LRC note. We added in to the title that she trained in Cheptegei's camp as this is much more newsworthy than your average run of the mill doping bust. the same thing was true last year when someone in Kipchoge's camp was banned.
Kenya. As you say, they eat contaminated boar all the time.
This was your chance to demonstrate your intelligence. Let's see how well you did.
First, is "Kenya" the answer to your "fixed" question (what makes you think doping can produce a contender?), or my follow-up (where were all the Houlihan performances before her?)?
Are you flip-flopping away from your vague umbrella term "doping" back to "nandrolone". Because I only said Kenyans could be ingesting "nandrolone" from uncastrated boars, as farmers do not routinely castrate their pigs.
When you say "nandrolone is now regularly used by doped athletes", did you only mean in Kenya? Given it's availability since 1950, when, and where, do you think this "regular use" started? And why not Europe or America?
Let's see how Kenyans performed pre-Houlihan:
In the 1500m, only one Kenyan is faster than Houlihan, and all of her faster performances post-date Houlihan's, except one from the same race. Conclusion: ZERO Houlihan-esque predecessors.
In the 5000m, it is slightly better, there are THREE Kenyan predecessors faster than Houlihan.
None of these women have tested positive for "nandrolone", nor "doping", so the prequisite is speculative.
"Kenya" doesn't seem to be a very convincing answer as to "what makes you think doping can produce a world contender?", nor a very good answer to "where were all the Houlihan-esque predecessors?"
Debating with a moron isn't a test of intelligence. In fact it is the reverse - so I choose not to. Your screeds are mere toilet paper.
Ugandan Janet Chemusto - part of Joshua Cheptegei's camp - busted
We added in to the title that she trained in Cheptegei's camp as this is much more newsworthy than your average run of the mill doping bust. the same thing was true last year when someone in Kipchoge's camp was banned.
As I don't remember threads, posted by LRC, like the following, does anyone?
American Shelby Houlihan - part of Shalane Flanagan's camp - busted
American Shelby Houlihan - part of Evan Jager's camp - busted
American Shelby Houlihan - part of Centro's camp - busted
Banned 4 years because she couldn’t even submit the admission of guilt in time. Doubt we see her again:
The AIU has banned Janat Chemusto (Uganda) for 4 years, from 13 July 2023, for the Presence of a Prohibited Substance (19-norandrosterone)/Use of a Prohibited Substance (Nandrolone or Nandrolone precursors). DQ results since 13 May 2023.
This is the classic story where we are led to believe someone had untapped potential that could never be realized because of injuries, blah blah blah. And then they turn into a phenom. But it really it was just drugs.
The lesson of Chemusto, as always, is that nothing that seems too good to be true in this sport is actually real. If I recall Chemusto in her mid 20s had a lifetime 1500m pr of 4:15 to suddenly being able to run 4:01 at high altitude, the equivalent of 3:55. In one year she also went from 2:06 to 2:00 in the 800m. The dramatically fast turn of events from emerging "out of nowhere" as a newly minted medal contender to a doping ban shows that she was throwing caution to the wind. But it shows yet again how profoundly PEDs can improve performance.
The lesson of Chemusto, as always, is that nothing that seems too good to be true in this sport is actually real. If I recall Chemusto in her mid 20s had a lifetime 1500m pr of 4:15 to suddenly being able to run 4:01 at high altitude, the equivalent of 3:55. In one year she also went from 2:06 to 2:00 in the 800m. The dramatically fast turn of events from emerging "out of nowhere" as a newly minted medal contender to a doping ban shows that she was throwing caution to the wind. But it shows yet again how profoundly PEDs can improve performance.
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