Farah is going to get what is coming.
Farah is going to get what is coming.
2012 London Olympic Medalists:
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
details Usain Bolt
Jamaica (JAM) 9.63
(OR) Yohan Blake
Jamaica (JAM) 9.75
Justin Gatlin
United States (USA) 9.79
200 metres
details Usain Bolt
Jamaica (JAM) 19.32 Yohan Blake
Jamaica (JAM) 19.44 Warren Weir
Jamaica (JAM) 19.84
400 metres
details Kirani James
Grenada (GRN) 43.94 Luguelín Santos
Dominican Republic (DOM) 44.46 Lalonde Gordon
Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) 44.52
800 metres
details David Rudisha
Kenya (KEN) 1:40.91
(WR) Nijel Amos
Botswana (BOT) 1:41.73 Timothy Kitum
Kenya (KEN) 1:42.53
1500 metres
details Taoufik Makhloufi
Algeria (ALG) 3:34.08 Leonel Manzano
United States (USA) 3:34.79 Abdalaati Iguider
Morocco (MAR) 3:35.13
5000 metres
details Mo Farah
Great Britain (GBR) 13:41.66 Dejen Gebremeskel
Ethiopia (ETH) 13:41.98 Thomas Longosiwa
Kenya (KEN) 13:42.36
10,000 metres
details Mo Farah
Great Britain (GBR) 27:30.42 Galen Rupp
United States (USA) 27:30.90 Tariku Bekele
Ethiopia (ETH) 27:31.43
110 metres hurdles
details Aries Merritt
United States (USA) 12.92 Jason Richardson
United States (USA) 13.04 Hansle Parchment
Jamaica (JAM) 13.12
400 metres hurdles
details Félix Sánchez
Dominican Republic (DOM) 47.63 Michael Tinsley
United States (USA) 47.91 Javier Culson
Puerto Rico (PUR) 48.10
3000 metres steeplechase
details Ezekiel Kemboi
Kenya (KEN) 8:18.56 Mahiedine Benabbad
France (FRA) 8:19.08 Abel Mutai
Kenya (KEN) 8:19.73
4×100 metres relay
details Jamaica (JAM)
Nesta Carter
Michael Frater
Yohan Blake
Usain Bolt
Kemar Bailey-Cole* 36.84
(WR) United States (USA)
Trell Kimmons
Justin Gatlin
Tyson Gay**
Ryan Bailey
Jeff Demps*
Darvis Patton* 37.04 Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)
Keston Bledman
Marc Burns
Emmanuel Callender
Richard Thompson 38.12
4×400 metres relay
details Bahamas (BAH)
Chris Brown
Demetrius Pinder
Michael Mathieu
Ramon Miller 2:56.72 United States (USA)
Bryshon Nellum
Joshua Mance
Tony McQuay
Angelo Taylor
Manteo Mitchell* 2:57.05 Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)
Lalonde Gordon
Jarrin Solomon
Ade Alleyne-Forte
Deon Lendore 2:59.40
Marathon
details Stephen Kiprotich
Uganda (UGA) 2:08:01 Abel Kirui
Kenya (KEN) 2:08:27 Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich
Kenya (KEN) 2:09:37
20 kilometres walk
details Chen Ding
China (CHN) 1:18:46
(OR) Erick Barrondo
Guatemala (GUA) 1:18:57 Wang Zhen
China (CHN) 1:19:25
50 kilometres walk
details Sergey Kirdyapkin
Russia (RUS) 3:35:59
(OR) Jared Tallent
Australia (AUS) 3:36:53 Si Tianfeng
China (CHN) 3:37:16
High jump
details Ivan Ukhov
Russia (RUS) 2.38 Erik Kynard
United States (USA) 2.33 Mutaz Essa Barshim
