT
    re: Uninformed Viewer

    Uninformed Viewer wrote:

    I've not seen such big names within the anti-doping community speak out publicly against WADA quite like this. The front page quotes on Letsrun the past few days make it clear something very bad is happening. I have a few questions:

    Reinstating Russia will be good. They never should have been banned in the first place.

    1. What exactly IS going on?

    I don't know, but apparently some honest people are not putting up with the WADA crooks anymore.

    2. If Russia is reinstated, do you seriously believe the anti-doping establishment should be trusted to decide the livelihood and reputation of men and women who have dedicated their entire lives to sport?

    No. They should be abolished immediately.

    3. If you were/are a parent of a high school age national or international-level talent, would you try to steer them away from sport seeing things like this happening? It's looking more and more like a farce everyday, is it not?

    As long as they get rid of the BS drug testing, and keep men out of women's events, the competition should be fair.

    4. Is sport any more or less corrupt than any other profession humans pursue?

    Compared to the US government, much less corrupt.

    I'm trying not to be cynical, but as a coach it sure feels like professional sport becomes more like professional wrestling (WWF, WWE, whatever they call it now) every day.

    Whatever. It seems to me that your focus is way off on other things besides running.

  • go away troll.

    Anonymous Poster

    5 years ago 09/19/2018 8:40pm EDT
    re: Questionable``,`,`

    -.69/10

    Watch the documentaries on East Germany to see what drugs do to women and men's health and Icarus to see how corrupt Russia is.

  • eesh

    Anonymous Poster

    5 years ago 09/19/2018 9:34pm EDT
    re: go away troll.

    go away troll. wrote:

    -.69/10

    Watch the documentaries on East Germany to see what drugs do to women and men's health and Icarus to see how corrupt Russia is.

    You gotta be the biggest naive moron on the site

  • registered

    pop_pop!_v2.2.1

    Member since 04/04/2018.

    919 posts. Last post 4 years ago.
    5 years ago 09/19/2018 11:00pm EDT
    re: go away troll.

    go away troll. wrote:

    -.69/10

    Watch the documentaries on East Germany to see what drugs do to women and men's health and Icarus to see how corrupt Russia is.

    Watch the documentary Icarus on Netflix. A very senior Russian athletic scientist was both running a WADA lab and doping athletes.

    The only rule is money talks.

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    pop_pop!_v2.2.1

    Member since 04/04/2018.

    919 posts. Last post 4 years ago.
    5 years ago 09/19/2018 11:04pm EDT
    re: Uninformed Viewer

    IOC sports only exist to enrich the federations.

    It’s not a sport and hasn’t been one for decades.

  • NOP off the hook

    Anonymous Poster

    5 years ago 09/19/2018 11:13pm EDT
    re: Uninformed Viewer

    They let NOP off the hook. Too many NyKe lawyers.

  • Wada Cash

    Anonymous Poster

    5 years ago 09/20/2018 1:01am EDT
    re: NOP off the hook

    What is happening is that Putin's checks are clearing the way properly. Time to focus on Kenya where the bribes need to make their way up from AK to Wada/IOC

  • go away troll.

    Anonymous Poster

    5 years ago 09/20/2018 1:01am EDT
    re: eesh

    eesh wrote:

    You gotta be the biggest naive moron on the site

    If you really want women to start looking like dudes, that's all on you.

  • Uninformed Viewer

    Anonymous Poster

    5 years ago 09/20/2018 6:40pm EDT
    re: Uninformed Viewer

    Given what's currently going on with WADA and Russia one thing is clear: people don't care whether or not doping is rampant nearly as much as they pretend to. If you looked at the message board you can see very clearly what is most important to runners: Kipchoge's heroics. That's not necessarily a bad thing I guess since we are basically helpless when it comes to what WADA decides to do.

What People Are Talking About On LetsRun

Of General Interest

  1. Some female track stars now admit to Washington Post that Nike's Olympic uniforms are beautiful - nothing to be outraged about

  2. Is there a rule against attaching a helium balloon to yourself while running a road race?

  3. Am I living in the twilight zone? The Boston Marathon weather was terrible!

  4. How rare is it to run a sub 5 minute mile AND bench press 225?

  5. NAU women have no excuse

  6. Nike unveils swimsuits - I mean Team USA Olympic track uniforms - to universal mockery (pics) & dresses Kipchoge up like a clown

  7. Is spending $10,000 on food in 1 year too much?

  8. Mark Coogan says that if you could only do 3 workouts as a 1500m runner you should do these

  9. Move over Mark Coogan, Rojo and John Kellogg share their 3 favorite mile workouts

  10. Red Bull (who sponsors Mondo) calls Mondo the pole vaulting Usain Bolt. Is that a fair comparison?

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