World Athletics, please do the right thing and null her world record. This effectively confirms she was doped up during it
I think that once an athlete is caught doping or admits to doping, their entire competitive career should be stricken from the record. Damnatio memoriae.
Very strange and idealistic mindset. During every era athletes try to find the competitive advantage. You use the stuff that doesn't show on the tests during that era or use it only during certain periods when you aren't tested. The same rules apply to everybody and you test athletes to limit what they can do.
Talent is still the overwhelming differentiating factor whether some people use something or not. My country's national record for 100m is only ~10.2 and if you doped some of our top sprinters to the max they still wouldn't break 10. American female marathoners wouldn't be able to match the level of the kenyans whether everybody doped or nobody doped. Or current system where you are tested and you can only do a little bit strategically.
Talented athletes are there that don't dope. The difference between good and great is Doping. Because athletes dope it can't be otherwise, because the drugs work.
It's simple logic.
The fact records stay in the books and nobody is suing the athletes means the incentive to dope remains high.
If Russia can be banned for systemic doping violations, can't Kenya?
I doubt that it's a state sponsored affair where secret service agents also swapped samples in the olympics.
In Kenya there are individual athletes who want to lift themselves and their family out of poverty and thus the temptation to use banned substances is very real.
Anyway the situation is completely different compared to Russia.
Yeah because there is much more doping going in Kenya especially among the distance runners where it is at another order of magnitude compared with Russia. Nations should be banned if there is endemic doping going on regardless of whether it is state sponsored or not.