Like I said: two high-profile accusations. Robinson was sued for his claims (albeit by Carl Lewis, not by Kersee), and the the doping control agencies of the ‘80s considered the $50k he received in the Stern interview a sufficient conflict of interest (read: bribe) to the point where they didn’t pursue the allegations further. Bailey’s most notable comments are available in print () and if you read carefully, you’ll notice that she never actually states seeing steroid use nor did she allege pressure from Kersee to take steroids.
See () for Flojo’s training timeline. Slightly ambiguous + it’s sort of a fluff piece, but seems fairly clear that Al was coaching her or at least controlling her diet, supplement, and weight training regime in the buildup to the ‘88 trials.
Again reiterating: I have no idea if Kersee’s athletes are clean. Maybe they are, maybe they aren’t. But the closest thing we have to real evidence is Bailey’s implicit accusation from ‘89. On the other hand, we know the ‘80s Soviets and East Germans had systematic, state-sponsored doping apparatuses and their athletes were chemistry experiments on legs. There is simply no parallel.
