Rojo, I think in your recap, you should greet this performance with the same degree of skepticism of every reader and poster on Letsrun. Please don’t react with bewildered shock. You know as well as everyone else that Ruth C. is doped to the gills and that furthermore the sport is tainted and ruined. Pay the Letsrun community the respect it deserves.
Watch the press conference video. I'm the only one with guts to ask the questions that need to be asked:
LetsRun’s Robert Johnson asked Ruth Chepngetich about her marathon world record of 2:09:56 in an era when Kenya is struggling with doping.
Johnson: “Ruth, unfortunately in recent years there’s been a number of doping positives in Kenya. What would you say to someone who says… pic.twitter.com/uO2qDKcxjK
To those doubting this performance. She has been going out at 2:10 pace for many years, splitting the first half regularly in 65. This is just the first time she's successfully held it.
I agree it feels unbelievable, but honestly Assefa's felt more unbelievable than this result, due to the above fact.
Not a great answer but "people must talk" isn't much worse than what you could expect. What would you prefer? a long sentimental dribbled out answer professing her innocence? If you aren't doping there really is no great way to answer this question. And if you are doping the only good answer is admiting it. So I'd argue that you'll never get a satisfactory answer to this question.
And to add to all this, English is Ruth's third language!
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I don't think Frank Shorter ever broke 2:10. Never thought I'd see this.
That’s because Shorter is easily a 2:06 runner with cheat shoes. Take off a couple more minutes with epo. That said, 2:09 is still fantasy land nonsense. Should have had circus music blasting at the finish.
I don't think she's clean, but why would one go out and run a time that outlandishly fast if they're doping? It's totally reckless. It's either complete stupidity or she's extremely confident she's not getting caught.
It is not stupid or reckless to try to do your best and maximize whatever you are doing.
If you are making money, you make as much as you can.
If you are stealing money, you take as much as you can.
Marathoners are not like Mondo, who can try to incrementally try to set a new world record in a meet every week, and gets three attempts to do it after knowing he has already won the competition.
Rojo, I think in your recap, you should greet this performance with the same degree of skepticism of every reader and poster on Letsrun. Please don’t react with bewildered shock. You know as well as everyone else that Ruth C. is doped to the gills and that furthermore the sport is tainted and ruined. Pay the Letsrun community the respect it deserves.
Watch the press conference video. I'm the only one with guts to ask the questions that need to be asked:
Well done sir! I typed my post before you guys had your recap on the homepage with the press conference link included. I appreciate that you guys are holding these people accountable while the rest of the press just throws soft balls.
Something new and no test for it at the moment. Freeze those samples, test again in five years when we know how to detect Novel Substance 24.
Maybe but I would expect athletes from wealthy countries to be using it first because it's not like a poor country like Kenya would have first access to the newest unknown presumably very expensive experimental PEDs. Perhaps this is Pogacar's secret?
She has been running the majors for more than 4years now! If she is doping then somebody is protecting her. If it’s all good and clean all those 4 years she is been doing Chicago then I guess she is smarter than the system. She is a cop back in Kenya, she got no coach🤣 smart girl😇
Anti-doping just isn't that effective. Only idiots get caught.
To those doubting this performance. She has been going out at 2:10 pace for many years, splitting the first half regularly in 65. This is just the first time she's successfully held it.
I agree it feels unbelievable, but honestly Assefa's felt more unbelievable than this result, due to the above fact.
Many people have posted some excuse along these lines and I don’t buy it. It’s like saying a local 4:20 miler at duel meets keeps going out in 27 flat his first 200, but finally gets the WR on his tenth try, and we are all supposed to not be suspicious that he finally just decided he was going to dope.
Watch the press conference video. I'm the only one with guts to ask the questions that need to be asked
It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it. -- Maurice Switzer, 1906
Asking the question shows courage. The questions will continue until Kenyan authorities exercise their duties over their athletes to comply with anti doping requirements.
Where there’s smoke there’s fire. — the Universe, Always
Many people have posted some excuse along these lines and I don’t buy it. It’s like saying a local 4:20 miler at duel meets keeps going out in 27 flat his first 200, but finally gets the WR on his tenth try, and we are all supposed to not be suspicious that he finally just decided he was going to dope.
No its like sayinga 4:20 miler at dual meets keeps on going out at 2:02.5 for his first 800, and finally runs a 4:05, after only running 4:20s off the fast pace. Not super likely, but not so rediculous. Splitting halfway at a pace is not like spliting 1/8th the way at a pace.
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