'Kenya shouldn't bury head in the sand over age cheating scandal'

You are a bitter sad man. I went to the same school as wanyonyi. Even in school thats how his face looked. Not everyone has a babyface

He comes from the luyha tribe and most luyhas in kenya including women tend to have a strong face so stop this nonesense

Here is a picture of wanyonyi from highschool;

When a legitimate & dominant junior in Europe/USA (like Jacob Ingebrigsten) who is immersed in a professional training set-up & struggles at global junior championships against athletes clearly age cheating from Kenya & east Africa it underlines the scale of the problem. World Athletics burying their heads in the sand. Athletics Kenya happy to turn a blind eye too (as they do with many other issues).

I'm more concerned about Wanyonyi's obvious epo use than his age cheating.

This isn’t just a Kenya problem , it is an African problem . First passport when they get to go to under age championships , 5 years younger is pretty standard

Age cheating only matters in the junior ranks. If you are an Olympic champion if you are 20 or 24, it doesn't matter.

Where is he mentioned or are you just your usual racist self again?

Well if he is caught age cheating from the World U20 championships, he could be suspended, so EPO problem solved.

Excellent point. It will be interesting if Kenya underperforms in Peru. Just looking at their 800m men, it seems vastly inferior to previous championships.

Did you read the article Hoady? 26 Kenyans from the last four world U20.championships under investigation. Statistically alone, there has to be a good chance Wayonyi being one of them.

You should get your paranoid personality disorder looked into.

There is no confirmation that the names are only athletes who made world juniors teams. There was also a world youth championships in that time in 2017 and several U20 championships for Cross Country or regional champs (Commonwealth, East African). So likely this is looking at several hundred (if not over a thousand) athletes not the 75 or so from 4 U20 Track Champs. Your Wanyonyi fixation is strange because he hasn’t competed in junior competition since 2021, so his age cheating would require him to be born earlier than 2002.

Read the article. Wayoumi is the world u20 champ from 2021. Kenyan teams since 2016 are.being investigated and will face sanctions if guilty. Of course Kenya will almost certainly give him a pass.

Wanting someone faster than you to be disqualified because their listed age at a senior championship is wrong is so very British.

Well maybe. This article mentions only world u20 and u18 championships since 2016.

nation.africa

Root out age cheating

The vice is threatening to wipe out gains made in the fight against cheating in sports.

Link:nation.africa/kenya/blogs-opinion/edit...

Also the guy from that World Juniors final who has made the most improvement by far as he’s gotten older.

They impair the development of the rest.of the world's juniors, deny.them places in finals, medals, instill in them the belief that Kenyans can't be beat. Is it OK for Kenyans to dope at junior competitions too?

The "juniors" who faced Jakob...... George Manangoi, Justus Soget, Edward Zakayo, Milkesa Mengesha, Tadese Worku... all complete nobodies now. Makes me wonder how old they really were at the "U20" competitions.

Most egregious / hilarious age cheat right now is that "17-year-old" Ethiopian. Gonna be nauseating to hear shills claim he's a "teenager" for the next two years.

Always an excuse - the mantra of a loser. No wonder Pattison choked.