Qatar (QAT)
Derek Drouin
Canada (CAN)
Robert Grabarz
Great Britain (GBR) 2.29
Pole vault
details Renaud Lavillenie
France (FRA) 5.97
(OR) Björn Otto
Germany (GER) 5.91 Raphael Holzdeppe
Germany (GER) 5.91
Long jump
details Greg Rutherford
Great Britain (GBR) 8.31 Mitchell Watt
Australia (AUS) 8.16 Will Claye
United States (USA) 8.12
Triple jump
details Christian Taylor
United States (USA) 17.81 Will Claye
United States (USA) 17.62 Fabrizio Donato
Italy (ITA) 17.48
Shot put
details Tomasz Majewski
Poland (POL) 21.89 David Storl
Germany (GER) 21.86 Reese Hoffa
United States (USA) 21.23
Discus throw
details Robert Harting
Germany (GER) 68.27 Ehsan Haddadi
Iran (IRI) 68.18 Gerd Kanter
Estonia (EST) 68.03
Hammer throw
details Krisztián Pars
Hungary (HUN) 80.59 Primož Kozmus
Slovenia (SLO) 79.36 Koji Murofushi
Japan (JPN) 78.71
Javelin throw
details Keshorn Walcott
Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) 84.58 Oleksandr Pyatnytsya
Ukraine (UKR) 84.51 Antti Ruuskanen
Finland (FIN) 84.12
Decathlon
details Ashton Eaton
United States (USA) 8869 Trey Hardee
United States (USA) 8671 Leonel Suárez
Cuba (CUB) 8523
*Indicates the athlete only competed in the preliminary heats.
**Tyson Gay was stripped of his silver medal due to doping violations.[5]
Women[edit]
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
details Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Jamaica (JAM) 10.75 Carmelita Jeter
United States (USA) 10.78 Veronica Campbell-Brown
Jamaica (JAM) 10.81
200 metres
details Allyson Felix
United States (USA) 21.88 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Jamaica (JAM) 22.09 Carmelita Jeter
United States (USA) 22.14
400 metres
details Sanya Richards-Ross
United States (USA) 49.55 Christine Ohuruogu
Great Britain (GBR) 49.70 DeeDee Trotter
United States (USA) 49.72
800 metres
details Mariya Savinova
Russia (RUS) 1:56.19 Caster Semenya
South Africa (RSA) 1:57.23 Ekaterina Poistogova
Russia (RUS) 1:57.53
1500 metres
details Aslı Çakır Alptekin
Turkey (TUR) 4:10.23 Gamze Bulut
Turkey (TUR) 4:10.40 Maryam Yusuf Jamal
Bahrain (BRN) 4:10.74
5000 metres
details Meseret Defar
Ethiopia (ETH) 15:04.25 Vivian Cheruiyot
Kenya (KEN) 15:04.73 Tirunesh Dibaba
Ethiopia (ETH) 15:05.15
10,000 metres
details Tirunesh Dibaba
Ethiopia (ETH) 30:20.75 Sally Kipyego
Kenya (KEN) 30:26.37 Vivian Cheruiyot
Kenya (KEN) 30:30.44
100 metres hurdles
details Sally Pearson
Australia (AUS) 12.35
(OR) Dawn Harper
United States (USA) 12.37 Kellie Wells
United States (USA) 12.48
400 metres hurdles
details Natalya Antyukh
Russia (RUS) 52.70 Lashinda Demus
United States (USA) 52.77 Zuzana Hejnová
Czech Republic (CZE) 53.38
3000 metres steeplechase
details Yuliya Zaripova
