Teeth braces at 30: Doping Red flag?

If you see someone with cartoon action figure looking shoulders , it’s a sign of steroid abuse. Combining that with braces , especially both of those on a woman is really just glowing at that point.

Or it’s possible they’re just English.

Gail Devers said wearing braces does not mean human growth hormone is being used.

Shalane Flanagan had braces post career….

Braces are expensive and they probably couldn't afford them until they had money.

Hasn't he had money (relative to his Ethiopian cost of living) for a number of years?

Yes, of course. A quick Google search reveals that braces cost around $650 in Ethiopia. This guy won his first DL event over a decade ago.

He was the overall winner in 2016, earning $40,000 just for that.

Yep - also ref Dina Asher Smith

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World Athletics Championships Dina Asher-Smith and her Invisalign journey

Dina Asher-Smith is a British sprinter who has won British records for both the 100 metres and 200 metres. In the 4 x 100 metres relay, she won a bronze medal

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Let's use our brains. Considering she literally had INVISALIGN (meaning no-one would've noticed if she didn't publicise it) - why would she then agree to do a piece on it if she was trying to hide the fact that she needed it because she was doping?

My sister and mother would probably benefit from this treatment and they're 30/60 and have never been athletes. I know plenty of other black women receiving similar dental care over 25 as well.

That very article also literally says “I had train track braces as a child but didn’t wear my retainers so my teeth have moved back to their original position. I wanted to revise my smile to ensure it was as media-fit as I am race fit.

This "braces=doping" agenda will never be correct no matter how much people want it to be.

There is some truth to this. Look at old footage of CrossFit games. A lot of the top athletes had braces

Carl Lewis had 'em at one point also--his teeth looked pretty good prior to that....

I got invisalign in my 40s. Was told I didn't need braces at 15. IF you saw me run, you'd be certain I'm not a doper.

Braces or not, you're talking about the shortest, skinniest guy in a pack of elite distance runners.

The only PED benefit of HGH is to add muscle mass. That's not going to factor into a scrawn contest, the way it would with sprinters.

A surer sign of HGH use is the HGH gut. Big pot belly not from fat but from overgrown intestines, too big for the abdominal cavity. Features on some weightlifters

That is incorrect. About three fourths do it the right way.

Having said that, I am dubious about this one’s resurgence.

Another thing is people from poor countries like Ethiopia usually have some adult teeth missing by their 20s. Teeth start moving around when there's gaps