Kenyan federation to receive doping ban?

casual obsever wrote:

Considering that worldwide over 40% dope

Ban the Africans, so we can win wrote:

I think it's a great idea to ban Kenya, where, according to WADA, "the doping practices of Kenyan athletes are unsophisticated, opportunistic, and uncoordinated."

This will make room for countries like the USA, the UK, Norway, etc., where the doping practices are not unsophisticated, opportunistic, and uncoordinated, to win more medals and maybe a road race here and there.

Who cares about BALCO, that shows Americans dope on a large and sophisticated scale?
Who cares about widespread doping practices among British cyclists?

Who cares about Norwegian asthmatics, Henrik being a likely doper, and Marit Bjørgen's biceps?

Ban them Africans! Make T&F Whiter Again!

Ghost1 wrote:

Coevett wrote:

Reading the article, I'd guess that Kipchoge and one or two other big names have already been busted.

This would be a crazy decision to ban all the athletes from Kenya even though a few did commit infractions and violations. I believe the best majority of Kenyan athletes are perfectly clean. I hope this is not wishful or deluded thinking.

This reminded me of a situation that I and my peers faced at boarding school many years ago when someone who had cheated in the class and didn’t own up resulted in the whole class being punished. In my view this is not fair and there should be a better way.

Huangdi wrote:

There’s literally no way this actually happens. I’ll race an all-comers in a letsrun shirt if this actually happens.

Kenya is such a major player in distance running and athletics that I would be shocked if they don’t at least get a plea deal of some sort to get out of a possible ban. This is probably the equivalent of banning the US from Olympic basketball.

imagine Kipchoge not being able to compete. Tim Cheryiout. Faith Kipyegon. List goes on and on and on.

Coevett wrote:

250+ is not a few, and it's the tip of the iceberg. As I said, no doubt they would still allow 'properly vetted' Kenyan athletes to still compete independently, as with Russian athletes.

Temp Oh wrote:

casual obsever wrote:

Considering that worldwide over 40% dope

Sorry if I've missed this in past discussions:

40% of what? Professional athletes, professional distance runners?

Where does this number come from?

Temp Oh wrote:

Sorry if I've missed this in past discussions:

40% of what? Professional athletes, professional distance runners?

Where does this number come from?

Ban the Africans, so we can win wrote:

I think it's a great idea to ban Kenya, where, according to WADA, "the doping practices of Kenyan athletes are unsophisticated, opportunistic, and uncoordinated."

This will make room for countries like the USA, the UK, Norway, etc., where the doping practices are not unsophisticated, opportunistic, and uncoordinated, to win more medals and maybe a road race here and there.

Who cares about BALCO, that shows Americans dope on a large and sophisticated scale?
Who cares about widespread doping practices among British cyclists?

Who cares about Norwegian asthmatics, Henrik being a likely doper, and Marit Bjørgen's biceps?

Ban them Africans! Make T&F Whiter Again!

hopeatlast?

With a solid ban in place, rather than busting Kenyan after Kenyan for the last 10 years with nothing being done about it, anti-doping resources could instead be used productively and directed at other rogue nations such as Ethiopia and Uganda. It would interesting to see what could be found if some actual testing was directed at those nations.

Dhjehrbfne wrote:

El keniano where art thou

L\'innoculateur wrote:

Kenya is just the tree that hide a forest.

Look at the that big leftist country (ravaged by civil war), and many others.

There are countries that block medias like Algeria.

cleansportfan wrote:

hopeatlast?

With a solid ban in place, rather than busting Kenyan after Kenyan for the last 10 years with nothing being done about it, anti-doping resources could instead be used productively and directed at other rogue nations such as Ethiopia and Uganda. It would interesting to see what could be found if some actual testing was directed at those nations.

Ethiopia has been mentioned on the boards a few times, but they have far fewer bans than Kenya. What's the situation with Ethiopia, are they not tested as much as Kenya? Or is Ethiopia cleaner?

liberal logic ftw wrote:

Ban the Africans, so we can win wrote:

I think it's a great idea to ban Kenya, where, according to WADA, "the doping practices of Kenyan athletes are unsophisticated, opportunistic, and uncoordinated."

This will make room for countries like the USA, the UK, Norway, etc., where the doping practices are not unsophisticated, opportunistic, and uncoordinated, to win more medals and maybe a road race here and there.

Who cares about BALCO, that shows Americans dope on a large and sophisticated scale?
Who cares about widespread doping practices among British cyclists?

Who cares about Norwegian asthmatics, Henrik being a likely doper, and Marit Bjørgen's biceps?

Ban them Africans! Make T&F Whiter Again!

You can post under your registered name, El K

briswiss wrote:

Kipchoge is a complete fraud. Lance Armstrong 2.0