Well, it's been a while.
Thought I might revisit the list.
Fredericks is OFF. His involvement with Diack and his acceptance of bribes indicates a moral weakness and an ability and willingness to cheat.
Baker is ON at 9.87.
WVN, Prescod, and Martin's Florida 9.94 are ON.
Norman's 9.86 will be ON if he ever comes close to backing it up.
Lyles is ON at 9.86
DeGrasse's improvement from 9.91 to 9.90 is ON.
Belcher, Cisse, C. Burrell, and Gillespie are ON at 9.93
Forte, Su and Hughes are ON at 9.91
Young is ON at 9.92
I have lingering doubts about the various Jamaicans who are on the list, who competed in the free-for-all Diack era, with no testing. The lack of testing alone should disqualify them for taint. I will think about deleting them before the next revision. It is a hard decision, but I will have to look at my original criteria.
Bailey is hanging on by the slimmest of threads. As one can see, the list starts to fill in around 9.89. Ahead of that level, a more strict application of criteria has it:
Bromell
Obikwelu
Lyles
Baker
Dix
We have seen a bunch of guys fill in the list in the past years, with Baker and Lyles joining the very top. Su might make it there, if he gets favorable conditions. No sub-9.84 supermen to add to the list, although we might very well see a sub-9.84 this year from one of these guys.
So here is the list, revised for May 2021, as I see it.
Bailey 9.84
Bromell 9.84
L. Burrell 9.85
Thompson 9.85 (I have questions about Port-of-Spain results)
Obikwelu 9.86
Bledman 9.86 (I have questions about Port-of-Spain results)
Vicaut 9.86
Lyles 9.86
Baker 9.87
Dix 9.88
Frater 9.88
Padgett 9.89
Patton 9.89
Makusha 9.89
Simbine 9.89
DeGrasse 9.90
Scott 9.91
Atkins 9.91 (I have lingering doubts)
Martina 9.91
Dasaolu 9.91
Ashmeade 9.91
Forte 9.91
Su 9.91
Hughes 9.91
Cason 9.92
Lemaitre 9.92
Young 9.92
Marsh 9.93
P. Johnson 9.93
Williams 9.93
Bailey-Cole 9.93
Vaughn 9.93
Bracy 9.93
Cisse 9.93
C. Burrell 9.93
Gillespie 9.93
Belcher 9.93
Ogunkoya 9.94
Batson 9.94
Fisher 9.94
Webb 9.94
Van Niekerk 9.94
Martin 9.94
Prescod 9.94
Henderson 9.95
Aliu 9.95
J. Johnson 9.95
Martin 9.95
Forsythe 9.95
Hyman 9.95
Feel free to argue against anyone for any reason, I will take it into account. I am on the cusp of removing a few of the ones that are currently ON, like Bailey (Galea), Vicaut (Muller-Wohlfahrt), Thompson (POS), etc.