Back up ROJO question 100 percent!!

Would love to see RoJo go hard at Shelby like this - not sure that will happen tho.

ROJO doesn't she away from asking the tough questions. In 2022 either him or Weldon asked Grant Fisher the tough question as well. And like sunday after the marathon and back in 2022 he never accused he just posted the question what do you say about those that don't believe the time. He never has said to any runner to my knowledge that they are doping/cheating. He just asks the hard questions and for that only the "TRUE" cheaters in my ooinion, the Kenyan parliament are offended

It's not a tough question, it's literally an easy, super-lazy question.

Literally a default meme on letsrun for decades "anyone faster than me is cheating".

The only correct answer is "did Ruth cheat? I dunno, we have to wait and see".

Here's a very complex hard version of the question (and answer)

Ruth ran 4:57 pace (per mile) average.

She has done that for half-marathon, more than once (only five others in the world too).

So the question is can she run twice the distance at that pace?

Pretty sure most would accept she can run 20 miles at that pace.

Many might also accept 22, 23 and perhaps even 24 miles before a blowup with modern super-shoes.

So did just have an awesome perfect day after previous failed attempts?

Did she draft her pacers well enough to make up the energy for the last few miles?

Did she improve her form enough to maximize the alphafly like others have done?

Is it some unknown new nutrition that would be made legal otherwise?

"possibly cheating, doping" is fair to put on that list but only at the end and even then you have to wait to see

It's a long road to 2028, we will see.

Rojo's question certainly implied she is dirty.

Which she almost certainly is.

In a vacuum, there was nothing wrong with the question. However, we all know rojo and the fact that not only does he not ask this question of white people, he defends them after they get popped!

110% fair, esp if you come from a country with 300 dopers in the last several years including many of the countries best runners and someone making a 5 minute improvement in one year. No world class runner already at their peak drops 5 minutes in the marathon. What if Salazar went from 2:08 in NY to 2:03 in one year, heads would have exploded. What will be said if a Kenyan woman in 2 years drops a 2:08 pt 2:07? This woman ran 2:09 and didn't even look to be tired, I'm sure she can reach that low 2:09 or 2:08 in the next year. Science!

I agree with you trackfangirl. As you know I'm the King of Physics and who better to know what is most fair and equitable than me right? I weigh and test all human intention, words, emotions and everything in space and time. That's my rice bowl, my bread and butter. Rojo was par for the course for asking a legit question that merely seduces the thought that Ruth could be a doper without completely giving it away 100%.

Any Physics King would have thought the same.

Do you mean Rojo defends the American middle distance trio of Hocker, Nuguse and Kessler? And Fisher? They haven't been popped yet, but we all know they are definitely not clean white men.

Implication and implied meaning isn't completely factual according to troublesome commenters like rekrunner who only accepts economical facts within an impossibly narrow definition. He doesn't like low-angle convex lens with a very distant focal point because he isn't a Physics King like me. I work very well in the gray zone when facts and their meanings are not so economical.

Rojo is an astute provocateur and he knows how to play it close, hats off to him but he is safe from all legal threats.

Well said, I rewatched the response from Ruth after Rojo's grilling and boy was I nervous as hell at Ruth's sudden oblivion under pressure!!

Surely a clean athlete can handle the question without a worryingly long pause and tentative eye swivel left and right before finally letting out a lame and muted 'people must talk'? Really Ruth? Is that the best you can do? You CHEAT!

It's not for lack of English comprehension or language skills that Ruth exhibited seeming distress under pressure. It's for lack of a clean conscience lol!

Is her English strong enough to understand the question and answer it properly?

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Rojo should invite El G on to his podcast, and then surprise him with a similar question. Maybe Said Aouita too. And Wayonyi.

And coe.

Your life wouldn't have any meaning anymore when you discover Coe was clean.

Did he ask Kipchoge after the sub2 attempts and success?

Long time Coe fan here. You don't know if he was clean. We can't know. And that 1:41 was as shocking as Ruth's 2:09

Well it's official that she doped. So rojo won't ask a gentle question like that, but maybe:

1) When did you start doping?

2) Did you use anything else aside from nandro?

3) Will you try to compete clean now?

4) Who orchestrated your doping?

5) Who else was on that doping program?