225 Athletes from 39 Countries Implicated in Doping

2012 London Olympic Medalists:

Event Gold Silver Bronze

100 metres

details Usain Bolt

Jamaica (JAM) 9.63

(OR) Yohan Blake

Jamaica (JAM) 9.75

Justin Gatlin

United States (USA) 9.79

200 metres

details Usain Bolt

Jamaica (JAM) 19.32 Yohan Blake

Jamaica (JAM) 19.44 Warren Weir

Jamaica (JAM) 19.84

400 metres

details Kirani James

Grenada (GRN) 43.94 Luguelín Santos

Dominican Republic (DOM) 44.46 Lalonde Gordon

Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) 44.52

800 metres

details David Rudisha

Kenya (KEN) 1:40.91

(WR) Nijel Amos

Botswana (BOT) 1:41.73 Timothy Kitum

Kenya (KEN) 1:42.53

1500 metres

details Taoufik Makhloufi

Algeria (ALG) 3:34.08 Leonel Manzano

United States (USA) 3:34.79 Abdalaati Iguider

Morocco (MAR) 3:35.13

5000 metres

details Mo Farah

Great Britain (GBR) 13:41.66 Dejen Gebremeskel

Ethiopia (ETH) 13:41.98 Thomas Longosiwa

Kenya (KEN) 13:42.36

10,000 metres

details Mo Farah

Great Britain (GBR) 27:30.42 Galen Rupp

United States (USA) 27:30.90 Tariku Bekele

Ethiopia (ETH) 27:31.43

110 metres hurdles

details Aries Merritt

United States (USA) 12.92 Jason Richardson

United States (USA) 13.04 Hansle Parchment

Jamaica (JAM) 13.12

400 metres hurdles

details Félix Sánchez

Dominican Republic (DOM) 47.63 Michael Tinsley

United States (USA) 47.91 Javier Culson

Puerto Rico (PUR) 48.10

3000 metres steeplechase

details Ezekiel Kemboi

Kenya (KEN) 8:18.56 Mahiedine Benabbad

France (FRA) 8:19.08 Abel Mutai

Kenya (KEN) 8:19.73

4×100 metres relay

details Jamaica (JAM)

Nesta Carter

Michael Frater

Yohan Blake

Usain Bolt

Kemar Bailey-Cole* 36.84

(WR) United States (USA)

Trell Kimmons

Justin Gatlin

Tyson Gay**

Ryan Bailey

Jeff Demps*

Darvis Patton* 37.04 Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)

Keston Bledman

Marc Burns

Emmanuel Callender

Richard Thompson 38.12

4×400 metres relay

details Bahamas (BAH)

Chris Brown

Demetrius Pinder

Michael Mathieu

Ramon Miller 2:56.72 United States (USA)

Bryshon Nellum

Joshua Mance

Tony McQuay

Angelo Taylor

Manteo Mitchell* 2:57.05 Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)

Lalonde Gordon

Jarrin Solomon

Ade Alleyne-Forte

Deon Lendore 2:59.40

Marathon

details Stephen Kiprotich

Uganda (UGA) 2:08:01 Abel Kirui

Kenya (KEN) 2:08:27 Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich

Kenya (KEN) 2:09:37

20 kilometres walk

details Chen Ding

China (CHN) 1:18:46

(OR) Erick Barrondo

Guatemala (GUA) 1:18:57 Wang Zhen

China (CHN) 1:19:25

50 kilometres walk

details Sergey Kirdyapkin

Russia (RUS) 3:35:59

(OR) Jared Tallent

Australia (AUS) 3:36:53 Si Tianfeng

China (CHN) 3:37:16

High jump

details Ivan Ukhov

Russia (RUS) 2.38 Erik Kynard

United States (USA) 2.33 Mutaz Essa Barshim

Qatar (QAT)

Derek Drouin

Canada (CAN)

