Anyone else notice Jamaican Sprinting drop-off since tighter doping controls implemented?

Screwby Doo wrote:

And the comedy act of professional athletics, in this case sprinting, just keeps on rolling....

1990's to early 2000's the Americans just dominated - sweet fark all testing, the best doctors and complete protection from the USATF and USADA

Then in 2003 BALCO went down, Montgomery, White, Young et al all went down and the entire American sprint fraternity conversely shat their pants. By the mid 2000s the entire bubble had burst with Marion Jones going to Jail and Justin Gatlin getting 4 years

Meanwhile the Jamaicans, no doubt irked that talent wise they were just as good as the Americans yet making a fraction of the $$$ and fame, happened to unearth the likes of Asafa Powell, VCB, Fraser-Pryce, Johan Blake and of course - Usain Bolt at an opportune time.

With zero attention on the small Carribean nation and the Americans under figurative lock and key, the Jamaicans simply saw an opportunity - a void in the marketplace - and took advantage of it.

No different to the US from 1990-2005 the combination of premium human talent, the incentive to cheat, and an NOC and national federation that clearly was profiting to the same degree the athletes were so therefore did not give a fark about drug testing or athlete regulation.

Shock horror by the late 2000's early 10's Jamaica has multiple Olympic Champions in every short sprint event, has a mens relay team where the 'slowest' man has run 9.78 (Nesta Carter) and the 5th man 9.80 (Steve Mullings) and basically does what the US did to everyone for years.

Yet the game continues - in 2013 comes the revelation that despite winning eight of the 12 individual medals in the sprint events, Jamaican drug testing "failed to operate for “five or six months” at the start of 2012".

Next thing Powell goes down, VCB goes down, Johan Blake is ripping muscle off the bone, Usain Bolt is 'hurt' and by early 2015 the whole ship is sinking.

To top the comedy act off, Justin Gatlin - no doubt himself irked that Usain Bolt is just a blatantly filthy cheat as he was yet somehow turned into a global icon and far richer man, sees the lack of attention and void in market and simply gets back on the wagon - right where he left off.

So to answer you question yes - its blatantly obvious the drop-off in Jamaica. The same way it was in the US, the same way it will be in future as this sad and pathetic game we call professional 'athletics' continues its path to complete destruction with its fans (desperate to entertain the ideal of fair sports and finding out simply who the best athlete on the day is) and sponsors (who in an increasingly PC world do not want to be associated with corruption on any level).

That's what I think.

llemux wrote:

hhahha you lot are so funny. I remember Sprintgeezer and myself used to go on about this. Delusional guy.

Hope he's still sane. There's absolutely no way Jamaica can be doping through any state sponsored thing. That's hilarious and if you knew anything about Jamaica you would know that's preposterous.

We have enough trouble paying the IMF and giving workers pay raises to be interested in doing that. The theories about Racers and MVP are also dumb but what do we expect from cynics like you lot.

Have fun with your lame false theories. Bolt dropped off because he got bored and partied too much. He'll be back. Blake had an almost career ending injury. Carter is getting old but remain solid. Everybody else at around the same level. Asafa at the same level after the witchhunt.

The females the same or better. A few surprises to come. We're better in other events. pay attention. A new generation is coming. We dont have the depth for obvious reasons so one or two guys injured ill seem like a drop off.

Check 110 hurdles, 400m, 800m..that's where we're improving. The sprints are the same level barring Bolt and Blake. Blake is working towards next year. Was never going to be ready this year.

Stop being delusional and find something better to do with your time.