Was Bob Kennedy skinny-fat?

Oh, right. Justin Gatlin's masseur tampered with his toothpaste.

Anybody have a link to a more detailed discussion of Baumann's case? The toothpaste story sounds ridiculous and it appears that the German federation reinstated him "reluctantly," according to Wiki. I'm intrigued by the claim, though, that his testosterone levels were fluctuating wildly when tested and that experts agreed the levels didn't make sense for someone trying to use a PED to improve. That said, couldn't he have messed with the levels himself to create the impression that he was somehow ingesting it at random times unknowingly?

For distance events, muscular builds are not necessarily an advantage.

Look at Aisling Cuffe, who is certainly lean and lithe but not overtly muscular.

Yet she has a faster 5k PR, than say Jordan Hasay, who is extremely muscular, but probably a bit heavier due to the excess muscle.

Looks and Stuff wrote:

Rip Van Shreddett wrote:

It's like he made a deal with the devil and the terms were "OK, you will be World Class, but you won't look like an athlete."

Jonathan Edwards was his Brother-In-Lack-Of-Arms:

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/olympics/17742608

I think that the gold standard for great male athletes that don't look like athletes is Larry Bird. On the female side, perhaps Joan Benoit/Samuelson(sp?)

When it comes to current athletes, I find it side-splittingly incongruous that that THIS is the most feared boxer since one Mike Tyson in the late 1980s:

terague wrote:

For distance events, muscular builds are not necessarily an advantage.

Look at Aisling Cuffe, who is certainly lean and lithe but not overtly muscular.

Yet she has a faster 5k PR, than say Jordan Hasay, who is extremely muscular, but probably a bit heavier due to the excess muscle.

Or look at Marielle Hall and Dibaba who are faster than both and bigger.