Robert Grabarz

Great Britain (GBR) 2.29

Pole vault

details Renaud Lavillenie

France (FRA) 5.97

(OR) Björn Otto

Germany (GER) 5.91 Raphael Holzdeppe

Germany (GER) 5.91

Long jump

details Greg Rutherford

Great Britain (GBR) 8.31 Mitchell Watt

Australia (AUS) 8.16 Will Claye

United States (USA) 8.12

Triple jump

details Christian Taylor

United States (USA) 17.81 Will Claye

United States (USA) 17.62 Fabrizio Donato

Italy (ITA) 17.48

Shot put

details Tomasz Majewski

Poland (POL) 21.89 David Storl

Germany (GER) 21.86 Reese Hoffa

United States (USA) 21.23

Discus throw

details Robert Harting

Germany (GER) 68.27 Ehsan Haddadi

Iran (IRI) 68.18 Gerd Kanter

Estonia (EST) 68.03

Hammer throw

details Krisztián Pars

Hungary (HUN) 80.59 Primož Kozmus

Slovenia (SLO) 79.36 Koji Murofushi

Japan (JPN) 78.71

Javelin throw

details Keshorn Walcott

Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) 84.58 Oleksandr Pyatnytsya

Ukraine (UKR) 84.51 Antti Ruuskanen

Finland (FIN) 84.12

Decathlon

details Ashton Eaton

United States (USA) 8869 Trey Hardee

United States (USA) 8671 Leonel Suárez

Cuba (CUB) 8523

*Indicates the athlete only competed in the preliminary heats.

**Tyson Gay was stripped of his silver medal due to doping violations.[5]

Women[edit]

Event Gold Silver Bronze

100 metres

details Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

Jamaica (JAM) 10.75 Carmelita Jeter

United States (USA) 10.78 Veronica Campbell-Brown

Jamaica (JAM) 10.81

200 metres

details Allyson Felix

United States (USA) 21.88 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

Jamaica (JAM) 22.09 Carmelita Jeter

United States (USA) 22.14

400 metres

details Sanya Richards-Ross

United States (USA) 49.55 Christine Ohuruogu

Great Britain (GBR) 49.70 DeeDee Trotter

United States (USA) 49.72

800 metres

details Mariya Savinova

Russia (RUS) 1:56.19 Caster Semenya

South Africa (RSA) 1:57.23 Ekaterina Poistogova

Russia (RUS) 1:57.53

1500 metres

details Aslı Çakır Alptekin

Turkey (TUR) 4:10.23 Gamze Bulut

Turkey (TUR) 4:10.40 Maryam Yusuf Jamal

Bahrain (BRN) 4:10.74

5000 metres

details Meseret Defar

Ethiopia (ETH) 15:04.25 Vivian Cheruiyot

Kenya (KEN) 15:04.73 Tirunesh Dibaba

Ethiopia (ETH) 15:05.15

10,000 metres

details Tirunesh Dibaba

Ethiopia (ETH) 30:20.75 Sally Kipyego

Kenya (KEN) 30:26.37 Vivian Cheruiyot

Kenya (KEN) 30:30.44

100 metres hurdles

details Sally Pearson

Australia (AUS) 12.35

(OR) Dawn Harper

United States (USA) 12.37 Kellie Wells

United States (USA) 12.48

400 metres hurdles

details Natalya Antyukh

Russia (RUS) 52.70 Lashinda Demus

United States (USA) 52.77 Zuzana Hejnová

Czech Republic (CZE) 53.38

3000 metres steeplechase

details Yuliya Zaripova

Russia (RUS) 9:06.72 Habiba Ghribi

Tunisia (TUN) 9:08.37 Sofia Assefa

Ethiopia (ETH) 9:09.84

4×100 metres relay

details United States (USA)

Tianna Madison

Allyson Felix

Bianca Knight

Carmelita Jeter

Jeneba Tarmoh*

Lauryn Williams* 40.82

(WR) Jamaica (JAM)

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

Sherone Simpson

Veronica Campbell-Brown

Kerron Stewart

Samantha Henry-Robinson*

Schillonie Calvert* 41.41 Ukraine (UKR)

