Breaking: Marathon world record Ruth Chepngetich has tested positive - Will Kenya's Parliament apologize to yours truly?

I doubt they're any closer now than they've ever been or will be.

We should have realized it then. I mean the money she was turning down was just too insane. You're telling me you aren't going to run for like 300k?

Which language would he speak? English would be tough for him.

I'll allow it.

F the cheaters.

Grok told me it is used to mask other substances. It also causes you to lose weight but I think you take it and it just flushes everything from your system (which is why you also lose weight).

On behalf of all Kenyan politicians I would like to take this opportunity to express our regrets for past bad blood and to invite you on a state visit. In the near future we would be honoured to appoint you chief anti doping officer and you would be tasked with fixing our broken anti doping programme.

Yours, kiptum kipsang

I am shocked, I tell ya. Shocked!

It's always been tough because of this veil of ignorance from Athletics Kenya and their "government" with respect to doping leading to this "well it's different from Russia in that it's not state sponsored or institutionalized therefore...." narrative.

But this should now be the breaking point of any tolerance. It's not enough to sit back and just say "oh well we are doing our best, what more can we do?" (shrugging shoulders) when clearly you aren't or you are utterly hopeless at doing it (I suspect it's a combination of both). They have had enough chances to rectify this cesspit of doping there and have failed. Time for a greater incentive to fix it - they need to be banned from competition until it's right.

+1

Rojo understands the good old "if it's too good to be true".

How good is that. Hopefully they can withdraw her absurd "world record" - though not sure the one we would go back to is any less doped and ridiculous as well.

Boom goes the dynamite.

I see. That would make more sense, thanks.

YEEESSSS!!!!! Absolutely brilliant news. And let's see some more big names from Kenya/Ethiopia busted!!

Note to race organizers: stop inviting doping athletes from Kenya/Ethiopia to your races as they have been stealing money from our sport for decades now.

Rojo is gonna reach levels of smugness previously thought to be impossible by scientists

Imagine it. Rojo getting off a plane in Nairobi, flanked by armstronglivs and coevette, briefcases full of testing kits in hand.

The A-Team, except without the black guy.

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In fairness, if I got personally called out by a foreign government's parliament I would definitely make it about myself too

It can be spun both ways. Clearly there are no sacred cows in Kenya with bans for the likes of Asbel Kiprop or Ruth Chepn’getich. It also seems that as easy as people assert it is to beat the tests we have a wealthy (and resource-rich) Chepngetich apparently unable to do so.

the positive: dopers aren’t protected and there are the bans to prove that

the negative: perhaps it’s just a matter of time for the best athletes

We’ll see though. Marathoners like Chepngetich can gear up for 1/2 races a year and wallow away otherwise with indifferent results. Seems like that’s sort of what she was doing.

I tend to agree with how Coe/the AIU are handling Kenya, though I know that’s unpopular. Test them out the wazoo, and make sure they pay for it and all athletes at global competitions are thoroughly tested.