Battocletti’s prior 5 &10 PR’s may not have been a reflection of her ultimate fitness, since they were set at the warm 2024 Euro Champs in tactical races.
There was a lot of jostling and bumping in the 21st lap when it bunched up. At ~25:35, Battocletti went stumbling sideways to the outside lanes. At ~26:10 something is seen flopping down at her right shoe.
She had a large amount of tan coloured tape covering her left ankle and calf at the start of the race, apparently due to an achilles tendon issue. As it was a hot and humid evening, the tape came off over the course of the race.
Both shins were taped when she ran the 5000m at Monaco DL, a lesser performance than what she displayed at the Euro Champs.
She had a large amount of tan coloured tape covering her left ankle and calf at the start of the race, apparently due to an achilles tendon issue. As it was a hot and humid evening, the tape came off over the course of the race.
Both shins were taped when she ran the 5000m at Monaco DL, a lesser performance than what she displayed at the Euro Champs.
Battocletti’s prior 5 &10 PR’s may not have been a reflection of her ultimate fitness, since they were set at the warm 2024 Euro Champs in tactical races.
Honours : Silver Medal OG (10000m) - 4th position Olympic Games (5000m) - Gold medal European Championships (5000m and 10000m)
Now I have a very simple question :
Between these two athletes, who is the one coming from nowhere ?
If you don't speak or don't write about some argument, maybe there is the doubt you are not very clever. But if you speak or write, everybody can see you are really an idiot.
I will never understand some of you guys. Seems that Batocletti has two strikes against her:
(1) She progressed substantially from age 21 to 24 (although see the post of DTVTV) (2) Her coach (who is also her own father) is literally a convicted doper
And somehow the large majority of the posts focus on (1).
This isn't a case of an athlete having a major improvement in their 30s, or even after switching coaches. Are you saying that you can see from her progression WHEN Batocletti started doping? Or you can divine her true talent level from her performances at a prior age? (Which age? Why that age? What about other runners who improve way more from that same age?)
Two last points:
1) Her progression in a vacuum was considerably less "suspicious" that Wejo's. Maybe that should be the bar before using a progression to accuse someone of doping.
2) If her coach/Dad is helping her dope, it probably started many years ago, in which case the tea leaves you're reading are likely just showing normal progression.
She is 24. Your statement makes the opposite point that even her PR before this was highly suspicious.
I’m not in the camp that thinks she came out of nowhere. I already knew a bit about her historical development and progression. There was nothing in my post that suggested she is suspicious, one way or another.
After watching the London Games at the age of 12, she said the Olympics (Tokyo) was a dream, and then being a medalist was the goal.
Anyway, the argument now is that if you dope young, your progression is "normal".
Anyway my impression of Battocletti is that her doping is targeted. I predicted she would have a stellar games bc I can discern patterns. Now I predict she will fall off, until the next major title.
There's an Instagram post indicating she had sudden pain in a tendon while warming up for the 10,000 and wasn't even sure she could compete. Battocletti made the decision to go ahead just before they went to the call room:
Armstronglivs, you write some stupidity because don't know the truth.
Battocletti was cleared completely since FIDAL could demonstrate the supplement he used (and he has official contract with the Company) was contaminated. This happened because same supplements bought in different European Country were sent to the lab in Koeln with dr. Manfred Donike responsible, and the percentage of contamination was over 15%.
The fact he suffered being innocent is one of the most important reasons because he is ABSOLUTELY AGAINST DOPING and the use of supplements without being sure 100% they are completely Ok.
So, he well know that using not only illegal substance, but legal too, can produce big risks ruining the career of the daughter.
Try to inform yourself before writing stupidities.
ARMSTRONGLIVES: you are a failed and bitter person. you have been writing the same crap here for years. you degrade strong athletes, make serious accusations without any evidence. that is pretty disrespectful to the athletes and their hard work. hard work that YOU probably never accomplished because you are a weak athlete, especially in your mind. Tell me why you can run a world record and become an Olympic champion WITHOUT doping. kipchoge, bekele, hicham, jakob, faith, chebet, el bakali, girma, cheptegei are clean. It is absolutely possible to get to the top WITHOUT doping. Talent + proper TRAINING = top results.
Lol. He was as "innocent" as Contador. Or that sprinter whose case was just appealed to the CAS. Or Houlihan. Contamination is generally nonsense. But maybe corrupt sports officials in Italy found a pretext. Corruption in Italian sports? Say it ain't so.
You are a doping apologist and if I understand you coach these athletes than likely a doping supplier. So spare us your feigned indignation. We always know, no mattet how dysfunctional this sport tends to be.
