AK has eliminated 7 athletes for age cheating ahead of the world youth championships.
What do you call 7 dead lawyers at the bottom of a river...a good start. (Metaphorically speaking of course)
Some of the athletes were eliminated because they did not pass or show up for the vetting process and some attempted to run under a fake name. One athlete was eliminated for having a beard and another for a residing hairline. (I guess none of this mattered in the past.)
AK vic chief - "Tuwei said AK have always believed in fairplay and would not want to soil their reputation through these latter day cheats."
Mr. Tuwei, what reputation do you have to soil? Perhaps the vetting process should start with looking into having several 16-17 year olds run 1:46 in the 800 at altitude and the fact that they have no school affiliation. Whereas, the girls are only running 2:06 and have a record of competing in the schools championships.