So Lemaitre gets Euro gold in the 100m and 200m and VIPAM hasn't apologized yet?
Malmo:
You go on and on about obscure Kenyan juniors, whose age verification has been proven to be inaccurate time and time again, yet you cannot see that Christophe Lemaitre's 9.98, the 3rd fastest ever for someone 20 years old or younger, is worth talking about?
You're an ignorant, race-baiting fool.
Renato Canova:
http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=3633312&page=1
3) The Federation nothing can do for controlling the real age. This because the most part of the athletes, at the beginning of their career, don't have any document (also the normal ID). In the past, approaching the World Youth Championships, many athletes went to compete (5-7 years older) without producing any document, and, if qualified in top 2 or 3, only AFTER they went to ask for a birth certificate (of course, in this case, not real), and, after having this certificate, asking for their first Passport (they could have it ONLY with the permit of AK).
When AK understood that the most part of these athletes were overage, they put a rule that may be not correct, but is the only way for reducing the problem : ONLY STUDENTS COULD COMPETE, AND THEIR CLASS WAS THE PROOF OF THEIR AGE.
4) Really, what happens in Kenya is that, on the mountains, many children start to go to school not when are 6 years old, but when are 10. So, in any case, it's not possible to have a perfect control on the situation.