Russia (RUS) 9:06.72 Habiba Ghribi
Tunisia (TUN) 9:08.37 Sofia Assefa
Ethiopia (ETH) 9:09.84
4×100 metres relay
details United States (USA)
Tianna Madison
Allyson Felix
Bianca Knight
Carmelita Jeter
Jeneba Tarmoh*
Lauryn Williams* 40.82
(WR) Jamaica (JAM)
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Sherone Simpson
Veronica Campbell-Brown
Kerron Stewart
Samantha Henry-Robinson*
Schillonie Calvert* 41.41 Ukraine (UKR)
Olesya Povh
Hrystyna Stuy
Mariya Ryemyen
Elyzaveta Bryzgina 42.04
4×400 metres relay
details United States (USA)
DeeDee Trotter
Allyson Felix
Francena McCorory
Sanya Richards-Ross
Keshia Baker*
Diamond Dixon* 3:16.87 Russia (RUS)
Yulia Gushchina
Antonina Krivoshapka
Tatyana Firova
Natalya Antyukh
Natalya Nazarova*
Anastasiya Kapachinskaya* 3:20.23 Jamaica (JAM)
Christine Day
Rosemarie Whyte
Shericka Williams
Novlene Williams-Mills
Shereefa Lloyd* 3:20.95
Marathon
details Tiki Gelana
Ethiopia (ETH) 2:23:07
(OR) Priscah Jeptoo
Kenya (KEN) 2:23:12 Tatyana Arkhipova
Russia (RUS) 2:23:29
20 kilometres walk
details Elena Lashmanova
Russia (RUS) 1:25:02
(WR) Olga Kaniskina
Russia (RUS) 1:25:09 Qieyang Shenjie
China (CHN) 1:25:16
High jump
details Anna Chicherova
Russia (RUS) 2.05 Brigetta Barrett
United States (USA) 2.03 Svetlana Shkolina
Russia (RUS) 2.03
Pole vault
details Jenn Suhr
United States (USA) 4.75 Yarisley Silva
Cuba (CUB) 4.75 Yelena Isinbayeva
Russia (RUS) 4.70
Long jump
details Brittney Reese
United States (USA) 7.12 Yelena Sokolova
Russia (RUS) 7.07 Janay DeLoach
United States (USA) 6.89
Triple jump
details Olga Rypakova
Kazakhstan (KAZ) 14.98 Caterine Ibargüen
Colombia (COL) 14.80 Olha Saladukha
Ukraine (UKR) 14.79
Shot put
details[a] Valerie Adams
New Zealand (NZL) 20.70 Yevgeniya Kolodko
Russia (RUS) 20.48 Gong Lijiao
China (CHN) 20.22
Discus throw
details Sandra Perković
Croatia (CRO) 69.11 Li Yanfeng
China (CHN) 67.22 Yarelys Barrios
Cuba (CUB) 66.38
Hammer throw
details Tatyana Lysenko
Russia (RUS) 78.18
(OR) Anita Włodarczyk
Poland (POL) 77.60 Betty Heidler
Germany (GER) 77.13
Javelin throw
details Barbora Špotáková
Czech Republic (CZE) 69.55 Christina Obergföll
Germany (GER) 65.16 Linda Stahl
Germany (GER) 64.91
Heptathlon
details Jessica Ennis
Great Britain (GBR) 6955 Lilli Schwarzkopf
Germany (GER) 6649 Tatyana Chernova
Russia (RUS) 6628
*Indicates the athlete only competed in the preliminary heats.
a The original winner, Nadzeya Ostapchuk of Belarus, was stripped of her gold medal after failing drugs tests. The rest of the competitors were elevated by one position accordingly.
b The original silver medalist, Darya Pishchalnikova of Russia, was stripped of her silver medal after failing drugs tests. The rest of the competitors were elevated by one position accordingly.
