Moroccan 2.05.58 marathoner doping ban 4 years

Perhaps he can appeal, as his abnormalities are the same as Paula Radcliffe and I believe she was able to expunge her results. He simply needs to claim dehydration.

Sapel wrote:

Perhaps he can appeal, as his abnormalities are the same as Paula Radcliffe and I believe she was able to expunge her results. He simply needs to claim dehydration.

Sir, your facetious comment is quite amusing, But the tragedy in this affair is that I doubt very much that the Moroccan ace will get a second chance to show absence of guilt.

Sapel wrote:

Perhaps he can appeal, as his abnormalities are the same as Paula Radcliffe and I believe she was able to expunge her results. He simply needs to claim dehydration.

The decision is appealable.

His abnormalities are much more extreme than the range of values reported for Paula.

Paula's only result requiring explanation, was explained by high altitude, and not dehydration.

Another Moroccan cheating rat has been banned. Fantastic! The only tragedy here is that for every one caught another ten probably never will, including cheats from the past like Aouita and El G.

Now play the race card and accuse me of being a racist and denying every Brit from Harold Abrahams has been doped.

I have to say, the Prague marathon and half marathon must be close to the record of having most busted winners.

Ghost1 wrote:

One feel sorry for this unfortunate Moroccan who grew up in very unfortunate circumstances, selling cigarettes on the street as a youth and neglecting his education for lack of finances.

Tragedy all this, is that most of these athletes could still reach very high levels without doping but they are often subject to pressures by the trainers and different authorities in their countries to go the extra mile to get the extra level.

This is very tragic.

With regard to the prize monies that he won in those races, there is no information yet about that so one is not sure if he was able to keep his prize money.

The tragedy here is that Taku Fujimoto was denied the recognition and fame that would have come from winning his country's most prestigious marathon. Hopefully he and whoever was 2nd in Prague get the prize money they rightfully earned as the clean winners.

As for this doper, no tragedy there. Next up is that 2:04 Moroccan who runs for Bahrain.

This was Fujimoto‘s profile prior to his second place in Fukuoka in 2019.

2019.

http://japanrunningnews.blogspot.com/2019/09/mgc-race-olympics-marathon-trials.html

5000 m: 13:38.68 (2010) 10000 m: 28:08.30 (2018) half marathon: 1:01:31 (2015) Fujimoto pbs

Interesting those PB track times and half Marathon best are typical for Japanese 207 and 2.08 Marathon runners. In the US there are plenty of track runners who can achieve those kinds of times but they would be pushed to run under 212 for the marathon which means we can learn a lot from Japanese running marathon training system to produce sub 2.10 marathons.

Yuma Hattori, almost identical PB‘s on the track and on the road. These Japanese runners are so uniform

Typical Japanese clone elite marathoner.

13.35, 2810, 61.30, 2.07.50

Most of these guys are approximately 1 m 68 in height (5.7,5.8), and around 50kg in weight 110-120

You go to the Japanese university half marathon championships in the spring and you’ll see 500 University runners running under 65 minutes for the half marathon. Very impressive and unmatched anywhere else in the world.

Classic Ghost1. And no, the majority do not feel bad for this cheater. Fortune has nothing to do with doping- bad choices DO. Own it.

“One feel sorry for this unfortunate Moroccan who grew up in very unfortunate circumstances, selling cigarettes on the street as a youth and neglecting his education for lack of finances.”

rekrunner wrote:

Sapel wrote:

Perhaps he can appeal, as his abnormalities are the same as Paula Radcliffe and I believe she was able to expunge her results. He simply needs to claim dehydration.

The decision is appealable.

His abnormalities are much more extreme than the range of values reported for Paula.

Paula's only result requiring explanation, was explained by high altitude, and not dehydration.

Definitely much more extreme - try 17.4 Hgb (52.2) 0.32 RET%, 140 Off-Score one (1) day before the Prague marathon (99.5 specificity & classic off-phase). Prague was his 2nd fastest time and he set the NR a year earlier at Valencia. However, they didn't start obtaining ABP blood samples until the day before Prague, so I'm considering Valcenia as suspicious.

Also, in the DT hearing, World-renowned anti-doping expert Dr. Schumacher states in paragraph's 145 & 146:

145. "According to Dr. Schumacher, the benefit of EPO can increase performance saves up to 1 minute on a 10 km run, which is considerable if we assume that it takes 30 minutes to travel this distance."

146. "Dr Schumacher further confirmed that taking EPO during training periods is also beneficial as it allows the athlete to train more intensely and thus to get your body used to being called upon in a more sustained manner."

Ghost1 wrote:

With regard to the prize monies that he won in those races, there is no information yet about that so one is not sure if he was able to keep his prize money.

The wins at Prague & Fukuoka are to be annulled.

From the conclusion of the DT hearing:

"All the competition results obtained by Mr. El Mahjoub Dazza since May 4, 2019 are canceled with all the resulting consequences, including the withdrawal of all titles, awards, medals, points, earnings, participation bonuses and notoriety bonuses."

The Japanese are so good at the marathon because they train a ton, run a lot of easy miles and they are by far the most organized because of the corporate system. I read a piece where they ran 3x3k around 8:50 with the last under 8:40. The coach then states that this was not hard training and their training camp has yet to even start.

The next week they hold a time trial to decide the team complete with lactate threshold testing in between reps. They run 3k at 8:40 pace, then 6k in 16:40 and the last 3k at 8:30 pace with three minutes rest between the reps for testing. Apparently training for Ekiden they will do 3-4 times 3k anywhere from 8:50-8:30 pretty often. I feel Americans do most of their marathon/half marathon specific work with longer reps and far less often. Hitomi Niiya's training that was posted on Japan Running News was also very illuminating. They are just workhorses 24/7. A lot of respect for the way they train.

He was Provisionally suspended on January this year for using banned substance . Is this a different ban or the same ?

Jan 14

"The AIU also confirms a provisional suspension against Al Mahjoub Dazza of Morocco for the use of a prohibited substance, a violation of the @WorldAthletics

Anti-Doping Rules. "

I have resided in China since 2015 (no longer since C19) and ponder why no quality marathoners in China. The best Chinese males can barely beat 2.20-2.25, and the depth is non existant. Canova quickly got out of his contract when he saw the lacklustre approach to distance running in China.

No one will run Prague

I saw Japanese sub elites and elites all training on a 1.8km road circuit around a lake in Fukuoka. All their running done there. I asked them why they did not train on the grass banks of the Fukuoka river? They said because they need to be controlled by their coaches who can time and observe them. They even did their 30km long runs on that 1.8km loop. They show gteat tolerance for monotony and boredom. They time everything. Impressive.