Rojo's question to Ruth Chepngetich being widely reported on news sites

Show me a positive test or STFU!!!

Seriously, it's easy to sit back and question EVERY great performance, but where does that lead you? You're like a dog chasing its tail. If an athlete gets caught, it should be an 8-year ban...PERIOD! At some point you have trust the current testing with the hope that it becomes more and more reliable and full proof. Until then, shut up and enjoy the fast times. Cheaters will always cheat, eventually they'll slip up and get popped.

Genuine question, because I'm too lazy to do the math myself - how does Hocker's progression the last couple years compare to Ruth's? Any of the 800 boys that came out of nowhere? Jess Hull? Some of these athletes have been asked tough questions, which is good (Sedjati even had that whole thing with his Olympic housing being raided). Is it consistent across these athletes in terms of criticism relative to progression, or are there differences that can be explained by race/ethinicity/gender? I think these comparisons would be an easy opportunity for Rojo to defend his questioning.

We should be asking all the top athletes these questions when they have big performances, and I'm in favor of whoever said that WR's should be followed by immediate testing (and freezing for future testing). Crack down on doping as hard as possible, just make sure it's done consistently.

The fact that she is doping doesn't fit the media narrative.

Hull “only” ran 3:50. Imagine if she ran 3:47

What I have seen Rojo is that many doping threads about Americans particularly, white Americans and Jakob, get deleted, and what I notice is that it is like you guys want to remain on good terms with these athletes, so there is inconsistency for sure, and race matters to you, but it may be largely unconsciously. Some of it may be your mods though too. But it is real.

LOL

He shouldn't ask Shelby if she doped. We all know she did. Instead, ask her:

- whether she regrets using the stupid burrito joke, knowing it was synthetic nandrolone;

- whether she trained with BTC during her secret provisional suspension;

- when she started doping;

- who organized her doping;

- if any BTC runners were clean.

rojo is NOT a racist. He doesn't just ask black people if they are doping. He asked all of these if they were doping: centro, radcliffe, shelby, rupp, wejo, hocker, fisher, mantz, coe Oh, I meant to write that he "DIDN'T ask ANY of them, he ONLY asks black people" that question.

Hull's percentage improvement last year was just as large as Chepngetich's. Almost exactly so, in fact.

Do the math.

OK, I will. Old PB vs new PB. (Chepngetich's old PB was from 2022, by the way.)

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JH: 3:57.29 / 3:50.83 = 1.032; 3.2% lopped of her PR in one season -- in the 1500, at age 27. After years of normal improvements and being a constant also-ran (barely making global finals).

RC: 2:14:18 / 2:09:56 = 1.033; 3.3% improvement in two years -- in the marathon, at age 30.After years of normal improvements and being a constant world-beating star (3x CHI win, 1x WC gold, more).

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The new Hull has now won an Olympic silver. The fact that sports journalists ignore her improvement while asking this question of Chepngetich is simply incoherent.

But you are talking about him as if he was a modern good model!
It's naive to think that "science" and "technology progress" bring only good things to humanity.

Obviously. When was there ever an editorial on letsrun after an African or a black American was banned for intentional doping with "thoughtful" comments like "If you are to believe the AIU, you have to believe..."?

(Not to mention that WADA + AIU + WA + CAS all agreed that the nandro wasn't in the burrito, for several reasons)

So if anyone thinks differently from you on matters, that makes the board alt right? So if everyone doesn’t vote the same, the board is alt right? Did you see the poll in 2020 that close to 70% of LRC voted left?

So this just means you are incapable of engaging with people who have different beliefs and view points, even if it is only the minority. That says a lot about your tolerance for difference.

Ultra biased to white runners.

Another thing, only a blind can't see the racism spread in this forum.

It jump to the eyes at first glance.

Agree that the questions should be asked but I totally disagree with this comment:

"We've been 100% consistent on doping. We ask the questions that need to be asked whether you are white (Galen Rupp, Salazar, etc), black (Regina Jacobs, Justin Gatlin, etc.), male, female, American or Kenyan."

There has not been 100% consistency here in asking the difficult questions. I am not suggesting that any one group is not asked the tough questions. There are probably examples of all sexes, nationalities, etc, that have not been asked the tough questions. If you state that you're 100% consistent, be 100% consistent.

rojo is NOT a racist. He doesn't just ask black people if they are doping. He asked all of these if they were doping: centro, radcliffe, shelby, rupp, wejo, hocker, fisher, mantz, coe Oh, I meant to write that he "DIDN'T ask ANY of them, he ONLY asks black people" that question.

According to liberals every white person is automatically racist. So why are the liberals on this board twisting and turning to paint Rojo as a racist?

wow as this isn't true as liberals don't think that as no one here even said there political party

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Budddddwhadddabbbbouttttt?

Alleged Political affiliation has nothing to do with the truth of whether she cheated. Asking questions helps to get at the truth of the matter.

The woke mods here locked a thread on her progression.