Kudos to the ultimate Internet sleuth: Canadian proves that 2012 Russian Olympic champ competed on Dec 30th while banned!

polevaultpower wrote:

messi wrote:

So why didn't IAAF investigate the American Racheal Marchand doing the exact same thing?

http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?board=1&id=6070745&thread=3701371#6070745

Either they did not know, or did not care because it looks like the races were not sanctioned? (I did not read the whole thread). RRCA =/= USATF and if she represents Puerto Rico, that probably makes it more complicated too.

I am not saying she SHOULD have been competing, just that it is not even comparable to the reigning Olympic gold medalist competing in a local Championship put on by the top race walking Club in the World.

Marchand was competing for $$$$$. And the level of competition is immaterial. She was on an IAAF banned list; Racheal Marchand couldn't compete ANYWHERE....not even northwest Indiana.

Don't IAAF members read LetsRun??????????

You know what I did when I was done digging around on this stuff, Tuesday morning at 3:53am? I emailed Bob Hersh, our IAAF rep.

polevaultpower wrote:

You know what I did when I was done digging around on this stuff, Tuesday morning at 3:53am? I emailed Bob Hersh, our IAAF rep.

Thanks. Good to see Bob got reinstated as our IAAF rep.

messi wrote:

polevaultpower wrote:

You know what I did when I was done digging around on this stuff, Tuesday morning at 3:53am? I emailed Bob Hersh, our IAAF rep.

Thanks. Good to see Bob got reinstated as our IAAF rep.

He wasn't reinstated, his term does not expire until this summer. This issue is if he will serve another or not.

More huge news...

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/another-russian-race-walker-under-scrutiny-183033755.html#aq6lez9

"Sergei Bakulin, who won world championship gold in the men's 50-kilometer walk, has been suspended since December 2012 over irregularities in his biological passport, IAAF spokesman Chris Turner told The Associated Press on Friday. The ban had not been previously announced.

Turner said Bakulin will remain "provisionally suspended until the conclusion of the legal proceedings."

Bakulin, 28, has not competed in a major event since finishing sixth in the 50K walk at the 2012 London Olympics. His long absence had remained a mystery."

So how long have WADA and the IAAF known about this suspension?? How many other athletes are serving and have served secret suspensions?

Scroll to the bottom for update #11:

http://dunfeewalks.weebly.com/canadian-tf-blog/the-beginning-of-the-end-for-saransk-and-russia