So the link to thyroid medication causing all of these great times is alleged "rumors of wide-spread use in American camps"? That's difficult to argue with.How can we separate performance linked to synthetic-T4 rumors from EPO rumors?When you compare these times to American times in the pre-"EPO era" of the 1980's, they don't seem that significant. If there is a coincidence, it doesn't seem to require a "big" one.
american exceptionalism wrote:
Well lets see. 12:55,12:56,12:58,12:58,26:48,26:59 all run by American-born runners, all since 2009, right around the time that rumors of wide-spread use in American camps began? Just one big happy coincidence?
How about 3:59, 3:59, 3:59, 4:00 run by American-born females in 2009?
How about 3 championship golds for an American-based Somalian, 12:53 for 37-year old Kenyan-American, also American based?
Just one big happy coincidence?