2008 Beijing Olympics Medalists:
Men[edit]
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
details Usain Bolt
Jamaica (JAM) 9.69
(WR) Richard Thompson
Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) 9.89 Walter Dix
United States (USA) 9.91
200 metres
details Usain Bolt
Jamaica (JAM) 19.30
(WR) Shawn Crawford
United States (USA) 19.96 Walter Dix
United States (USA) 19.98
400 metres
details LaShawn Merritt
United States (USA) 43.75
Jeremy Wariner
United States (USA) 44.74 David Neville
United States (USA) 44.80
800 metres
details Wilfred Bungei
Kenya (KEN) 1:44.65 Ismail Ahmed Ismail
Sudan (SUD) 1:44.70 Alfred Kirwa Yego
Kenya (KEN) 1:44.82
1500 metres
details Asbel Kipruto Kiprop
Kenya (KEN) 3:33.11 Nicholas Willis
New Zealand (NZL) 3:34.16 Mehdi Baala
France (FRA) 3:34.21
5000 metres
details Kenenisa Bekele
Ethiopia (ETH) 12:57.82
(OR) Eliud Kipchoge
Kenya (KEN) 13:02.80 Edwin Cheruiyot Soi
Kenya (KEN) 13:06.22
10,000 metres
details Kenenisa Bekele
Ethiopia (ETH) 27:01.17
(OR) Sileshi Sihine
Ethiopia (ETH) 27:02.77 Micah Kogo
Kenya (KEN) 27:04.11
110 metres hurdles
details Dayron Robles
Cuba (CUB) 12.93 David Payne
United States (USA) 13.17 David Oliver
United States (USA) 13.18
400 metres hurdles
details Angelo Taylor
United States (USA) 47.25 Kerron Clement
United States (USA) 47.98 Bershawn Jackson
United States (USA) 48.06
3000 metres steeplechase
details Brimin Kiprop Kipruto
Kenya (KEN) 8:10.34 Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad
France (FRA) 8:10.49 Richard Kipkemboi Mateelong
Kenya (KEN) 8:11.01
4×100 metres relay
details Jamaica (JAM)
Nesta Carter
Michael Frater
Usain Bolt
Asafa Powell
Dwight Thomas* 37.10
(WR) Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)
Keston Bledman
Marc Burns
Emmanuel Callender
Richard Thompson
Aaron Armstrong* 38.06 Japan (JPN)
Naoki Tsukahara
Shingo Suetsugu
Shinji Takahira
Nobuharu Asahara 38.15
4×400 metres relay
details United States (USA)
LaShawn Merritt
Angelo Taylor
David Neville
Jeremy Wariner
Kerron Clement*
Reggie Witherspoon* 2:55.39
(OR) Bahamas (BAH)
Andretti Bain
Michael Mathieu
Andrae Williams
Chris Brown
Avard Moncur*
Ramon Miller* 2:58.03 Russia (RUS)
Maksim Dyldin
Vladislav Frolov
Anton Kokorin
Denis Alexeev 2:58.06
Marathon
details Samuel Wanjiru
Kenya (KEN) 2:06:32
(OR) Jaouad Gharib
Morocco (MAR) 2:07:16 Tsegay Kebede
Ethiopia (ETH) 2:10:00
20 kilometres walk
details Valeriy Borchin
Russia (RUS) 1:19:01 Jefferson Pérez
Ecuador (ECU) 1:19:15 Jared Tallent
Australia (AUS) 1:19:42
50 kilometres walk
details Alex Schwazer
Italy (ITA) 3:37:09
(OR) Jared Tallent
Australia (AUS) 3:39:27 Denis Nizhegorodov
Russia (RUS) 3:40:14
High jump
details Andrey Silnov
Russia (RUS) 2.36 m Germaine Mason
Great Britain (GBR) 2.34 m Yaroslav Rybakov
Russia (RUS) 2.34 m
Pole vault
details Steven Hooker
Australia (AUS) 5.96 m
(OR) Evgeny Lukyanenko
Russia (RUS) 5.85 m Denys Yurchenko
Ukraine (UKR) 5.70 m
Long jump
details Irving Saladino
Panama (PAN) 8.34 m Khotso Mokoena
South Africa (RSA) 8.24 m Ibrahim Camejo
Cuba (CUB) 8.20 m
Triple jump
details Nelson Évora
Portugal (POR) 17.67 m Phillips Idowu
Great Britain (GBR) 17.62 m Leevan Sands
Bahamas (BAH) 17.59 m
Shot put
details[a] Tomasz Majewski
Poland (POL) 21.51 m Christian Cantwell
United States (USA) 21.09 m Dylan Armstrong
Canada (CAN) 21.04 m
Discus throw
details Gerd Kanter
Estonia (EST) 68.82 m Piotr Małachowski
Poland (POL) 67.82 m Virgilijus Alekna
Lithuania (LTU) 67.79 m
Hammer throw
details Primož Kozmus
Slovenia (SLO) 82.02 m Vadim Devyatovskiy
Belarus (BLR) 81.61 m Ivan Tsikhan
Belarus (BLR) 81.51 m
Javelin throw
details Andreas Thorkildsen
Norway (NOR) 90.57 m
(OR) Ainārs Kovals
Latvia (LAT) 86.64 m Tero Pitkämäki
Finland (FIN) 86.16 m
Decathlon
details Bryan Clay
United States (USA) 8791 Andrei Krauchanka
Belarus (BLR) 8551 Leonel Suárez
Cuba (CUB) 8527
a The original bronze medalist, Andrei Mikhnevich of Belarus, was stripped of his bronze medal after being given a lifetime ban in 2013 for doping offences. The rest of the competitors were elevated by one position accordingly.
