If any of you still think Michael Johnson was clean

I lost all respect for MJ when, after Antonio Pettigrew took his own life he wrote a piece moaning about losing his relay Gold's due to Pettigrew admitting doping.

I lost it a LONG time before that.

What a disaster.

I’ll preface this by admitting that I have no first-hand knowledge of anything, but in the 2000s I was friends with a prominent sprinter of that era, who shall remain nameless, but is still well known here today. He claimed first hand knowledge that MJ used EPO in 1996. He was an integrious guy, so I have little reason to doubt him. He said he “prayed that MJs sh*t would come to light one bright morning.”

Sprintgeezer wrote:

I lost it a LONG time before that.

What a disaster.

If he’s a disaster, how are you doing? There’s no one on earth who would rather be you than him.

SVC wrote:

or who killed Kennedy.

Anybody who has trouble with that one is not worth speaking to or listening to, on any topic.

Greatest litmus test ever. I'm so glad I found it early in life. Let wackos mingle with fellow wackos

I did a double take when MJ said that Oscar Pistorius held an unfair advantage over his rivals at 400m

Like MJ didn't have an unfair advantage over his rivals at 400m

A couple of weeks back, in another thtread about MJ and drugs, I just posted a link to an interview he did with one of the most respected Australian TV presenters. Michael Johnson threateningly, along with his security guards stood up and towered over Martin after Martin broached the subject of doping. They ripped off the mic and stormed out.

The drugs question was a prickly one

Only one other person had walked out of a Ray Martin interview in 10,000 interviews over 45 yrs and that was LaToya Jackson.

Now remember that this was post Sydney games and the subsequent busts out of US sprint team there. Johnson was obliged to field the questions, if not about himself even, and also clear his name if he could, since he was part of that team and he was the Brisbane Goodwill Games ambassador.

The thread was deleted by mods not long after my post. I don't know if there was another post after mine, nor did I see any dubious posts.

Can the mods provide some clarity?

He is the devil. He likes to call out athletes for doping when it was it so obvious he was one himself. He knows his samples can't ever be retested because the 8 year time limit is up, so he hawks at other athletes. Usually not at British athletes, until now that is. 4x100 silver 2021

Can't stand his fakery and you know who as well on the BBC panel

Thing is he's fooling 95% of his audience so that's all he needs

i remember watching him race,and he was about as natural as a blizzard in jamaica.he looked like hed been bred in a laboratory.

rojo togurt wrote:

Sprintgeezer wrote:

I lost it a LONG time before that.

What a disaster.

If he’s a disaster, how are you doing? There’s no one on earth who would rather be you than him.

Still butthurt, hih?

How’s that architect thong coming?😂😂😂😂😂

jeff tallon wrote:

i remember watching him race,and he was about as natural as a blizzard in jamaica.he looked like hed been bred in a laboratory.

Exactly

Lol, good luck with that. Certain athletes are protected by the mods here, mainly Americans but also increasingly Kenyans and Kenya in general (likely due to their selling of Kipchoge t-shirts).

Look around “now”. At this point we have to accept what is and will always be in this sport.

Enjoy the sport……

mikehammer wrote:

I did a double take when MJ said that Oscar Pistorius held an unfair advantage over his rivals at 400m

Like MJ didn't have an unfair advantage over his rivals at 400m

Tbf, just because MJ was or wasn't doping doesn't mean the rest of his contemporaries weren't swimming in it

Smooth Daddy wrote:

I’ll preface this by admitting that I have no first-hand knowledge of anything, but in the 2000s I was friends with a prominent sprinter of that era, who shall remain nameless, but is still well known here today. He claimed first hand knowledge that MJ used EPO in 1996. He was an integrious guy, so I have little reason to doubt him. He said he “prayed that MJs sh*t would come to light one bright morning.”

According to you, you are not even the source. A so-called friend of yours supposedly knows stuff. EPO? Only on a distance runner web site. How would EPO lower MJ's 200m time? I have not seen claims that EPO even helps 400m athletes. Sounds like you guys are making stuff up.

[quote]SVC wrote:

I don't know why people insist on continually debating whether retired athletes were doped. It's pointless. It's like debating the existence of God, or who killed Kennedy. You're never going to prove anything conclusively either way beyond a reasonable doubt, so why waste your time.

Who was able to kill JFK and then cover it up is extremely important.

Someone did it. Why can it not be found out and proved? Was the killing supernatural?

Sprintgeezer wrote:

rojo togurt wrote:

If he’s a disaster, how are you doing? There’s no one on earth who would rather be you than him.

Still butthurt, hih?

How’s that architect thong coming?😂😂😂😂😂

Learn how to spell, punk.

It's funny to read this thread from 13 years ago. At the time, it seemed like a lot of Letsrunners thought he was clean. I wonder if any have changed their mind since.