Caster Semen.....ya wrote:
Olympic Truth wrote:It didn't even take 3 minutes. Wikipedia
Over a 66-day period (15 May – 20 July) leading up to the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, Willis ran his best times over four different distances. Two of those runs doubled as new national records.[18]
He began with a time of 13m 20.33s over 5000m on 15 May. On June 11 he became the second New Zealander after Sir John Walker to break 3m 50s over a mile when finishing second at the Bislett G
Willis won the 1500m silver medal in the 2008 Summer Olympics. He originally placed third but the eventual disqualification of Rashid Ramzi due to a positive drug test saw Willis's bronze medal become a silver one, which he received in 2011.
So he is totally clean and he just barely lost to a none cheat. Set 3 national records in 2 months.
I'll bet OVER $10,000. This plus his 329 PR. It's not even a fair bet HE IS DIRTY.
You utter moron, so let's get this right, Willis ran 3:30.35 in 2012 (four years after his surprise silver) in a fast race in Monaco but shaving 0.4s off this time in another fast race in Monaco in 2014 (3:29.91) then running a mile race at an equivalent pace 3:49. That is somehow suspicious!
After bombing out in London, Willis decided he would switch to the 5000m in 2014, so in order to run at the Commonwealth games 5000m, Willis (like all other NZ'ers has to meet qualifying standards) so he ran his first 5000m as a senior not surprising he ran a PB. But before he raced this distance he ran a 3000m to get used to the 5k, so not surprisingly that running the event for the first time with pacemakers against the top Kenyans he ran a pb. He proved to be sub par at 5k and bombed out at that event and naturally ditched it for the 1500m. His PB for 5k wouldn't meet NZ Olympic qualifying standards.
I would take your $10,000 bet because I know he that he is clean. He is never hiding in Rabat or Ethiopia for 6 months at a time.
Considering that EPO can give ca. 4 sec. advantage in the 1500 m, the "natural" world record is about 3:30. Note, how Cacho suddenly improved from 3:32,58 to 3:28,95 in 1997!
https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/spain/fermin-cacho-402And before the advance of EPO in 1995, Kenyans were not able to break 3:32. Without EPO, El Guerrouj, Lagat et al. would run 3:29-3:30 at best.