One of the Ethiopia’s leading distance athletes in recent years, Tadu Teshome Nare, was just seven when the Noah of all storms unleashed its fury on her family home. There had been some heavy downpours in the Sidama region in...
London doesn't turn down a 2:17 woman without a reason. My best guess: there's some smoke around her performance in Valencia and organisers don't want to take a chance
London doesn't turn down a 2:17 woman without a reason. My best guess: there's some smoke around her performance in Valencia and organisers don't want to take a chance
It just goes to show how the Sports of Running is not treated as a Sports by Organisers. But will let thousands enter , even to those who are not serious about running. Anyone who runs sub 2:30 as a female should be given Pen- 1 slots unconditinonally as long as they pay the registration fee.
London doesn't turn down a 2:17 woman without a reason. My best guess: there's some smoke around her performance in Valencia and organisers don't want to take a chance
But London has no problem inviting Kelvin Kiptum.
I'm not talking just about the time an athlete runs, it's whether there are plausible suspicions about the athlete. There was one athlete, who is now very high profile, who wasn't getting invites to WMMs earlier in their career despite good performances because there were strong suspicions about doping.
Several others with 2.17s and 2.18s from East Africa have been invited I.e
Asefa 2.18
Judith Kiptum 2.18
Ayana 2.17
Genzebe Dibaba 2.17
In addition to a few other debutants.
Therefore there is likely to be another reason e.g suspicion around previous recent performances. London marathon organisers tend to be very sensitive and do background checks in addition to the usual checks.
If there is nothing besides a number game behind this, her prayers will likely be answered. There’re typically at least 2-3 withdrawals from any of these Majors. I suspect we’ll see her in Boston.
Several others with 2.17s and 2.18s from East Africa have been invited I.e
Asefa 2.18
Judith Kiptum 2.18
Ayana 2.17
Genzebe Dibaba 2.17
In addition to a few other debutants.
Therefore there is likely to be another reason e.g suspicion around previous recent performances. London marathon organisers tend to be very sensitive and do background checks in addition to the usual checks.
If they let in Genzebe Dibaba they can let this runner in…
Organisers are less concerned about historic doping suspicions, as is the case with Dibaba. What they're trying to avoid is a Boston 2021 situation. You're right though: if it's just about numbers, Teshome will land in either Boston or London. If she doesn't, then that there might be something going on in the background.
The other possibility is that her agent is doing an absolutely awful job for her
