Sifan Hassan. I would like to root for her unreservedly, love her gumption and personality.
Sifan Hassan. I would like to root for her unreservedly, love her gumption and personality.
Dean Karnazes, in his prime. Those feats were super human.
Flo jo or Marita Koch. Get rid of those records and that makes Elaine Thompson-Herah and Shericka Jackson the record holders and makes the 47.99 400m record though still likely dirty, attainable by Mclaughlin or one of the other stars in the next couple years. The womens sprint records have been stagnate for 35+ years thanks to them.
How about these dudes with the fanboy/crush things going on. What if you found out your favorite runner was doper?
Tom Cruise obviously!
Not even close - Jakob. Just to see LR go into complete meltdown when its collective GWH ambitions were doused in cold water.
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RAF issued drugs wrote:
Bannister ; Doctor in post war Uk when uppers were popular with the educated classes.
Anything from 1960/70 onwards I think I know .
Very interesting choice.
let us be honest wrote:
Not even close - Jakob. Just to see LR go into complete meltdown when its collective GWH ambitions were doused in cold water.
GWH = Great White Hope?
Jakob would also be my first choice. Then Kipchoge.
The runners are pretty well covered here, so I'd like to turn to the field for a second. I think I'd like to know if Jonathon Edwards was doping. If not him, possibly then Duplantis, Crouser, or Sotomayor. I don't think they are, but then again, wouldn't shock me, I guess.
Shelby so her ban could be overturned
griles17 wrote:
Shelby so her ban could be overturned
Lol. But that would indeed be cool to see when she started using and more importantly, who administered it. Maybe not every BTC athlete was in on it?
Wejo. I have thought for a while that the Flagstaff thing was a smokescreen. And, given his genetic equal is such a hobby jogger that leads to many questions.
Jonnie Gawlt wrote:
Wejo. I have thought for a while that the Flagstaff thing was a smokescreen. And, given his genetic equal is such a hobby jogger that leads to many questions.
Also was a pacer for Radcliffe who had connections with Nike.
El G my first choice too. Very surprised he's not mentioned more often here.
deepindixie wrote:
The runners are pretty well covered here, so I'd like to turn to the field for a second. I think I'd like to know if Jonathon Edwards was doping. If not him, possibly then Duplantis, Crouser, or Sotomayor. I don't think they are, but then again, wouldn't shock me, I guess.
Sotomayor? You mean, the guy who tested positive twice?
A genie wrote:
Expanding off the subject:
- Assume the public knows you received this power and HAS TO accept what you find out (and you are required to truthfully share it). Basically, these message boards can't be full of posts saying you're lying or "how can we trust the magic actually worked?"
- You would also learn how each instance of PEDs got in athlete X's body (for the cases like Shelby's, Gatlin, Ajee Wilson, etc.), and where they got it from. This could potentially expose a dirty coach / agent as well.
- You can pick an active or retired athlete.
- WA and any other organizations are still free to do whatever they want after learning this information. They will also treat it as fact.
Curious how many people here would use this power to go after something they think was doping vs. try to prove their favorite athlete was clean? Keep in mind, the answer you get might be the opposite of what you were hoping for!
I’d have to go with El G
ftrg 25 wrote:
Jamila Kratochvilova
Actually this is likely an intersex athlete.
or Shelbo - j/k wrote:
Bolt - I really want to believe he's clean, but he's just such an outlier
i like to think of it like this. even if bolt was dirty, he'd still be the fastest sprinter in the world regardless of if they are clean or not. nearly all of usain bolt's top rivals has been busted some time in the past. if usain bolt was .15s faster them on drugs, then he'll be .15s faster than them if they were all clean. i suppose the argument may remain that either usain bolt hit the genetic lottery with the perfect combination of genes for running fast or he simply has access to the best drugs that other cheaters don't have access to
Jesse Owens. Decades of whereabouts failures.