Sydney has been great since she was in HS. I have zero reason to suspect her.
I'm so jaded and cynical about this sport, but honestly if it were confirmed that she used I would be floored.
Same. Sydney has shown mega-elite level talent since she was in middle school. Carried through high school and then college. All without Kersee. I don’t hesitate to point fingers when I see the evidence but it’s just not there with Sydney.
No one is talented enough to humiliate the fastest dopers on the planet.
Wow. Joe Biden knew more about FloJo's links to drugs than me.
Wash Post wrote:
As part of her testimony before Biden, Connolly, a three-time Olympian, produced the Feb. 9, 1989. issue of a West German magazine, Bunte, which was put on record at the hearing. In the magazine, there are two pictures of Griffith Joyner, one labeled as taken in 1984, the other in 1988. "The article . . . shows a comparison of two athletes," Biden said. Connolly corrected Biden, saying it was the same person. Griffith Joyner, who recently retired from track, repeatedly has denied using steroids. She and her former coach, Bob Kersee, have attributed her stunning performances to a strenuous workout regimen before the Olympics.
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It was HGH.
I knew a guy who told me before the games in 1984. Said they spent $5k a month on HGH. I'd asked him where flojo had 'come from after being middle of the road for so long. In 1983 she came 4th in 22.46. A second almost faster is a 'jump'.
They threatened to sue a guy who said they were buying STEROIDS. I wonder what would have happened if he'd said HGH.
Sydney has been great since she was in HS. I have zero reason to suspect her.
I'm so jaded and cynical about this sport, but honestly if it were confirmed that she used I would be floored.
Same. Sydney has shown mega-elite level talent since she was in middle school. Carried through high school and then college. All without Kersee. I don’t hesitate to point fingers when I see the evidence but it’s just not there with Sydney.
Maybe there's no evidence coming from Sydney's progression. That doesn't mean there's no evidence at all.
Let's say your buddy suddenly becomes best friends with Asbel Kiprop and Shelby Houlihan. They start spending a lot of time at Lance Armstrong's ranch (I assume he has one of these) listening to guest lectures by Jama Aden about his coaching philosophy.
Do you say:
A) He only dropped from 16:00 to 15:45 this year. He was faster than me in high school, so this is a totally normal progression.
or
B) He's ****ing doping
And what's the deal with Kersee? If he really did dope his athletes back in the 80s (as the reports say he did), then when did he stop? Why did he stop? Did he repent, or just decide he couldn't get away with it? Based on what Letsrunners say, he'd be wrong if the latter.
We have long said at LetsRun that we believe letting people debate doping rumors leads to a cleaner sport.
what doping rumors. Some idiot on letsrun isn't a legitimate source. You had a more unusual preogression so I think you were doping. And it was during the EPO era. Next time you see syd, let her know that you allow people to talk sh!t about her because you think she's doping.
She's doing times no one else has, and training with a known (former at least) drug promoting coach. If you think JJK was clean, you need your head read.
