Farah (28) suspicious, Koech (28) not

He’s Kenyan

Who called him a great American hero? He's a 1:44 800m runner who took a real shot at the 1500m and ran low 3:30s, which any number of other similar 800m runners have done in the past. Mo at 28 all of a sudden dropped his times markedly all across the board to the point that he won gold/silver in 2011, gold/gold in 2012 (beating a passel of sub-12:50 runners easily), gold/gold in 2013, gold/gold in 2015, gold/gold in 2016, and gold/silver in 2017. That is an unparalleled championship record on the men's side. By the end, he was 34, and that's if his age is accurate. Given his stories about how he came to the UK in the first place, you have to wonder.

He ran 3:34 in 2009 at 26 (3:33.98), then four years later ran 3:28.81 at 30 and 3:28.93 at 33 in 2015! This was pre-super shoes. He dropped 12 seconds off of his 5000m time in 2010 at 27, then another 4 seconds at 28, but more importantly, he crushed 12:46 guys. During these years he lied about any contact with Jama Aden, when in fact he trained with him in Sabadell. He also missed tests, claiming he couldn't hear the doorbell. And he trained with Mr. Grey-Line.

Mr. Grey-Line... you mean, banned drug cheat Salazar. Farah also lied about his injection to USADA, for which he should have been banned right then, right there.

The first posts I saw about him were immediately suspicious, so I don't know what you are talking about.

Yes, pretty much everybody thinks it’s suspicious. The same crowd who thought Lance was clean are the only ones who think he is clean. Very unfortunate if he is in fact clean, but people stopped believing in miracles a while back.

After speaking with his lawyers, he was allowed to go back in to change his testimony in the deposition. The guy lied about his life, his doorbell, his wherebouts, and his friendship with Aden. Constant trouble follows him- fighting a pensioner in a london park, fighting guys in Geb's gym, etc. I have often wondered what might have been on his TWO cellphones that were stolen in Ethiopia. The thing is, he's not even the worst Farah. His wife is completely insufferable, and dishonest on top of that (ask about her spa in Portland).

But the board isn't everyone on this board. There are people who are willing to wait for a failed test.

How many Olympic medals does Koech have? Is he now suddenly the best in the world at his event? He is not exactly Farah at this point.

Farah won a bunch of gold medals. Koch has only won one DL race against a weak field.

But wasn't that injection recommended by Steve "whistleblower" Magness?

Shelby literally tested positive for drugs and people here continue to defend her. I’d loveeeee to see what those same people would have to say if she wasn’t white.

I think Koech gets somewhat of a pass for his Rabat performance in the 1,500 because it's a more or less equivalent performance to his best 800 times. He never really seemed to focus on the 1,500 before, but I think he is what he is. 1:44.xx / 3:31.xx. That still may not even make the US team. Now, we are definitely all questioning Ruppert from Germany's performance. He dropped 8:15 to 8:01 at 28 years old in his primary event. That's suspicious!

I think your exclamation mark key is stuck, friend-o.