b Vadim Devyatovskiy and Ivan Tsikhan were originally disqualified for doping, but had their medals reinstated in June 2010 after the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled that there was errors at the Chinese medical lab.[1]
Women[edit]
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
details Shelly-Ann Fraser
Jamaica (JAM) 10.78 Sherone Simpson
Jamaica (JAM)
Kerron Stewart
Jamaica (JAM) 10.98 Not awarded
as there was a tie for silver.
200 metres
details Veronica Campbell-Brown
Jamaica (JAM) 21.74 Allyson Felix
United States (USA) 21.93 Kerron Stewart
Jamaica (JAM) 22.00
400 metres
details Christine Ohuruogu
Great Britain (GBR) 49.62 Shericka Williams
Jamaica (JAM) 49.69 Sanya Richards
United States (USA) 49.93
800 metres
details Pamela Jelimo
Kenya (KEN) 1:54.87 Janeth Jepkosgei Busienei
Kenya (KEN) 1:56.07 Hasna Benhassi
Morocco (MAR) 1:56.73
1500 metres
details Nancy Jebet Lagat
Kenya (KEN) 4:00.23 Iryna Lishchynska
Ukraine (UKR) 4:01.63 Nataliya Tobias
Ukraine (UKR) 4:01.78
5000 metres
details Tirunesh Dibaba
Ethiopia (ETH) 15:41.40 Elvan Abeylegesse
Turkey (TUR) 15:42.74 Meseret Defar
Ethiopia (ETH) 15:44.12
10,000 metres
details Tirunesh Dibaba
Ethiopia (ETH) 29:54.66
(OR) Elvan Abeylegesse
Turkey (TUR) 29:56.34 Shalane Flanagan
United States (USA) 30:22.22
100 metres hurdles
details Dawn Harper
United States (USA) 12.54 Sally Pearson
Australia (AUS) 12.64 Priscilla Lopes-Schliep
Canada (CAN) 12.64
400 metres hurdles
details Melaine Walker
Jamaica (JAM) 52.64
(OR) Sheena Tosta
United States (USA) 53.70 Tasha Danvers
Great Britain (GBR) 53.84
3000 metres steeplechase
details Gulnara Galkina-Samitova
Russia (RUS) 8:58.81
(WR) Eunice Jepkorir
Kenya (KEN) 9:07.41 Yekaterina Volkova
Russia (RUS) 9:07.64
4×100 metres relay
details Russia (RUS)
Evgeniya Polyakova
Aleksandra Fedoriva
Yulia Gushchina
Yuliya Chermoshanskaya 42.31 Belgium (BEL)
Olivia Borlée
Hanna Mariën
Élodie Ouédraogo
Kim Gevaert 42.54
(NR) Nigeria (NGR)
Franca Idoko
Gloria Kemasuode
Halimat Ismaila
Oludamola Osayomi
Agnes Osazuwa* 43.04
4×400 metres relay
details United States (USA)
Mary Wineberg
Allyson Felix
Monique Henderson
Sanya Richards
Natasha Hastings* 3:18.54 Russia (RUS)
Yulia Gushchina
Lyudmila Litvinova
Tatiana Firova
Anastasia Kapachinskaya
Elena Migunova*
Tatyana Veshkurova* 3:18.82 Jamaica (JAM)
Shericka Williams
Shereefa Lloyd
Rosemarie Whyte
Novelene Williams
Bobby-Gaye Wilkins* 3:20.40
Marathon
details Constantina Diṭă-Tomescu
Romania (ROU) 2:26:44 Catherine Ndereba
Kenya (KEN) 2:27:06 Zhou Chunxiu
China (CHN) 2:27:07
20 kilometres walk
details Olga Kaniskina
Russia (RUS) 1:26:31
(OR) Kjersti Tysse Plätzer
Norway (NOR) 1:27:07 Elisa Rigaudo
Italy (ITA) 1:27:12
High jump
details Tia Hellebaut
Belgium (BEL) 2.05 m Blanka Vlašić
