Sedjati = obvious EPO cheat: 1:41.46 800

Whether they dope or not is irrelevant as long as Hoppel loses!

Finally someone with common sense. One small thing I slightly disagree with is that athletes have a bigger incentive of doing well in the Olympics as that's viewed in a much higher prestige world wide than world championships which may lead to them being more aggressive with their doping.

That being said, I think the 800 has been stagnant for way too much time (these times were run over 40 years ago which is absolutely ridiculous), and it makes sense that at some point it would catch up with the rest of the events.

What's weird about this sport is that the so-called "fans" hate it when they see people run fast and blame it on XYZ (doping/spikes), even though spikes have been gradually getting a tiny bit better throughout history and doping regulations are harder than they've ever been.

Main thing I dislike however is pacing lights, as I view that as a truly unfair advantage over previous marks and removes a critical component of racing.

I will say again, its more common to see crazier improvements in the 800m than any other event. When Rudisha ran his first 1:42.0, it was a PR by 1.5 seconds.

When Amos ran his first 1:41, it was a PR by 1.5 seconds

When Cruz ran his 1:41, his PR was only 1:44 3 weeks prior.

It's the nature of the event.

It's more common to jump by 1-2 seconds into the range than have it be more gradual.

Tual is the most sus though.

Yeah that's what I meant when I said most convincing, most convincingly clean. Shouldve been more clear whoops. I think Attaoui might be clean, maybe Sedjati, rest are dope fiends.

Are you the real nijel Amos

Why in the world would you assume the silver medalist would be clean?

This is incorrect and of course makes no sense.

great point.

So good to see physiognomy finally making a comeback after all these years.

Lolz everything is doped up. I don't care anymore, just want to see 5 guys blow right through 1:40 and the winner continue to a victory lap.

Just like Jakob? 3:26 and barely looked winded. But nobody wants to accuse him of the obvious.

And some average lily-white Australian shaves 5-7 seconds in a 10-12 month span while another, from the US, ESP(ED), returns from child birth and is also running 5 seconds better than before, probably using her childbirth as a screen to dope with no fear of punishment and is touted as having 'mom power'. Then there's the viking coming back from injury and isn't even gassed after nearly breaking a record set by an alleged doper.

Make it make sense.

Algeria got 2 Silvers medalists in U20 WC 2021 and 2022 800m, what got your country?

Your "hatred speech" is a good example of posts not causing troubles.

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I just learned about this name because of the recent U23 Arab championship.

cheating or not he's running 141s tactically lol rudisha's record is living on borrowed time which i can't say i expected this year, it may not even be sedjati who gets there first

the word is xenophobia, wada even won the whole pr battle with usada over the whole chinada thing because they called out that usada does the same shady sh8t and has no real interest in reform to the system they basically set up as a rubber stamping agency

these people probably still think carl lewis was clean

i know this is probably in jest but doping was even documented back during
the ancient Olympics, lets not kid ourselves, humans understand pharmacology and are willing to go to extreme's to get what they want, doping will never go away

I think doping really flares up in an Olympic year. Just so much reward and only once every 4 years. They probably think the chance of getting caught is worth it. The alternative is no medal, no riches, and not a great shot to try again in 4 years. And if they get banned, oh well, wasn’t going to win a gold without the dope anyway.