Sydney OUT of Worlds!!!

Amazing clip. I don't think Tygart would want to cover up for Kersee now. He reveled in taking out Lance.

I've watched Kersee athletes for over 40 years. Not sure who on this list I'm SURE was clean. Many there's absolutely no question were dirty. List is from Wikipedia

Andrea Anderson
Jerome Bettis
Jeanette Bolden
Valerie Brisco-Hooks
Kori Carter
Kerron Clement
Ginnie Crawford (née Powell)
Shawn Crawford
Gail Devers
Allyson Felix
Greg Foster
Florence Griffith Joyner
Joanna Hayes
Dawn Harper
Natasha Hastings
Sherri Howard
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Ty Law
Nicole Leach
Sydney McLaughlin
Brandon Miller
Athing Mu[3]
Jenna Prandini
Keni Harrison
Morolake Akinosun
Sha-ri Pendleton
Michelle Perry
Andre Phillips

We’ve been asking questions.

Tooth Ugg Eels!!!

It appears rather suspicious that Sydney suddenly registers for the competition in Bruxelles to compete against Femke, only to conveniently develop a knee injury the very next day and withdraw from the Budapest competition. Something certainly seems fishy about this sequence of events.

No One will care this time Next Year Especially if McLaughlin and Mu are Breaking World Records, Everyone will say It was A Brilliant Move to Train Through The Year

Is Mu Running World's? I jumped to conclusions that when Mc"Laughlin-Levrone announced she was not running Mu did the Same, but No announcement on if Mu will also pull out, If she runs she wins EASY, Hodgekinson, and Moraa will likely battle for 2nd with maybe an Ethiopian also challenging for 2nd

Bobby can’t help himself talking out of both sides of his mouth:

“The announcement came a month after McLaughlin-Levrone had withdrawn from a high-profile meet in Monaco because of what Kersee cited at the time as a lingering knee issue. McLaughlin-Levrone had continued training in Los Angeles as part of Kersee’s training group until Thursday, when Kersee said he decided to pull her from worlds after consulting with his medical team. He said the medical team agreed McLaughlin-Levrone could run but not without the risk of aggravating an injury he termed “nothing major” into something more damaging. He said he did not believe that risk was worth setting back her training ahead of the Paris Olympics next summer.” LA Times

-She’s had an injury that she hasn’t been able to shake for over a month (likely 6 weeks if called lingering a month ago). Stop insisting it’s “nothing major” if you’re claiming it could cause a setback that could affect her 12 months in the future. I don’t know if it’s an ego thing with him if he can’t accept he botched his training for her this season leaving her injured and unable to compete in the biggest meet of the season. You prepared her poorly, stop downplaying the injury of your most prominent athlete like it’s not a big deal.

So if she runs a new event and wins. She's doping. If she drops out she's doping. If she's injured she's doping. Maybe she just is saving her body for another season?

Victor Conte, not the most trustworthy individual, says that in 1992 TAC's new leadership covered up cases on the Olympic team involving, among others, a high jumper (our team members were stalwarts Hollis Conway and Charles Austin, as well as Darrin Plab, and a 400m IM hurdler (we had gold medalist Kevin Young that year, and his 46.78 wr stood 29 years), as well as from the thrower Gregg Tafralis, whom he named.

You arent understanding the process. There are no silent deals. The only person allowed reveal a positive test is the athlete. It has always been that way.

You are correct to assume that if an athlete suddenly goes silent and withdraws from competition it would be fair play to assume the worse.

No clue if it's drug related or not, but...Herb Lindsay and Greg Meyer are shaking their heads. Runners bail these days off of a little discomfort after months and months of training. Sorry, but unless John is right and it's a possible drug related reason (I hope it's not), just race dammit!

It's a shame that Mu was pushed out of the 400m to give way for Syd, and now Syd isn't running and maybe not even Mu, who has shown no desire to race this year.

Did YOU qualify?

No. They won't. I wasn't aware that a sprinter needs an entire year to recover from a minor injury.

Meanwhile, Sifan Hassan is going to run the Chicago marathon after worlds. No one races more in the last 10 years than Hassan. But she's the doper?

Or Femke Bol is from a suspect country so she must be doping? And Jacob must be doping? The ones that compete are taking the risk. But that's never acknowledged on this site.

Personally, I can't believe Sydney is doping. But she almost never runs in Europe. She has always been an infrequent racer. I don't understand it. She's a terrible representative of the sport.

Similar dynamic to Mu. Both coming to the realization that switching events is no walk in the park. I think Mu is just not ready to drop back down to 800 and underestimated the effect 1500 had on her 800 ability. Sydney went through a lot to learn the 400 and probably got hurt in the process. She probably understands that she is going to have a lot more work to do to win the 400 than the 400m and did not want to blow her knee to come in 4th at WCs. 20/20 hindsight will forever say that they should have stayed in their event.

Here is our article on the issue:

letsrun.com

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone Withdraws from 2023 World Championships Due to Minor Knee Injury

LetsRun.com

A minor knee injury that won't require surgery is keeping one of the sport's biggest stars out of Worlds. And it comes just two days after she committed to racing Bol in the 400h in Brussels.

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Also the LA Times has spoken to Kersee. Injury will not require surgery.

latimes.com

Injured Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone will not run in world track championships

https://www.latimes.com/people/andrew-greif

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, who has Olympic and world titles in the 400-meter hurdles, is withdrawing from the world track championships because of injury.

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Sydney's appearance in Brussels was actually announced way in April. Bol was also announced to run in Brussels 48 hours ago, hence why the headlines appeared just then. Makes her sudden withdrawal from this season even more strange.

Makes one wonder why such an allegedly 'smart' & 'grounded' young woman like Mu went with Kersee...