A small fan base too, largely due to the doping from one or two geographic regions that has turned it from a sport on a par with tennis and boxing, to one less popular than table tennis and BMX.
As the 1980s and 90s were rife with doping and T&F was very popular, I doubt that this is the main reason. Also, the first big doping scandals were all in the sprints and involved most prominently Canadians and Germans.
Other sports have loyal fans that update about their favorite athletes which creates promotion and pulls more fans. TF lacks that very important aspect
Seems like this post (whether accidentally or on purpose) has a slight bit of truth to it. Sources tell me it's SRR upon retesting of 2012 samples... it's currently in the appeal stage.
I don't buy this, and I feel that this thread should just be put to rest at this point: if someone gets banned then they get banned but there's no point in useless conjecture at the expense of people's reputations.
Seems like this post (whether accidentally or on purpose) has a slight bit of truth to it. Sources tell me it's SRR upon retesting of 2012 samples... it's currently in the appeal stage.
Just coming back to say that there are no SRR implications whatsoever and I completely made that up to see how quickly people on this forum will believe anything. Having already seen some tweets about this I am quite sad at the state of skepticism in this community to the point where an anonymous user can say literally anything and it will get traction.
Just coming back to say that there are no SRR implications whatsoever and I completely made that up to see how quickly people on this forum will believe anything. Having already seen some tweets about this I am quite sad at the state of skepticism in this community to the point where an anonymous user can say literally anything and it will get traction.
Actually if you follow your post and the subsequent replies, there really was little traction and commentary on this forum, so I think your premise is incorrect. Don't care about twitter.
Just coming back to say that there are no SRR implications whatsoever and I completely made that up to see how quickly people on this forum will believe anything. Having already seen some tweets about this I am quite sad at the state of skepticism in this community to the point where an anonymous user can say literally anything and it will get traction.
Of course. There's no way a Jamaican sprinter would ever dope. I think.
Seems like this post (whether accidentally or on purpose) has a slight bit of truth to it. Sources tell me it's SRR upon retesting of 2012 samples... it's currently in the appeal stage.