Olesya Povh

Hrystyna Stuy

Mariya Ryemyen

Elyzaveta Bryzgina 42.04

4×400 metres relay

details United States (USA)

DeeDee Trotter

Allyson Felix

Francena McCorory

Sanya Richards-Ross

Keshia Baker*

Diamond Dixon* 3:16.87 Russia (RUS)

Yulia Gushchina

Antonina Krivoshapka

Tatyana Firova

Natalya Antyukh

Natalya Nazarova*

Anastasiya Kapachinskaya* 3:20.23 Jamaica (JAM)

Christine Day

Rosemarie Whyte

Shericka Williams

Novlene Williams-Mills

Shereefa Lloyd* 3:20.95

Marathon

details Tiki Gelana

Ethiopia (ETH) 2:23:07

(OR) Priscah Jeptoo

Kenya (KEN) 2:23:12 Tatyana Arkhipova

Russia (RUS) 2:23:29

20 kilometres walk

details Elena Lashmanova

Russia (RUS) 1:25:02

(WR) Olga Kaniskina

Russia (RUS) 1:25:09 Qieyang Shenjie

China (CHN) 1:25:16

High jump

details Anna Chicherova

Russia (RUS) 2.05 Brigetta Barrett

United States (USA) 2.03 Svetlana Shkolina

Russia (RUS) 2.03

Pole vault

details Jenn Suhr

United States (USA) 4.75 Yarisley Silva

Cuba (CUB) 4.75 Yelena Isinbayeva

Russia (RUS) 4.70

Long jump

details Brittney Reese

United States (USA) 7.12 Yelena Sokolova

Russia (RUS) 7.07 Janay DeLoach

United States (USA) 6.89

Triple jump

details Olga Rypakova

Kazakhstan (KAZ) 14.98 Caterine Ibargüen

Colombia (COL) 14.80 Olha Saladukha

Ukraine (UKR) 14.79

Shot put

details[a] Valerie Adams

New Zealand (NZL) 20.70 Yevgeniya Kolodko

Russia (RUS) 20.48 Gong Lijiao

China (CHN) 20.22

Discus throw

details Sandra Perković

Croatia (CRO) 69.11 Li Yanfeng

China (CHN) 67.22 Yarelys Barrios

Cuba (CUB) 66.38

Hammer throw

details Tatyana Lysenko

Russia (RUS) 78.18

(OR) Anita Włodarczyk

Poland (POL) 77.60 Betty Heidler

Germany (GER) 77.13

Javelin throw

details Barbora Špotáková

Czech Republic (CZE) 69.55 Christina Obergföll

Germany (GER) 65.16 Linda Stahl

Germany (GER) 64.91

Heptathlon

details Jessica Ennis

Great Britain (GBR) 6955 Lilli Schwarzkopf

Germany (GER) 6649 Tatyana Chernova

Russia (RUS) 6628

*Indicates the athlete only competed in the preliminary heats.

a The original winner, Nadzeya Ostapchuk of Belarus, was stripped of her gold medal after failing drugs tests. The rest of the competitors were elevated by one position accordingly.

b The original silver medalist, Darya Pishchalnikova of Russia, was stripped of her silver medal after failing drugs tests. The rest of the competitors were elevated by one position accordingly.

2008 Beijing Olympics Medalists:

Men[edit]

