All of these athletes’ career trajectories were going to be what they turned out to be due to age, injury, motivation, ceiling. The names not listed such as Hull and Hassan are the ones that may have blown people away.
The real question should be whether these athletes would have successful as they were if there weren't on whatever Alberto was giving them?
Downvote me if you will, but it's a fair question and you know I'm right to ask.
None of these athletes were faster because Magness got a 1 liter infusion, or Salazar's sons were the subjects of a testosterone sabotage test, or because Salazar sent emails about infusions versus injections.
Everyone can ask a question, but there doesn't seem to be any real tangible evidence they "were on" anything, besides ambiguous hearsay notation of "testestorone medication".
I think it's more fair to ask if Salazar gave any banned substances to any NOP athlete ever, and then consider the lack of any conclusive evidence from the totality of all the evidence despite the heightened scrutiny by USADA for so many years.
All of these athletes’ career trajectories were going to be what they turned out to be due to age, injury, motivation, ceiling. The names not listed such as Hull and Hassan are the ones that may have blown people away.
Hassan is the big question mark for me. She was good before going to NOP, but not the force she is now. The difficulty is, her performance jump came at the same time as the super spikes so it could be that she just responded well to the new shoe tech.
Gahhh, I feel for him. He is still just 31. Probably too late to be competitive at 10k and below on the world stage, but maybe can still make a career on the roads/marathon.
Gahhh, I feel for him. He is still just 31. Probably too late to be competitive at 10k and below on the world stage, but maybe can still make a career on the roads/marathon.
Oh right, I forgot he hung them up. He still accomplished what most runners will never get to do though.
The real question should be whether these athletes would have successful as they were if there weren't on whatever Alberto was giving them?
Downvote me if you will, but it's a fair question and you know I'm right to ask.
This. It’s incredible what talented athletes can do when PEDs allow them to frequently string together massive workout sessions throughout multiple seasons, without having to worry about those pesky things called “injury”, “illness”, and “overtraining”.
Many former AlSal athletes have simply returned to earth, while others should have never left orbit.
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