ukathleticscoach wrote:
The exception is Farah. Well he missed one test and 2 more and he'd have been banned. Luckily he spent most of his time hiding out in Kenya where he knew he wouldn't be tested. Then when they did start minimal testing he switched to training in Ethiopia. He's basically beaten your guys at their own game!
Mostly correct, except for the two tests he missed.
Plus, he got later the "likely doping" status a la Kiprop and Jager and Rupp. And lost the paperwork about his weird injection a la Team Sky.
Most of the uproar was about the 2nd miss, the 1st one is usually only casually mentioned. See for example here:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/athletics/mo-farah/11702508/Mo-Farah-asleep-for-missed-drugs-test.htmlThe double Olympic champion and his camp stayed silent about whether he was awake or asleep during the second of those missed tests, which saw UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) officials repeatedly ring his doorbell during the hour in which he was required to provide a sample.
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UKAD was satisfied Farah had not sought to deliberately evade the test, something that would have brought an automatic ban.
Had UKAD been consequent in 2011, that Farah show would never have started. A shame.
As for Muir. Interesting to note that the British ladies are now running faster than in the 80s, and the men slower. That doesn't quite fit with your explanation about jobs etc.
In fact, with her 3:55 she'd even be competitive with those extremely drugged she-males of the East Bloc, as well as today's Kenyans as we have seen.