Event Gold Silver Bronze

100 metres

details Usain Bolt

Jamaica (JAM) 9.69

(WR) Richard Thompson

Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) 9.89 Walter Dix

United States (USA) 9.91

200 metres

details Usain Bolt

Jamaica (JAM) 19.30

(WR) Shawn Crawford

United States (USA) 19.96 Walter Dix

United States (USA) 19.98

400 metres

details LaShawn Merritt

United States (USA) 43.75

Jeremy Wariner

United States (USA) 44.74 David Neville

United States (USA) 44.80

800 metres

details Wilfred Bungei

Kenya (KEN) 1:44.65 Ismail Ahmed Ismail

Sudan (SUD) 1:44.70 Alfred Kirwa Yego

Kenya (KEN) 1:44.82

1500 metres

details Asbel Kipruto Kiprop

Kenya (KEN) 3:33.11 Nicholas Willis

New Zealand (NZL) 3:34.16 Mehdi Baala

France (FRA) 3:34.21

5000 metres

details Kenenisa Bekele

Ethiopia (ETH) 12:57.82

(OR) Eliud Kipchoge

Kenya (KEN) 13:02.80 Edwin Cheruiyot Soi

Kenya (KEN) 13:06.22

10,000 metres

details Kenenisa Bekele

Ethiopia (ETH) 27:01.17

(OR) Sileshi Sihine

Ethiopia (ETH) 27:02.77 Micah Kogo

Kenya (KEN) 27:04.11

110 metres hurdles

details Dayron Robles

Cuba (CUB) 12.93 David Payne

United States (USA) 13.17 David Oliver

United States (USA) 13.18

400 metres hurdles

details Angelo Taylor

United States (USA) 47.25 Kerron Clement

United States (USA) 47.98 Bershawn Jackson

United States (USA) 48.06

3000 metres steeplechase

details Brimin Kiprop Kipruto

Kenya (KEN) 8:10.34 Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad

France (FRA) 8:10.49 Richard Kipkemboi Mateelong

Kenya (KEN) 8:11.01

4×100 metres relay

details Jamaica (JAM)

Nesta Carter

Michael Frater

Usain Bolt

Asafa Powell

Dwight Thomas* 37.10

(WR) Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)

Keston Bledman

Marc Burns

Emmanuel Callender

Richard Thompson

Aaron Armstrong* 38.06 Japan (JPN)

Naoki Tsukahara

Shingo Suetsugu

Shinji Takahira

Nobuharu Asahara 38.15

4×400 metres relay

details United States (USA)

LaShawn Merritt

Angelo Taylor

David Neville

Jeremy Wariner

Kerron Clement*

Reggie Witherspoon* 2:55.39

(OR) Bahamas (BAH)

Andretti Bain

Michael Mathieu

Andrae Williams

Chris Brown

Avard Moncur*

Ramon Miller* 2:58.03 Russia (RUS)

