The top Kenyan and Ethiopian women are 20-30s faster than the Americans over 5K. No American woman has ever medaled in the 5K at Worlds / Olympics.
yet the men are winning DL races and winning Olympic medals and setting (indoor) WRs. why is there such a difference.
The 5k doesn’t have the same cache as the 1500m, let’s face it. No one is interested in running it and therefore it’s just not as competitive in general. Typically runners who aren’t fast enough in the mile will move up to the dreaded 5k but just can’t be competitive enough at worlds.
The explanation is 100% doping. My take is that the state of testing eliminates macrodoping unless and athlete is deemed too big to fail. That leaves microdoping, but in certain corrupt countries this can be done with impunity where as in the US there is still a workable enforcement system through AIU that has to be circumvented. Doping due to biological reasons has a bigger impact on women (hence the East German swim team, Ma's Army, etc.), so if say a Kenyan or Ethiopian runner is free to dope to a higher degree and comes from a doping culture, while not quite at 1990s levels, that is going to translate into the disparity. The men have a much more even playing field and it shows in the results.
So you think the us men are that competitive?! It’s almost laughable, this is the new trend, americans barely race compared to the top africans and not even consistent! Sit sit sit and kick! All of sudden you consider yourself one of the best in the world without even share the work. There is a reason we respect Jacob! The man has proved he can do it all!
The explanation is 100% doping. My take is that the state of testing eliminates macrodoping unless and athlete is deemed too big to fail. That leaves microdoping, but in certain corrupt countries this can be done with impunity where as in the US there is still a workable enforcement system through AIU that has to be circumvented. Doping due to biological reasons has a bigger impact on women (hence the East German swim team, Ma's Army, etc.), so if say a Kenyan or Ethiopian runner is free to dope to a higher degree and comes from a doping culture, while not quite at 1990s levels, that is going to translate into the disparity. The men have a much more even playing field and it shows in the results.
As if the US isn’t one of these corrupt countries lol
The top Kenyan and Ethiopian women are 20-30s faster than the Americans over 5K. No American woman has ever medaled in the 5K at Worlds / Olympics.
yet the men are winning DL races and winning Olympic medals and setting (indoor) WRs. why is there such a difference.
The 5k doesn’t have the same cache as the 1500m, let’s face it. No one is interested in running it and therefore it’s just not as competitive in general. Typically runners who aren’t fast enough in the mile will move up to the dreaded 5k but just can’t be competitive enough at worlds.
Speak for yourself. There was huge buildup on LRC for the Oslo 5000m, and a massive reaction to Young’s win and AR. 1500/5000m and 5/10 guys are very interested in running the 5000m.
The top Kenyan and Ethiopian women are 20-30s faster than the Americans over 5K. No American woman has ever medaled in the 5K at Worlds / Olympics.
yet the men are winning DL races and winning Olympic medals and setting (indoor) WRs. why is there such a difference.
The women indulge in and suffer from “girl power, you go girl, stunning and brave, future is female”, and all that. The men are too homophobic for such intra-group bonding and support networking, so they are more hardcore.
the men's roads records are also clown world times. But I'm guessing shoe technology definitely helps there. "men are more likely to cheat" idk, or is it these women are more likely to cheat or are more willing to take things their coaches give them.