Medhi Baala

hahahaha

Medhi Baala, what a "talent". Right up there with Ramzi, Said-Sief, Boulahmi - except he had far more committed National federation covering his arse.

Good one bro.

And how were the drugs?

regardless of whether or not he is on the gear, he is one of the smoothest runners I've ever seen

Mehdi is clean - Wa Allah! and believe me he has been tested, right, left and centre for the past 10 years, and has always come up clean. Anyone who says otherwise is talking nonsense.

I have spoken to many of the Maghreb athletes in France,and they all swear on the Qu'oran and their mothers' heads that Mehdi is clean - Wa Allah! and when muslims say this, it is very serious.

Medhdi is very talented, but also a very hard worker. In the last couple of years, though, he has had a couple of bad experiences in the last 100m of races, when he cannot accelerate as he used to. Hopefully, that will be remedied this summer.

Ghost in Saudi,

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How many drug tests did Marion Jones pass before she finally was caught. Just because Baala hasn't tested positive doesn't mean he isn't doping. He either has a very good doctor helping him cycle his coctails or he has been very lucky.

There is a reason the guys nickname is Medical Baala

The french authorities are probably the most aggressive in their testing so I would not consider him to be any more likely to be cheating than lagat or webb.

If he were on the same stuff as Ramzi then why was it not detected in Beijing, surely they would test his sample before awarding him a medal.

Baala is clean! 100% - he is tested so much, it would have been impossible to not detect something.

Also, look at his improvement, from when he was running 'cadets' (youths) category in France northeast region. No spectacular jumps like Ramzi (3:39 to 3:30 in one year!) - only gradual progression.

Baala is a devout muslim who would never cheat under any circumstances. He would have too much to lose if he did, including the wrath and disapproval of his friends and family (huge extended family). Also, Mehdi will not do anything to displease the great one above (Allah) as he knows that this life is transitory, and everything he does now, will have an effect on when he passes away. His legacy will survive.

After his second place to Hicham in Paris Worlds, 2003, we are all waiting for Mehdi to have that big race on the world championship or Olympic level, where he has been so unlucky.

Insh Allah, his dreams will be realized.

Ghost in Saudi,

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ghost wrote:

Baala is clean! 100% - he is tested so much, it would have been impossible to not detect something.

You lose all credibility with such a blanket statement.

ghost wrote:

Baala is a devout muslim who would never cheat under any circumstances.

This statement is pretty suspect, too.

I don't think his religion is any indication of whether he would or would not cheat - Many devout Christians and Muslims have cheated before.

This is true, some people cheat withing religion, but I don't think that applies to Baala.

Ghost in Saudi,

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ghost wrote:

This is true, some people cheat withing religion, but I don't think that applies to Baala.

Ghost in Saudi,

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I have no idea whether he cheats or not, and no real opinion on the matter but you have not offered a good defense here, since it is not generally applicable.

ghost wrote:

This is true, some people cheat withing religion, but I don't think that applies to Baala.

Ghost in Saudi,

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Then why the hell did you bring it up??? Devout religious people (devout on the surface) rape little boys(catholic priests), and blow themselves up to kill others (muslims and others) in the name of God. This idea that they wouldn't take a PED that might even fall in some "gray" area in their mind, is beyond silly.

It's like saying: "he is a police officer, his life is upholding the law, he would never break the law." Yeah, that theory has worked out well, huh?