Maksim Dyldin

Vladislav Frolov

Anton Kokorin

Denis Alexeev 2:58.06

Marathon

details Samuel Wanjiru

Kenya (KEN) 2:06:32

(OR) Jaouad Gharib

Morocco (MAR) 2:07:16 Tsegay Kebede

Ethiopia (ETH) 2:10:00

20 kilometres walk

details Valeriy Borchin

Russia (RUS) 1:19:01 Jefferson Pérez

Ecuador (ECU) 1:19:15 Jared Tallent

Australia (AUS) 1:19:42

50 kilometres walk

details Alex Schwazer

Italy (ITA) 3:37:09

(OR) Jared Tallent

Australia (AUS) 3:39:27 Denis Nizhegorodov

Russia (RUS) 3:40:14

High jump

details Andrey Silnov

Russia (RUS) 2.36 m Germaine Mason

Great Britain (GBR) 2.34 m Yaroslav Rybakov

Russia (RUS) 2.34 m

Pole vault

details Steven Hooker

Australia (AUS) 5.96 m

(OR) Evgeny Lukyanenko

Russia (RUS) 5.85 m Denys Yurchenko

Ukraine (UKR) 5.70 m

Long jump

details Irving Saladino

Panama (PAN) 8.34 m Khotso Mokoena

South Africa (RSA) 8.24 m Ibrahim Camejo

Cuba (CUB) 8.20 m

Triple jump

details Nelson Évora

Portugal (POR) 17.67 m Phillips Idowu

Great Britain (GBR) 17.62 m Leevan Sands

Bahamas (BAH) 17.59 m

Shot put

details[a] Tomasz Majewski

Poland (POL) 21.51 m Christian Cantwell

United States (USA) 21.09 m Dylan Armstrong

Canada (CAN) 21.04 m

Discus throw

details Gerd Kanter

Estonia (EST) 68.82 m Piotr Małachowski

Poland (POL) 67.82 m Virgilijus Alekna

Lithuania (LTU) 67.79 m

Hammer throw

details Primož Kozmus

Slovenia (SLO) 82.02 m Vadim Devyatovskiy

Belarus (BLR) 81.61 m Ivan Tsikhan

Belarus (BLR) 81.51 m

Javelin throw

details Andreas Thorkildsen

Norway (NOR) 90.57 m

(OR) Ainārs Kovals

Latvia (LAT) 86.64 m Tero Pitkämäki

Finland (FIN) 86.16 m

Decathlon

details Bryan Clay

United States (USA) 8791 Andrei Krauchanka

Belarus (BLR) 8551 Leonel Suárez

Cuba (CUB) 8527

a The original bronze medalist, Andrei Mikhnevich of Belarus, was stripped of his bronze medal after being given a lifetime ban in 2013 for doping offences. The rest of the competitors were elevated by one position accordingly.

b Vadim Devyatovskiy and Ivan Tsikhan were originally disqualified for doping, but had their medals reinstated in June 2010 after the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled that there was errors at the Chinese medical lab.[1]

Women[edit]

Event Gold Silver Bronze

100 metres

details Shelly-Ann Fraser

Jamaica (JAM) 10.78 Sherone Simpson

Jamaica (JAM)

Kerron Stewart

Jamaica (JAM) 10.98 Not awarded

as there was a tie for silver.

200 metres

details Veronica Campbell-Brown

Jamaica (JAM) 21.74 Allyson Felix

United States (USA) 21.93 Kerron Stewart

Jamaica (JAM) 22.00

400 metres

details Christine Ohuruogu

Great Britain (GBR) 49.62 Shericka Williams

Jamaica (JAM) 49.69 Sanya Richards

United States (USA) 49.93

800 metres

details Pamela Jelimo

Kenya (KEN) 1:54.87 Janeth Jepkosgei Busienei

Kenya (KEN) 1:56.07 Hasna Benhassi

Morocco (MAR) 1:56.73

1500 metres

details Nancy Jebet Lagat

Kenya (KEN) 4:00.23 Iryna Lishchynska

Ukraine (UKR) 4:01.63 Nataliya Tobias

Ukraine (UKR) 4:01.78

5000 metres

details Tirunesh Dibaba

Ethiopia (ETH) 15:41.40 Elvan Abeylegesse

Turkey (TUR) 15:42.74 Meseret Defar

Ethiopia (ETH) 15:44.12

10,000 metres

details Tirunesh Dibaba

Ethiopia (ETH) 29:54.66

(OR) Elvan Abeylegesse

Turkey (TUR) 29:56.34 Shalane Flanagan

United States (USA) 30:22.22

100 metres hurdles

details Dawn Harper

United States (USA) 12.54 Sally Pearson

Australia (AUS) 12.64 Priscilla Lopes-Schliep

Canada (CAN) 12.64

400 metres hurdles

details Melaine Walker

Jamaica (JAM) 52.64

(OR) Sheena Tosta

United States (USA) 53.70 Tasha Danvers

Great Britain (GBR) 53.84

3000 metres steeplechase

details Gulnara Galkina-Samitova

Russia (RUS) 8:58.81

(WR) Eunice Jepkorir

Kenya (KEN) 9:07.41 Yekaterina Volkova

Russia (RUS) 9:07.64

4×100 metres relay

details Russia (RUS)

Evgeniya Polyakova

Aleksandra Fedoriva

Yulia Gushchina

Yuliya Chermoshanskaya 42.31 Belgium (BEL)

Olivia Borlée

Hanna Mariën

Élodie Ouédraogo

Kim Gevaert 42.54

(NR) Nigeria (NGR)

Franca Idoko

Gloria Kemasuode

Halimat Ismaila

Oludamola Osayomi

Agnes Osazuwa* 43.04

4×400 metres relay

details United States (USA)

