Breaking: Marathon world record Ruth Chepngetich has tested positive - Will Kenya's Parliament apologize to yours truly?

If an American woman ran 2:09 then Rojo would absolutely ask this question and more.

Well the positive was a bit after so she'll probably get to keep the record and whatever bonus even if she's probably guilty.

Although someone with a bit more knowledge of these things could chime in??

On the same week that Emma Watson was popped for car doping, it's been a terrible few days for the beauties of this world.

Maybe all world records within the last 50 years need to be reset to null and void and only new records can be set under the following circumstances:

Shoes must be have no springs, minimal foam, and minimal stack height.

Only two sexes can compete biological men and biological women.

Proper BMI and weight criteria must be met for men and women to prevent athletes with ED from competing.

Records can only be set at certain sanctioned tracks or eligible courses.

Just googled him, is he her coach?

Italian sports agent Federico Rosa, who managed disgraced former Kenyan Olympic athlete Rita Jeptoo, has been charged in Kenya with doping offences.
Mr Rosa denied six counts of doping athletes in court in Nairobi.
They include Jeptoo, who was banned for two years in 2014 after testing positive for blood-boosting drug EPO.

Well, until the United States of America has a female that comes out and runs a;

1.50.5 800m

3.43.9 1500m

13.32.7 5000m

28.23 10000m

that's all conjecture isn't it. Because these times above are the absurd equivalents of that marathon performance.

And I am pretty sure it could be the whitest, sweetest, most all-America blue-eyed belle and if she ran any of those performances I am quite confident Rojo would ask the question.

So hopefully that answers your stupid, lazy and poorly thought out "question".

But why would you assume Ruth is a doper, even with a positive test, until we get all the facts? Didn’t you guys spend months going down the rabbit hole of how Shelby Houlihan might be innocent? So maybe you guys will do the same with Ruth?

Kara and Des' podcast is going to be mighty interesting next week.

If anyone wants to say their piece quickly before Coevett comes in and smothers this thread - now is your chance.

Hydrochlorothiazide they say has a half life of several hours and clears the system 100% ish in 3 days ....

so there is a high probability that the actual amount in the suspect's system is much higher.

Rojo says it's probably used to wash out drug residue out of the system, there would be insiders who know all about this if it is a thing, and i think it is a thing.

anyway, the tranche of bearded ladies running 13 high 28 mid 4 min miles, need to be sent to alligator Alcatraz ..

regarding testing in Kenya, ya, they will throw the lesser athletes to the wolves, and cover up the stars? you betcha.

ban Kenya, though i'd like to see that 20 year old Kenyan run the 139... as he looks kind of legit,

Hey Rojo, or anybody else,

What's the ban for a diuretic?

But it has to test like a duck. And it did.

There has never been enough scrutiny of Rosa. Every few months one of his runners gets popped and people say hmm maybe its Rosa and its forgotten about. Then a few months later a new darling Rosa athlete does something incredible and its all "oh no this is just a great talent never seen anything like this one before look at this great body of training blah blah blah" until 9 months later there is a positive test.

Every time someone gets popped there needs to be a full report listing coaches, agents, sponsors, training partners/teams.

Rojo is never wrong, absolutely unflappable, a world-historic philosopher king.

There should be some rule that if you test positive within x amount of time after the world record performance that it can be nullified, even if the record has been ratified.

In this case it's within 1 year. We're supposed to believe that, if you're doing now, you weren't probably doping then, too?

There should be a punitive element to a post-ratification positive test to deter others from doing this in the future. I.e. just because you didn't caught on the day and got away with it, doesn't mean this performance is going to stand if we catch you later.

They should just make it that if you get caught doping at any point in your career then you lose every record you hold, world records, national records, junior records, the lot.

I still think the Asseffa 2:11 record is dirty too, just never failed a test. An olympic 800m runner randomly popping off a 2:11 in her only race of the year? Just off the grid doping and training the rest of the time, hasn't touched her 2:11 since.