Croatia (CRO) 2.05 m Anna Chicherova
Russia (RUS) 2.03 m
Pole vault
details Yelena Isinbayeva
Russia (RUS) 5.05 m
(WR) Jennifer Stuczynski
United States (USA) 4.80 m Svetlana Feofanova
Russia (RUS) 4.75 m
Long jump
details Maurren Maggi
Brazil (BRA) 7.04 m Tatyana Lebedeva
Russia (RUS) 7.03 m Blessing Okagbare
Nigeria (NGR) 6.91 m
Triple jump
details Françoise Mbango Etone
Cameroon (CMR) 15.39 m
(OR) Tatyana Lebedeva
Russia (RUS) 15.32 m Hrysopiyi Devetzi
Greece (GRE) 15.23 m
Shot put
details Valerie Vili
New Zealand (NZL) 20.56 m Natallia Mikhnevich
Belarus (BLR) 20.28 m Nadzeya Astapchuk
Belarus (BLR) 19.86 m
Discus throw
details Stephanie Brown Trafton
United States (USA) 64.74 m Yarelis Barrios
Cuba (CUB) 63.64 m Olena Antonova
Ukraine (UKR) 62.59 m
Hammer throw
details Aksana Miankova
Belarus (BLR) 76.31 m
(OR) Yipsi Moreno
Cuba (CUB) 75.20 m Zhang Wenxiu
China (CHN) 74.32 m
Javelin throw
details Barbora Špotáková
Czech Republic (CZE) 71.42 m Mariya Abakumova
Russia (RUS) 70.78 m Christina Obergföll
Germany (GER) 66.13 m
Heptathlon
details[c] Natalya Dobrynska
Ukraine (UKR) 6733 Hyleas Fountain
United States (USA) 6619 Tatyana Chernova
Russia (RUS) 6591
* Athletes who participated in the heats only and received medals.
c Lyudmila Blonska of Ukraine originally won the silver medal in the women's heptathlon, but was disqualified after she tested positive for methyltestosterone.[2]
Interesting, "only" three gold medalists from the London 2012 games? Three gold medalists have already been effectively outed - Nadzeya Ostapchuk of the women's shot, Mariya Savinova of the women's 800, and Aslı Çakır Alptekin of the women's 1500. In addition, Russia won 5 more individual medals and the documentary seems to imply that almost all Russians were doped. So if they caught "only" three gold medalists from the 2012 Olympics, the rest of the stars are looking pretty safe right now.
Has anything been said about a release of the list?
As the list is blood focused I would concentrate on 800 up only, why. Other testing a shot putter or high jumper for something which would enhance their endurance? On the other hand I realise Epo was part of the programme for chambers but realistically we should probably look mostly at distance runners regarding these revelations
Cronje wrote:
Interesting, "only" three gold medalists from the London 2012 games? Three gold medalists have already been effectively outed - Nadzeya Ostapchuk of the women's shot, Mariya Savinova of the women's 800, and Aslı Çakır Alptekin of the women's 1500. In addition, Russia won 5 more individual medals and the documentary seems to imply that almost all Russians were doped. So if they caught "only" three gold medalists from the 2012 Olympics, the rest of the stars are looking pretty safe right now.
