Has Wesley Korir gone over to the dark side?

This is a good point but you take it too far. Now it seems like you are saying that all foreign reporters bought stories. Even if true you still have this:- Elite Kenyans have been caught. - Many others are starting to get caught.- even so, testing standards in Kenya are not the same as they are in other countries despite the fact that Kenya is the best by far.I don't think Kenyans are more or less likely to dope than runners from other places. I hope and expect that most runners are clean. But, ifthere is no system there, then I am less inclined to watch their races. Denying the problem or saying doping does not help elite Kenyans does not help.

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No, but paying people to give 'anonymous interviews' where they read your script certainly is.

This is quite obviously happening and is easy to spot. BBC have done it,,ARD have done it. They present 'evidence' of 'local runner says doping is widespread' and the runner has his back to the camera or face blurred out and he gives non specific information and makes generic 'accusations' about how so many Kenyans dope.

This is pretty much what's happening. Of course testimony from an anonymous Kenyan "athlete" who just happens to a have 70 min PB in the half marathon is more enticing to these media houses than anything Bro Colm, Eliud Kipchoge or Caleb Ndiku might have to say. Any jogger who enters a road race in Kenya is suddenly a "Kenyan athlete" because that gets headlines.

You see? That's exactly my point. When you say "elite Kenyans have been caught", what you really mean is Matthew Kisorio and Rita Jeptoo. And of these, only Jeptoo had the potential to make the Kenyan team to a major championships. And saying there's "no system" in Kenya just isn't true. Rita was caught by OOC testing in Kenya. The system needs improving to bring it up to par with Western countries, and that's what's happening.

No one is denying the problem, just don't tar every Kenyan athlete with the same brush because of a few.

That is a straw man argument. Hardly anyone is saying that every Kenyan is dirty or that Kenyans are not subject to any system. Of course there are clean runners. But Kenya has a deficient, non-compliant system. It's been declared so multiple times. It has been stated that the OOC testing is not of the same standard. With that, it's unlikely that people get caught. so there is likely more elites who are dirty than Kisorio, Jeptoo and Chebet ( a world xc champion you skipped) who would be caught. I suggest you stop minimizing the issue. I think The US should be highly vigilant, particularly regarding its sprinters, and I bet the testing regiments don't compare. I don't come here and downplay the doping issue in US sprints. Until This is fixed its hard to watch international distance running without skepticism.

I have been off the Wesley Korir train for some time. Early on in his career asking for help and guidance only to abuse what was offered him. I see how well he plays both sides of things but using sympathy and his religion and it is a shame. Very disappointed in him, I guess he was made to be a politician.