Mary Wineberg

Allyson Felix

Monique Henderson

Sanya Richards

Natasha Hastings* 3:18.54 Russia (RUS)

Yulia Gushchina

Lyudmila Litvinova

Tatiana Firova

Anastasia Kapachinskaya

Elena Migunova*

Tatyana Veshkurova* 3:18.82 Jamaica (JAM)

Shericka Williams

Shereefa Lloyd

Rosemarie Whyte

Novelene Williams

Bobby-Gaye Wilkins* 3:20.40

Marathon

details Constantina Diṭă-Tomescu

Romania (ROU) 2:26:44 Catherine Ndereba

Kenya (KEN) 2:27:06 Zhou Chunxiu

China (CHN) 2:27:07

20 kilometres walk

details Olga Kaniskina

Russia (RUS) 1:26:31

(OR) Kjersti Tysse Plätzer

Norway (NOR) 1:27:07 Elisa Rigaudo

Italy (ITA) 1:27:12

High jump

details Tia Hellebaut

Belgium (BEL) 2.05 m Blanka Vlašić

Croatia (CRO) 2.05 m Anna Chicherova

Russia (RUS) 2.03 m

Pole vault

details Yelena Isinbayeva

Russia (RUS) 5.05 m

(WR) Jennifer Stuczynski

United States (USA) 4.80 m Svetlana Feofanova

Russia (RUS) 4.75 m

Long jump

details Maurren Maggi

Brazil (BRA) 7.04 m Tatyana Lebedeva

Russia (RUS) 7.03 m Blessing Okagbare

Nigeria (NGR) 6.91 m

Triple jump

details Françoise Mbango Etone

Cameroon (CMR) 15.39 m

(OR) Tatyana Lebedeva

Russia (RUS) 15.32 m Hrysopiyi Devetzi

Greece (GRE) 15.23 m

Shot put

details Valerie Vili

New Zealand (NZL) 20.56 m Natallia Mikhnevich

Belarus (BLR) 20.28 m Nadzeya Astapchuk

Belarus (BLR) 19.86 m

Discus throw

details Stephanie Brown Trafton

United States (USA) 64.74 m Yarelis Barrios

Cuba (CUB) 63.64 m Olena Antonova

Ukraine (UKR) 62.59 m

Hammer throw

details Aksana Miankova

Belarus (BLR) 76.31 m

(OR) Yipsi Moreno

Cuba (CUB) 75.20 m Zhang Wenxiu

China (CHN) 74.32 m

Javelin throw

details Barbora Špotáková

Czech Republic (CZE) 71.42 m Mariya Abakumova

Russia (RUS) 70.78 m Christina Obergföll

Germany (GER) 66.13 m

Heptathlon

details[c] Natalya Dobrynska

Ukraine (UKR) 6733 Hyleas Fountain

United States (USA) 6619 Tatyana Chernova

Russia (RUS) 6591

* Athletes who participated in the heats only and received medals.

c Lyudmila Blonska of Ukraine originally won the silver medal in the women's heptathlon, but was disqualified after she tested positive for methyltestosterone.[2]

Interesting, "only" three gold medalists from the London 2012 games? Three gold medalists have already been effectively outed - Nadzeya Ostapchuk of the women's shot, Mariya Savinova of the women's 800, and Aslı Çakır Alptekin of the women's 1500. In addition, Russia won 5 more individual medals and the documentary seems to imply that almost all Russians were doped. So if they caught "only" three gold medalists from the 2012 Olympics, the rest of the stars are looking pretty safe right now.

Has anything been said about a release of the list?

