225 Athletes from 39 Countries Implicated in Doping

Paula Radcliffe

Bump. This is both troubling and a good sign

4 Americans, 0 Canadians

Russia 58

Kenya 25

Spain 12

Greece 12

Ukraine 11

Romania 11

Ethiopia 10

Morocco 10

fred wrote:

Russia 58

Kenya 25

Spain 12

Greece 12

Ukraine 11

Romania 11

Ethiopia 10

Morocco 10

morroco 10 must be a typo..couldn't be that low

Ethiopia on the list too..hmmm

Russia and Kenya fighting to be top of the doping table ...

Good to see Ethiopia finally busted.

No we just need to be told the names.

Cut the crap- I wanna see names.

anyone on there from say, Algeria? I have a feeling that Farah is finally going to get pinched as well. when will these names be released?

name them wrote:

Cut the crap- I wanna see names.

Exactly. Sick of these dumb teaser articles. Until they're willing to post names, I don't care.

Would be good to see some names. Having read the articles, I'm thinking those saying Farah might be on the right lines.

Wonder what Canova has to say about all this, must be some of his charges amongst the dirty Kenyans, Qataris and Chinese.

presumably these 10 ethiopians are slower athletes taking drugs in an attempt to catch up with the top clean athletes

thats how doping works right?

The bio passport is great in theory. In reality, it usually does not stand the test of the legal system. You end up with 99% evidence, but no proof.

The fact that those are mostly Russians and East Africans is no surprise. In those countries, you can buy drugs in Hilton pharmacy.

Renato Canova is probably going to say it's not true but the fact is that ARD has reported about it.

Btw, 25 Kenyans from the Olympic Games probably means every single one of them was dirty...

Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I don't think much will come of it. Some lawyers/doctors can weasel their way out of "abnormal readings".

Bit more research, changed my mind on Farah.

It's clearly 'The Big O'.

Not quite as exciting a story.

stryker drilling wrote:

Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I don't think much will come of it. Some lawyers/doctors can weasel their way out of "abnormal readings".

Oh they'll get away with it alright, but their names will be tarnished if the list is released.

Not being funny, but I've been saying this for years.

I feel like the drunk crop sprayer in Independence Day when the aliens came back for everyone to see.

Nutella1 wrote:

Btw, 25 Kenyans from the Olympic Games probably means every single one of them was dirty...

These aren't from the Olympic games. They didn't even test 225 athletes at the Olympics. Nice try.

'London 2012 champions and gold medallists from other Olympic Games and major championships, current and former world record holders, and serial winners of the worlds biggest marathons. '

Current and former world record holders

That has to narrrow down the list a lot

Is the date consistent with what Jeptoo's ex claimed to be?

"Analysis of the list has identified three London 2012 champions, and double figures of gold, silver and bronze medallists from other Games. There are approximately 100 gold medal-winning performances at other major championships, with around 150 leading to silvers and bronzes . Approximately 30 of those athletes named in the documents have been either banned or have failed a drugs test at some stage during their careers.

One of the biggest to have done so is Kenya’s Rita Jeptoo, revealed last month to have had traces of banned substances in an ‘A’ sample. The 33-year-old has won the last two Boston and Chicago marathons and previously won marathons in Stockholm, Paris, Milan and Lisbon.

She appears on the list next to the date 05/09/04 and readings under various headings. Her result under “Hct”, thought to refer to Hematocrit (volume percentage of red blood cells in the blood), is 39,80.

Her result under “Hgb”, thought to refer to Haemoglobin (which transports oxygen in the blood) is 16,30. Her result under ‘%retic’, thought to refer to reticulocytes (immature red blood cells) is 0,40. Her OFF-score is recorded as 125,05. "