I don't care, what you say, Mr. Canova. Dr. Rosa swore by Jesus Christus, before his first runner was caught. And Marion Jones could became a respected Hollywood star.
First, I must apologize to you, if you really aren't the trainer of Bungei. I based my comment on this thread
http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=220022&page=1
I still only prepare for a long googling of all the connections among various EPO-docs and EPO-managers. As you can see above, one of the first attempts ended much more successfully than I even dared to imagine.
I have read some of your posts on letsrun.com like "EPO or something equivalent doesn't work for long distance runners" and "Peter Koech had VO2 max. 92 when being 30 kg overweight" and my opinion is:
1) Either you are not too sophisticated (I mean you are a stupid moron)
2) or you are making fun of the poor people here
Personally I think it is both. In any case, I can't take you seriously as well.
People here on this forum maintain that all the Africans we saw before 1995 (including Keino, Rono et al.) were only second-class runners, who didn't know, how to train properly. (This is why they were not markedly better than white runners, I think.) After the "criticall mass" came on track in 1995, everything changed over a single winter and the times suddenly exploded to unseen heights. So, with the complete African talent now competing on track, and with the enormous desire for success, we could expect that the times would further increase, as it was the case in white runners decades before. However, this is not the case. The times levelled off after mere 3 years and haven't markedly improved since 1998. In fact, recently they tend to fall down 15 years back. Furthermore, performances of the very best individuals are consistently far better than those of the rest, in all track distance disciplines. In previous decades (before white runners left track and the stagnation in 80's began), these exceptional individuals usually showed the limits of human potential. Others soon or later followed them and these exceptional times became a standard of the world's elite within 10-15 years. But today, the rest of runners can't get close to the performances of El Guerrouj, Kipketer, Komen, Tergat, Gebre, or Barmasai even after 15 years. I am really sorry, but this development has no parallel in the history of running.
http://ospage2000.ic.cz/SportGraphs.htm
My theory is that this rapid explosion was caused by the introduction of EPO to Africa. In theory, if EPO stood behind the sudden skyrocketing of times, we could expect a very fast explosion followed by a very slow further improvement, because we already got close to the human limits in mid 80's (the long-term stagnation in the 400 m, 400 m h, 800 m, high jump, long jump). THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED.
Which of these theories is more probable: mine or yours?
Moreover, the fact that Africans use blood doping, is more than clear already. You can look at this list
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_doping_cases_in_sport
If I include only EPO-cases in North Africans, the list is really large:
Boulami, Hachlaf, Kaouch, Chouki, Leghzaoui, Mourhit, Ramzi. Several others refused to submit to a doping control. Some others used other stuff (mostly steroids or banned prohormones). If we take the poor ability of the current EPO tests into consideration, this "tip of the iceberg" is very alarming. Mourhit and Boulami's brother were members of the superman's squadra from the late 90's. Is it only a coincidence?
As for Kenyans, two of them have already been caught when using EPO: Lagat and Chepchumba in 2003. Chepchumba is the member of one of the the largest Kenyan training groups, with a disproportionate number of top world's runners. Again, when you consider the poor detectability of EPO tests, you can safely add Lagat here, even after his clean B-test. The current EPO tests actually hugely understimate the number of cheating athletes.
Further busted Kenyan runners include Delilah Asiago (1999-unknown stuff), Ambrose Bitok (2003-noandrosterone), Susan Chepkemei (2008-salbutamol), Linda Cheomei (2006-clomiphene), Simon Kemboi (2000-nandrolone), Elizabeth Muthuka (2008-nandrolone), Charles Nyakundi (boldenone). And I don't include Ngugi and some others banned for stimulants.
Judging from these cases, I would say that there is a rampant drug abuse in Kenya. In fact, the number of their caught athletes is higher than that of Ukraine, a European country of a similar population size.
By the way, where are the Kenyan athletes, who got EPO and CERA from the Austrian manager Stefan Matschiner? Why haven't they been caught yet? Or do they make fun of the EPO tests?
In the current world of track and field, where world records in non-technical disciplines are broken (almost certainly) only due to doping, it is highly improbable that a clean natural talent would consistently defeat an army of cheaters. In cross-country skiing, where doping use is rampant, Katerina Neumannova could succeed only thanks to regular use of nitrogen tents, which is still tolerated, but some consider it as a doping tool, too. Otherwise she could pack it up.
There is no way that a clean track endurance athlete could succeed in the competition against EPO-loaded guys - unless he uses some unnatural method to boost hematocrit. This means that clean Shaheen can't run faster than an EPO-loaded Boulami. The difference between the top EPO-guys in the 3000 m steeple and the rest is comparably large as in other distances. This is a clear indication that the elite in the 3000 m steeple is doped, similarly like in all other distances.
You can fool all your fans here, how you want, Mr. Canova. I don't believe a word to you. Yes, you can say that your runners are clean. Since 2005. There has been a deep downfall of performances in recent years, similarly like in 2000, when a new EPO test was announced. This suggest that despite all the pesimism, WADA has been (temporarily?) winning a fight with cheaters. The cheaters must be careful now.