As the list is blood focused I would concentrate on 800 up only, why. Other testing a shot putter or high jumper for something which would enhance their endurance? On the other hand I realise Epo was part of the programme for chambers but realistically we should probably look mostly at distance runners regarding these revelations

Cronje wrote:

Interesting, "only" three gold medalists from the London 2012 games? Three gold medalists have already been effectively outed - Nadzeya Ostapchuk of the women's shot, Mariya Savinova of the women's 800, and Aslı Çakır Alptekin of the women's 1500. In addition, Russia won 5 more individual medals and the documentary seems to imply that almost all Russians were doped. So if they caught "only" three gold medalists from the 2012 Olympics, the rest of the stars are looking pretty safe right now.

Inventor of great thoughts wrote:

As the list is blood focused I would concentrate on 800 up only, why. Other testing a shot putter or high jumper for something which would enhance their endurance? On the other hand I realise Epo was part of the programme for chambers but realistically we should probably look mostly at distance runners regarding these revelations

A LOT of sprinters have been busted for EPO. That was Marion Jones' big drug.

Yes you're right that the shot putter probably wasn't on that list (metenolone) but I'd say any sprinters could.

Jones wasn't busted for it, she used it but wasn't busted. As I said why bother testing sprinters and field eventers for it, they're not proper athletes doing a demanding sport

THe list comes from a study that had 80% endurance athletes, so the likelyhood of a sprinter is lower.

I GUARANTEE that Lagat was one of the 25 dopers.

Lashmanova of Russia, gold medalist in womens 20K walk in 2012 tested positive this year and was given a 2-year ban.

Remove race walking as a sport please. It looks insane and it doesn't make sense to have it as all proper endurance athletes run, swim or cycle.

And all the walkers are doped up. Ridiculous sport

Keep in mind, these 239 are just the athletes who for one reason or another - lack of a sophisticated enough program, for instance - were careless/stupid/unfortunate enough to trigger alarm bells. It's not remotely likely that everybody who was using PEDs was identified by the test. I think the fact that so many WERE identified lends credence to the claim that at the top levels, basically everybody is using.

Splintsnsprints wrote:

Has anything been said about a release of the list?

Watch this space, looks like the whole thing is being milked for all it's worth, can't blame them for that as they put in the time, effort and money.

A lot is being made of the fact that so many of the athletes were Russian (58 of them), but Kenya putting 25 up there seems really significant to me. No longer can Canova claim that doping in Kenya is confined to 2nd tier runners and the mentally weak, striving to make the big-time. 25 registering as "suspicious" makes it clear that they're all doing it, more or less.

Having said that, I personally doubt any big-name athletes are clean. Seriously, how many hundreds of athletes have to get nailed before we collectively realize, THAT'S WHAT EVERYBODY DOES AT THE TOP LEVEL. Athletes from the wealthier nations are probably just better at managing their blood profiles, timing their dosing, bribing officials, and who knows what else.

Iceberg McTippy wrote:

A lot is being made of the fact that so many of the athletes were Russian (58 of them), but Kenya putting 25 up there seems really significant to me. No longer can Canova claim that doping in Kenya is confined to 2nd tier runners and the mentally weak, striving to make the big-time. 25 registering as "suspicious" makes it clear that they're all doing it, more or less.

Having said that, I personally doubt any big-name athletes are clean. Seriously, how many hundreds of athletes have to get nailed before we collectively realize, THAT'S WHAT EVERYBODY DOES AT THE TOP LEVEL. Athletes from the wealthier nations are probably just better at managing their blood profiles, timing their dosing, bribing officials, and who knows what else.

I believe this is not true. On the day Derrick gets busted, or Meb, I will stop following the sport.

If they really had any evidence they'd be naming names, not saying 3 Britons, 50 Russians, 7 French people, etc.

Bad Wigins wrote:

If they really had any evidence they'd be naming names, not saying 3 Britons, 50 Russians, 7 French people, etc.

Nah, the names will come out in time.

The agent of the bug name Brit has already been contacted and the newspapers have seen the list.

It's a case of how and when, not if.

has it right. This story ought to be HUGE. The fact that it has only attracted a couple of dozen comments here on the LRMB is indicative of how jaded we all are. Let's take the (now likely... )extreme case: Suppose every one of the top athletes for the last 25 years was doped. What do we do?