I think there have always been clean athletes at the world-class level. I'm just suspicious of the ones who kill everybody.
I think there have always been clean athletes at the world-class level. I'm just suspicious of the ones who kill everybody.
Be suspicious of the ones who work with dirty groups (like Graham, Boulami, many of the eastern Europeans, the Greeks) and those who suddenly spike and then burnout.
This is not very well known I guess--and I only know because I know her--but Allyson Felix is involved in a voluntary program with USADA to prove that you can compete at the highest level CLEAN. There are a few other athletes involved, but not many given the cost to USADA of doing this. Allyson's BLOOD (that's right, blood) is tested EVERY WEEK: The tests she undergoes at competitions are a walk in the park compared to what she's doing voluntarily. There is simply no chance in hell that she's taking anything.
But if you run her 21.81 from Osaka through the Mercier Calculator, it is equivalent to a male 100 in 9.77.
Yes, you CAN.
It was in the newspaper. Clay and Gay are in it, too.