Top Times Fax Sheet wrote:
TrackCoach wrote:
The 2 athletes that come to mind is Lagat and Ajee Wilson. I am well versed in both of these athlete's situation and I'm nearly 100% certain Wilson did not dope and I'm about 90% on Lagat. I don't have time to go into details but if you read through enough information you will most likely probably come to the same conclusion, It is ashame because word doping will likely forever be in both of these athlete's bio. There are 2 other athletes, Centro and Rupp whose name came up with doping implications on this message board. There is absolutely no evidence that they ever did EPO or anabolic steroids, or speed. Perhaps they crossed the line in some way but I am relatively certain they never did the big boy stuff.
There is solid evidence that Rupp was taking testosterone medication in high school. AFIK, Rupp has never directly denied that specific charge. I think he and Alberto have tried to explain away the “testosterone” listed in Dr. Brown’s notes as some sort of over the counter herbal supplement but that seems unlikely coming from a renowned endocrinologist who specializes in hormone treatments. Rupp was also listed by WADA as likely doping Based on his blood profile ( ie - epo or blood transfusions) in the hacked but authentic Fancy Bears leak.
So yes, Rupp has been linked to credible, specific doping allegations on multiple allegations.
It is impossible to account for what Rupp or any athlete does as a youth; in theory, kids can dope as much as they want to because they are not tested. Rupp entered the testing pool quite early, in 2004 at age 18 and through out his career is possibly the most tested distance runner in the world. Testing does not guarantee an athlete is not doping, but when you are tested frequently, doping becomes much more difficult and risky. Also, in the early 2000s, there were a number of products popular with kids, in particular football players containing creatinine and the word testosterone that you could buy at GNC. However, based on the price of actual 'anabolic steroid' testosterone, I assume what the kid's were taking back then were supplements somehow capitalizing on the name testosterone.
That is the end of the Rupp conversation, for me, this is really about 2 athlete's Lagat and Wilson whose situation I have a better understanding of.