The reason PED's are banned is that athletes are generally irresponsible in so much that many will do anything to get better/earn money and do not care about future health repercussions.
I hope Armstronglivs will be coherent and insult you for saying that. After all, he does that to rekrunner.
Kenya is a joke. World Athletics is an even bigger joke for not punishing them because they’re too scared of being cancelled and being labeled “racist”. If I was an elite I’d refuse to run with these cheats. Ban Kenya!!!
Kenya is a joke. World Athletics is an even bigger joke for not punishing them because they’re too scared of being cancelled and being labeled “racist”. If I was an elite I’d refuse to run with these cheats. Ban Kenya!!!
They're afraid, but not of being cancelled. It all started with Obama and the Kenyan Air Force pizzas that disappeared in Arkansas where Clinton was training the UN helicopters to evade NORAD so they could bring in the dope to snuff out the...
Clowns are the race whiners who can't assimilate Fox News intelligence properly.
The evidence has been such, for a very long time, to ban Kenya (not just individual athletes) from athletics (running).
BAN KENYA
You can't just BAN an entire country for a few cheaters. If the Kenyan Athletic federation is found to be supporting and facilitating the use of PED's then yes, a ban would be appropriate. Keep testing and keep the pressure on and hopefully this will deter and lessen PED use in Kenya. Cheaters are going to cheat no matter what.
Are you trying to distort Renato's words again? You are Steve are specialists at doing that. That's why people don't like you. Defend your position without resorting to lies.
So doping does work for Kenyans, just like everyone else?
The reason PED's are banned is that athletes are generally irresponsible in so much that many will do anything to get better/earn money and do not care about future health repercussions.
I hope Armstronglivs will be coherent and insult you for saying that. After all, he does that to rekrunner.
If you can't tell the difference between rekrunner, the board's chief doping denier, and jacksprat then the anticipated insult is more deservedly yours.
Banning Kenya in the midst of so many cheaters being caught there would only provide an incentive for countries to NOT catch cheaters. It would be better to mandate even greater testing of Kenyan athletes.
Yes and this is what is happening. Most of the athlete busts are outside of the 80th percentile and up of Kenyan runners. These athletes would not be tested out of competition if not for the ramped-up testing for both Kenyans and Road Runners that has happened the last few years. It's good to ban these cheaters for not only getting them from winning money over athletes who need it at these B or C-level events, but also acting as a deterrent for the higher-profile athletes who we really would like to ensure are clean and have much more to lose.
What would a ban accomplish? -Ban innocent athletes who aren't doping -Create a Wild West situation with no testing and incentives to create undetectable doping products while the ban lasts -Set back and pause education/outreach efforts that might be much more effective long-term than mass punishment
If doping is found amongst lower-tier athletes it will be right through their sport. Professionals and elites have even more motivation and know better about how not to get caught.
The evidence has been such, for a very long time, to ban Kenya (not just individual athletes) from athletics (running).
BAN KENYA
You can't just BAN an entire country for a few cheaters. If the Kenyan Athletic federation is found to be supporting and facilitating the use of PED's then yes, a ban would be appropriate. Keep testing and keep the pressure on and hopefully this will deter and lessen PED use in Kenya. Cheaters are going to cheat no matter what.
The fault is chiefly of the athletes that dope and not the officials who run the sport. They might make it better or worse but it's the athletes who are choosing to dope. If my own country's athletes doped like Kenyans do I would argue for a ban on them as well.
The evidence has been such, for a very long time, to ban Kenya (not just individual athletes) from athletics (running).
BAN KENYA
You can't just BAN an entire country for a few cheaters. If the Kenyan Athletic federation is found to be supporting and facilitating the use of PED's then yes, a ban would be appropriate. Keep testing and keep the pressure on and hopefully this will deter and lessen PED use in Kenya. Cheaters are going to cheat no matter what.
I agree and I think it's good that they are catching the cheaters, this is proof that the tests are working.
Just fYI Covett doesn't like black people and will post anything negative about them as he always does. Same old one trick pony.
The AIU has today published provisional suspensions for the following nine athletes (some back-dated from July until now): Yousef Mohammed Al-Asiri (Saudi Arabia), Rebecca Jepchirchir Korir (Kenya), John Hakizimana (Rwanda), James Gikunga Karanja (Kenya) (...) pic.twitter.com/dtvsyL8RDK
Literal nobodies. This ( a multi-page thread on the Letsrun message board) is the most attention they've had in their careers. Indicative of the AIU's decision to cast their net wider to catch sub-elite dopers. Again, no other country is doing this.
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The KANYEans will CONTINUE to dominate running because they listen to graduation when they run, not because of any so called "performance enhancing" drugs. No those are just vitamin supplements they don't do anything, if you really want to know what makes kanyes go fast, its graudation wired straight into their brains throught the propietary elons musk neuralink chips
The problem is that the doping is so endemic that it has destroyed the sport. A ban would at least signal recognition of the scope of the problem. Every major marathon and half marathon winner is doping. Every WR is chemically induced. It becomes impossible to take the sport seriously on the pro level bc everyone knows it is a sham.
Hasn't ruined the sport at all . I flew 26 hours across the world to Budapest and I can assure you that what I witnessed was amazing and an experience I will savior for a life time . As long as athletes keep getting busted I'll keep watching .
They may in fact be no names in the kenyan universe but even second tier athletes doped to the gills will take glory and winnings from clean high end ones.
It's not a level playing field if some athletes have a significantly lower chance of getting caught than others do. And I think doping is more of an issue in running than in other sports because there is much more interest in times, records, etc. in running than in most other sports. Baseball is the one major sport that's somewhat similar to athletics in that regard. If you don't believe baseball doesn't have an issue with doping ask guys like Bonds, Clemens, McGuire, etc. why the aren't in the Hall of Fame.
And it's not only the differences in chances of an athlete getting busted in different countries that make it not a level playing field. It is also not level because PEDs affect different athletes differently - so the "super-responders" have an advantage over others who respond less. Is the ability to respond to an illegal drug really what you want to reward in this sport?
Are you trying to distort Renato's words again? You are Steve are specialists at doing that. That's why people don't like you. Defend your position without resorting to lies.
So doping does work for Kenyans, just like everyone else?
I hope Armstronglivs will be coherent and insult you for saying that. After all, he does that to rekrunner.
If you can't tell the difference between rekrunner, the board's chief doping denier, and jacksprat then the anticipated insult is more deservedly yours.
Who would have predicted you would go for "incoherent"?
The reason PEDs are banned is that athletes are generally irresponsible and do not care about future health repercussions.