At what point do you look at a performance and say "Yeah, he's gotta be doping."

henrik wrote:

hedge fund manager wrote:

I assume anyone who wins a race where there are participants certain to have been doping is probably a doper. How is a non-doper going to beat a hoard of dopers, magic?

Amazing. So if a woman beats you in a race, that means you must be a woman too? How would man loose to a woman, impossible?!

Optimistic Realist wrote:

cramister wrote:

The idea that people can’t run faster than Marty Liquori, Dick Quax, and Matt Centrowitz did in the 70s-80s without being dopers is funny

Who said that?

Liquori: 1500 – 3:36.0 (1971); Mile – 3:52.2 (1975); 5000 – 13:15.06 (1977); 10000 – 29:08.9 (1978).

Dick Quax: 1500 - 3:36.7 (1976); Mile - 3:56.23 (1976); 5000 - 13:12.87 (1977); 10000 - 27:41.95 (1977).

Centrowitz: 1500 - 3:36.70 (1976); Mile - 3:54.94 (1982); 5000 - 13:12.91 (1982); 10000 - 28:32.7 (1983).

RossiCheated wrote:

Different sport, but when the athlete's name begins with a P, ends with an R, and has an OGACA in the middle, he's doped.

LetsRunSpecial wrote:

My litmus test wrote:

If the runner hails from any of the following countries, I suspect they’re doping:

China
Ethiopia
Kenya
Morocco
Russia
Uganda

Exactly. If a runner is from Europe, their chance of cheating increases from 20% to 80% as the countries becoming further away from the United States. If a runner is from Asia (outside Japan, South Korea and Taiwan) or Africa, they are definitely 100% cheating. Runners from America don’t cheat in sports; we only cheat in elections.

another sayer of lol wrote:

avg.letsrunnerdude wrote:

Most letsrun posters are savvy, more than you'd think. 98 percent of the time, we -- and by we, I mean you and me, both -- can look at a performance and know whether the athlete is doping.

This is hilarious. You morons have no clue, no education, NOTHING. It's pure guesswork. It usually has more to do with person's nationality or skin color than anything actually objective. Your doping accusations are nothing more than "feels over reals".

make it simple wrote:

Just assume that everybody (and I mean everybody) is doping - disqualify all competitors before they even race. Then you are bound to catch the cheaters. That some innocents are caught up in that is just the price you pay for clean sport.

Otherwise let the anti-doping bodies do their job (given the restrictions they face in doing it) and just shut about it for once. THAT is what makes this place a cesspool - all the posters pretending that they know better. No you don't - and that means you Army.

coach double ewe wrote:

Armstronglivs wrote:

Moves like a donkey? Hassan. Then there was the guy who came second to Rudisha in London.

For anyone thinking Hassan or Amos move like a donkey, I would urge you to start watching races frame by frame or at .25x speed if only watching on YouTube.

Additionally, Hassan of all people has the archetypical runners body for a female distance runner: 5'7" 108lbs with 1:56 800 speed

My litmus test wrote:

If the runner hails from any of the following countries, I suspect they’re doping:

China
Ethiopia
Kenya
Morocco
Russia
Uganda

jfjdjfjff wrote:

Why have you included ethiopia in that list? Nowhere near the same level of positive tests in competition or abroad as the kenyans, moroccans etc

jfjdjfjff wrote:

My litmus test wrote:

If the runner hails from any of the following countries, I suspect they’re doping:

China
Ethiopia
Kenya
Morocco
Russia
Uganda

Why have you included ethiopia in that list? Nowhere near the same level of positive tests in competition or abroad as the kenyans, moroccans etc