A long rant by the Frenchman in which he claims that the sport is very difficult because there are so many cheaters who ruin it for everybody else. I will try to translate it word for word at a later stage - thank you for your patience.
Gressier finished 3rd in Euro cross, with Jakob first and Kaya 2nd. Gressier should now move up to 2nd.
Good for him for speaking out.
People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.
Good thing is Gressier is in a stone house. Repulsive that hard working talented people have to lose out to drug using cheaters
Weird response from a guy with Jimmy G’s regimen.
The automatic Instagram translation (Ghost1 can correct any inaccuracies) :
The face of the day: by @amoslagat (🇫🇷) after learning of the suspension for doping at the Turkish EPO @jimmy_gressier - European cross vice champion ahead of him in 2021 ❌ His hot reaction: "The doping... bunch of fat, weak, lazy, those who don't train with their heart or their head. We, the clean athletes, pay the consequences. In high level sports, a minimum part on the top level in the world: it's cheaters! And then they ask me, "why can't you make medals?" Why do you only finish 13th in the 10,000 Worlds? " (... ) I speak from the heart not the reason, sorry. High-ranking people in France are giving us big speeches about how we don't win enough medals in France... simply because we are not cheaters! (... ) it's no longer worth picking up a medal years later. What I want to experience is the emotion of the medal on the field. I can't fake it, I can't run against cheaters, the guy he run beside you, he can recite the alphabet, he can't breath while you're busy gritting your teeth. Im so fed up with it all.. I train 150 kilometers a week, I dedicated my life to athletics, I train every day, I want to succeed, I believe in the Olympic dream (medal or Olympic title), but I feel sorry when you see cheaters like this... And then there are many others I don’t believe. They come out of nowhere and overnight we can't beat them anymore Me I know that if tomorrow I cheat, I'm on the podium at the Worlds, at the Olympics... I am sure of it and certain! If I say all this, I have the deep conviction that I will never cheat. That's why I don't hide myself, I'm not afraid to speak up and tell you how I feel ✊ "
Coevett wrote:
Just to highlight Gressier's point - the cheating Kenyan Turk was runner up to
Robel Fsiha at the European Xcountry championships in 2019, the cheating Eritrean 'Swede' who was also busted for EPO. The guy who came third was an Ethiopian 'Italian' who has not yet been busted.
If you're referring to Crippa, Yeni, that’s unfair, because basically he’s a “real Italian” having been adopted by an Italian family at a very young age and moving to Italy when basically he was a young child. I’m almost certain that Crippa is clean. He also works as a policeman in Italy. I’m not naïve enough to think that all policemen are squeaky clean but basically I think this guy is clean.
Coevett: I think you err on the side of gross exaggeration when you paint all of these guys under the same brush because then going by your logic the guy who finished second in the European 10,000 m championships - the guy from Norway would be a doper as well where from what I gather that guy is very clean. This Norwegian, Mezngi of Eritrean origin also recently ran 2:07:00.
I can understand how Gressier feels despite he was not robbed a podium last year as he was 3rd (and should now move up to second).
But what's the point to share it on social medias? If you're a clean runner, just run and your career will speak.
By the way, you can understand that he doesn't trust Katir at all.
Yes, Crippa was adopted at age 5 and then grew up in Italy. That's a very different case from the Kenyan-Turkish mercenaries.
Crippa was adopted by Italian couple and reached Italy aged 5 years old. Referring to him as an Italian Ethiopian is disingenuous I think. He’s as Italian as they come in speech and culture or anyone who’s heard him speak or interacted with him.
Zerei Kbrom Mezngi: 36 year old Norwegian, of Eritrean origin, above board, from all we know about him. Late bloomer. Euro 10,000 silver, recent 2:07:00 low. Trains in Iten frequently. Good mate of Julien (clean as whistle) Wanders. People judge others by the company they keep and this guy has always been in good company from all we can see.
I love it how Gressier and all the coevetts just ignore the huge Norwegian elephant in the room, who totally destroyed them in that 2021 race and many others.
Kaya has been suspicious for years. Glad he has been caught at last.
Jo72 wrote:
Yes, Crippa was adopted at age 5 and then grew up in Italy. That's a very different case from the Kenyan-Turkish mercenaries.
Yeah but he is black so according to Coevett he is a doper. But don't call him racist you paid shill, doping apologist!
Renewed Marathoner wrote:
Yeah there's def no corrupt cops in Italy lol. I'm guessing you've never been there
Obviously but not the level of certain other countries which shall go unnamed.
By the way, in May 2022 I was unfortunately stopped by two policemen in Nairobi, Kenya, and had to empty the contents of my wallet ostensibly because I was walking around without my passport. It was a stark reminder that Kenyan policemen are very underpaid which leads to this type of incident. If I had not complied I would have been in the custody of Nairobi police, in an overcrowded Nairobi police cell with all sorts of people, probably not very good company. I’m not dissing Kenya by the way, but just pointing out that in some countries policemen are so grossly underpaid that they have to resort to this type of thing to make a living wage. It was a scary incident.
Fjord elephant wrote:
I love it how Gressier and all the coevetts just ignore the huge Norwegian elephant in the room, who totally destroyed them in that 2021 race and many others.
Kaya has been suspicious for years. Glad he has been caught at last.
So cheating Africans not only deny clean runners medals, they cast doubt on anybody who beats them?!
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