We merged three threads together and combined the titles. We changed one of the titles as well as it was started when she had brielfy won the 5000 bronze.
Nadia Batocletti is the most obvious doper I've witnessed in my time watching athletics. From kicking multiple seconds faster In the last lap to win the 5/10k at Europeans to beating Kenyans and Ethiopians in the OLYMPICS.
If, in the next 6 months she has not been suspended by anti-doping we know it's a wild west and anyone can get away with anything, our faith in the sport should be gone.
She ran a consistent effort on the inside lane and was the one who ended up fourth. The East Africans were forced to go all out early and died, which is why she ended up placing ahead of them. It wasn't as much a factor of her beating them (which ultimately she ended up 4th after appeal) as it was the East Africans going pushing themselves into oxygen debt trying for a medal and locking up.
Nadia Batocletti is the most obvious doper I've witnessed in my time watching athletics. From kicking multiple seconds faster In the last lap to win the 5/10k at Europeans to beating Kenyans and Ethiopians in the OLYMPICS.
If, in the next 6 months she has not been suspended by anti-doping we know it's a wild west and anyone can get away with anything, our faith in the sport should be gone.
well, her father/coach being busted previously does not look good. of course, "most obvious" seems a bit dramatic with what we've just witnessed with katir.
If, in the next 6 months she has not been suspended by anti-doping we know it's a wild west and anyone can get away with anything, our faith in the sport should be gone.
We already know this. Where have you been in the last ten years?
Can we all just see the truth after decades of history repeating itself over and over again. If you are at the Olympics and performing at this level I would bet any athlete is using peds. Thank God that the athletes ahead of her are on bread and water and just talented.
Her progression seems kind of normal to me. She had a big jump from 15:45 to 14:45 between age 20 and 21 and it's been steady since then. 7th at the last Olympics, now 4th in 14:31 at age 24. It's not extraordinary in any way, it's not like she's running in the low 14s, she just happens to get the best out of herself when it matters most rather than in time trials.
Nadia Batocletti is the most obvious doper I've witnessed in my time watching athletics. From kicking multiple seconds faster In the last lap to win the 5/10k at Europeans to beating Kenyans and Ethiopians in the OLYMPICS.
If, in the next 6 months she has not been suspended by anti-doping we know it's a wild west and anyone can get away with anything, our faith in the sport should be gone.
You post anonymously and haven't had the balls to come back with one reply.... yankee
Her progression seems kind of normal to me. She had a big jump from 15:45 to 14:45 between age 20 and 21 and it's been steady since then. 7th at the last Olympics, now 4th in 14:31 at age 24. It's not extraordinary in any way, it's not like she's running in the low 14s, she just happens to get the best out of herself when it matters most rather than in time trials.
Indeed, plus didn't she have an U20 3k/XC profile that exceeded the 15.45 5000 anyway? I get the Italian doping era of the 1980s (so almost 20 years before she was born) and that her dad was part of that mindset. She looks perfectly put together for distance running and has great genes and odd as it may sound I'd be surprised but not blown away if she was caught for doping. I think part of the LRC mindset, for some, is that if you blow out in an OG final you are a useless choker, whereas if you get inspired by the uniqueness of the situation to make a great but not mind boggling breakthrough then you are a doper.
Nadia Batocletti is the most obvious doper I've witnessed in my time watching athletics. From kicking multiple seconds faster In the last lap to win the 5/10k at Europeans to beating Kenyans and Ethiopians in the OLYMPICS.
If, in the next 6 months she has not been suspended by anti-doping we know it's a wild west and anyone can get away with anything, our faith in the sport should be gone.
Opinions all over the place. At some point with more sophisticated analysis, retests will show doping with elimination from results, reallocation of medals, etc. Sound familiar? Of course it does! Rinse, repeat, rinse, repeat.