He's praying "please don't let them catch me!"
He's praying "please don't let them catch me!"
There...fixed.
Look at the strain on his face. the Emotional Strain.
Wow, it really is fun piling on this guy. I know I've said we have to wait until the B sample, but Ramzi is a dick, so let's kick his proverbial ass on here. weeeeeeee
According to the Koran, can he be stoned to death?
Well, Bahrain is pretty advanced, but if I were him I would stay in Morocco or wherever else for a while.
Ramzi displayed almost the exact same racing habits as Lasse Viren... only show up for Olympics/Worlds and fade into the shadows the rest of the time. So many great runners have been screwed because of this toolbag. Ramzi definitely needs to be perma-banned, and I think his case should be carefully studied to help profile dopers in the future. Also, I think the brojos should link some videos on the front page that show just how obviously juiced Ramzi was in celebration ;)
This is great news for all the fanboys.
It's great to have an evil doping scapegoat while they support all their super 'clean' stars.
Great stuff.
Wow, now the sport is cleaned up.
He's one of many over the years Flo Jo, Jacobs etc..He was also Oly Champion. He's no scapegoat, just another cheater caught. Im sure Kiprop feels the same way
'True but I doubt anyone improved from 3.39 - 3.30 in one year'
I wasn't saying he was innocent - just replying to someone claiming white people can't run 1500m'
Subject to the B sample I would ban him for a lot longer than 2 years!
ukathleticscoach wrote:
Ramzi PR's
Distance Mark Date Location
800 m 1:44.05 July 17, 2006 Madrid
1,500 m 3:29.14 July 14, 2006 Rome
1 Mile 3:51.33 June 4, 2005 Eugene, Oregon
Well they were running these times or better nearly 30 years ago!
Yes, and no one was doping 30-35 years ago either.
oh yes, but not EPO
'Yes, and no one was doping 30-35 years ago either'
If you think everyone dopes & always has, why do you bother to follow the sport?
Sure they were. But people ran for free much more so than today.
Interesting interview with Andy Baddeley who was 9th, now 8th
I know people suspected this guy for a while, great he is caught, just wondering why people suspected him in the first place?? im new...:)
goes to show, it's not as dirty as some people think. I know that sounds counter-intuitive but think of it like this. Almost everyone that I (and other professional runners who are candid) think is dirty, has been caught, like 80%.
With no exceptions that I can think of, no one that I thought was "clean" has been caught.
It's more than just tests, a whole host of factors strongly indicate that someone is dirty.
hasbeenorneverwas wrote:
goes to show, it's not as dirty as some people think. I know that sounds counter-intuitive but think of it like this. Almost everyone that I (and other professional runners who are candid) think is dirty, has been caught, like 80%.
With no exceptions that I can think of, no one that I thought was "clean" has been caught.
It's more than just tests, a whole host of factors strongly indicate that someone is dirty.
I just wish Bernard lagat would get caught once again. Dirty mother F-er!
Jay Skillz wrote:
I know people suspected this guy for a while, great he is caught, just wondering why people suspected him in the first place?? im new...:)
As Alan Webb famously described it several years back, "Ramzi turned to me and was like, 'I'm too juiced to lose.' He wasn't even tired down the final stretch. When he passed me he was hardly breathing."
I'd love love love to see that quote from Webb if he actually said it. got a link?
2nd set of books wrote:
Thank god for CERA. It was new, so drug cheats flocked to it. What they didn't realize is that CERA was designed to stay in the body *longer*, so cancer patients wouldn't have to take EPO so often. You couldn't ask for a better trap for drug cheats.
CERA cheats were caught in last year's TDF, and that's when it came out that CERA was actually a trap of sorts. So Ramzi knew in Beijing that he might get caught. What an asshole. He could have faked an injury or something but instead he goes for the false glory.
This is why Bernard lagat didn't make the finals.
This way he would not get caught