Inventor of great thoughts wrote:
As the list is blood focused I would concentrate on 800 up only, why. Other testing a shot putter or high jumper for something which would enhance their endurance? On the other hand I realise Epo was part of the programme for chambers but realistically we should probably look mostly at distance runners regarding these revelations
A LOT of sprinters have been busted for EPO. That was Marion Jones' big drug.
Yes you're right that the shot putter probably wasn't on that list (metenolone) but I'd say any sprinters could.
Jones wasn't busted for it, she used it but wasn't busted. As I said why bother testing sprinters and field eventers for it, they're not proper athletes doing a demanding sport
THe list comes from a study that had 80% endurance athletes, so the likelyhood of a sprinter is lower.
I GUARANTEE that Lagat was one of the 25 dopers.
Lashmanova of Russia, gold medalist in womens 20K walk in 2012 tested positive this year and was given a 2-year ban.
Remove race walking as a sport please. It looks insane and it doesn't make sense to have it as all proper endurance athletes run, swim or cycle.
And all the walkers are doped up. Ridiculous sport
Keep in mind, these 239 are just the athletes who for one reason or another - lack of a sophisticated enough program, for instance - were careless/stupid/unfortunate enough to trigger alarm bells. It's not remotely likely that everybody who was using PEDs was identified by the test. I think the fact that so many WERE identified lends credence to the claim that at the top levels, basically everybody is using.
Splintsnsprints wrote:
Has anything been said about a release of the list?
Watch this space, looks like the whole thing is being milked for all it's worth, can't blame them for that as they put in the time, effort and money.
A lot is being made of the fact that so many of the athletes were Russian (58 of them), but Kenya putting 25 up there seems really significant to me. No longer can Canova claim that doping in Kenya is confined to 2nd tier runners and the mentally weak, striving to make the big-time. 25 registering as "suspicious" makes it clear that they're all doing it, more or less.
Having said that, I personally doubt any big-name athletes are clean. Seriously, how many hundreds of athletes have to get nailed before we collectively realize, THAT'S WHAT EVERYBODY DOES AT THE TOP LEVEL. Athletes from the wealthier nations are probably just better at managing their blood profiles, timing their dosing, bribing officials, and who knows what else.
Iceberg McTippy wrote:
A lot is being made of the fact that so many of the athletes were Russian (58 of them), but Kenya putting 25 up there seems really significant to me. No longer can Canova claim that doping in Kenya is confined to 2nd tier runners and the mentally weak, striving to make the big-time. 25 registering as "suspicious" makes it clear that they're all doing it, more or less.
Having said that, I personally doubt any big-name athletes are clean. Seriously, how many hundreds of athletes have to get nailed before we collectively realize, THAT'S WHAT EVERYBODY DOES AT THE TOP LEVEL. Athletes from the wealthier nations are probably just better at managing their blood profiles, timing their dosing, bribing officials, and who knows what else.
I believe this is not true. On the day Derrick gets busted, or Meb, I will stop following the sport.
If they really had any evidence they'd be naming names, not saying 3 Britons, 50 Russians, 7 French people, etc.
Bad Wigins wrote:
If they really had any evidence they'd be naming names, not saying 3 Britons, 50 Russians, 7 French people, etc.
Nah, the names will come out in time.
The agent of the bug name Brit has already been contacted and the newspapers have seen the list.
It's a case of how and when, not if.
has it right. This story ought to be HUGE. The fact that it has only attracted a couple of dozen comments here on the LRMB is indicative of how jaded we all are. Let's take the (now likely... )extreme case: Suppose every one of the top athletes for the last 25 years was doped. What do we do?