messi wrote:
So why didn't IAAF investigate the American Racheal Marchand doing the exact same thing?
http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?board=1&id=6070745&thread=3701371#6070745
Either they did not know, or did not care because it looks like the races were not sanctioned? (I did not read the whole thread). RRCA =/= USATF and if she represents Puerto Rico, that probably makes it more complicated too.
I am not saying she SHOULD have been competing, just that it is not even comparable to the reigning Olympic gold medalist competing in a local Championship put on by the top race walking Club in the World.