Half Marathon WR holder Abraham Kiptum busted by Bio Passport!!!!!!!!

He's said he's leaving before after a Kenyan doping bust. I bett he'll be back...

Phantasy Star wrote:

Still small potatoes compared to clown-shoes man. Would love to see him fall next, but the Nike/advertisement connections are too strong.

Isn't that a Nike shirt Kiptum's wearing?

Drug cheats out please wrote:

Paula got lucky, along with hundreds of other users, that the IAAF didn't punish ABP violations before 2009.

She got away with it because there was no reliable EPO test during her prime.

EpO hAs No EfFeCt On ToP AfRiCaNs

Wow that's a bit of a blow. He did sort of come out of nowhere as has been detailed in this thread...and it seemed he wasn't in great shape since Abu Dhabi, possibly being more "cautious". And yes ABP violations are not as "clear cut" as positive doping tests but they still take a lot of work by top experts, so no reason to doubt them. It's true that it's going to be hard for someone handed a violation to prove he didn't do anything wrong.

Les wrote:

Phantasy Star wrote:

Still small potatoes compared to clown-shoes man. Would love to see him fall next, but the Nike/advertisement connections are too strong.

Isn't that a Nike shirt Kiptum's wearing?

Yes, he stated he was sponsored by Nike in his Q&A with LetsRun.

Has same Spanish agent as Dibaba.

El Keniano goes home DEVASTATED. MF Coevette goes home DELIGHTED

El Keniano wrote:

Can’t do this anymore. This is my final post on this site. It’s been interesting being part of this community for so long. Enjoyed the many great discussions about running. However, must be said, that my opinions about a certain section of the LRC posters, athletics government and media will never change.

Peace ✌?

Hopefully your opinion on how pervasive doping is in East Africa due to the lack of controls on their respective country agencies changes. Good luck (This is just the beginning, there will be more busts in the future)

Banana Bread wrote:

El Keniano goes home DEVASTATED. MF Coevette goes home DELIGHTED

:D :D :D lmaof!!!!

send in the clowns!!! wrote:

Countless East Africans busted for doping?

"I'm sure the ones still competing are clean though!"

Corrupt coaches and agents explicitly linked to doping?

"That's no guarantee that all their athletes dope!"

Men with 5 o'clock shadow and receding hairlines winning junior races?

"Life is just harder over there, they age faster!"

Proof that EPO is available over the counter and drug testing is nonexistent?

"Still doesn't mean they're cheating! They ran 20 miles to school every day!"

Cheater shoes with literal springs in them?

"Hey they only improve efficiency by 4%, they don't make you 4% faster!"

HONK HONK.

10/10 on the Snark scale !!!

Can somebody ELI5 why El Keniano is "done" here and what his beef is with "certain subsets of LR posters"?

Who is clown shoes?? Farah? Kipchoge?

Tania Tiger. wrote:

At least y'all leaving my Mo alone now, he's been relegated to page two.

Thanks Aby.

Your Mo is defending a Spaniard juice facilitator during the recent Haile-gate no different than Lance defended Doctor Ferrari during his hay days. Why ? You think because he is clean? Please.

This board is hilarious. Makes my Friday.

doctorj wrote:

Tania Tiger. wrote:

At least y'all leaving my Mo alone now, he's been relegated to page two.

Thanks Aby.

Your Mo is defending a Spaniard juice facilitator during the recent Haile-gate no different than Lance defended Doctor Ferrari during his hay days. Why ? You think because he is clean? Please.

Correction: I didn't meant Spaniard, meant his fellow Somali-Brit buddy Jama Aden.

dunes runner wrote:

Nocleanathletes wrote:

Sacrificial lamb to make it seem that they are going after cheats.

Meanwhile they continue to protect the worst drug user ever, Paula Radcliffe.

Don't deflect. Just because Paula was likely dirty as hell and got away with doesn't give others who are dirty as hell as free pass.

not here much wrote:

Can somebody ELI5 why El Keniano is "done" here and what his beef is with "certain subsets of LR posters"?

He's a guy from Essex, England who 'identifies' as a Kenyan with a hatred of the 'dastardly' British. He's been steadfastly maintaining that there is no doping problem in Kenya, and it's been hilarious to watch his increasingly desperate attempts to deny the truth with each new bust. Finally, it appears he has admitted defeat and been forced to confront the fact that likely all his Kenyan running heroes are juiced to the gills and will get picked off by the testers one by one, with increasing regularity.

'Certain subsets of LR posters' are those who called out the Kenyan doping endemic before the busts started coming thick and fast over the last 12 months or so. El K constantly liked to pull the race card, and even accused the Brojos of turning LetsRun into Stormfront for allowing the discussion of Kenyan doping busts.

Of course he'll be back, but maybe under a different name. He was flirting with the idea of identifying as an Ethiopian last summer, so maybe he'll come back as El Ethiopiano.

This made me chuckle.

Think if he comes back Ethiopian he knows that he's just setting himself up for the same humiliation.

Surely one day they'll start testing Ethiopians.