Kenya to be banned from Rio Olympics

these olympics are fubar

The only way for Americans to "win" running metals at the Olympics is the desperate hope that countries with fast runners will get banned.

Brazil also placed on a warning list, meaning their lab may not be able to be used to test samples

Wang Chung wrote:

BBC are reporting that WADA have found them non-compliant and Kenyan athletes are now at risk of being banned altogether unless they get their act together. Perhaps they could have their own Olympics with Russia and China

Helps if you put a link in:

American Dreams wrote:

The only way for Americans to "win" running metals at the Olympics is the desperate hope that countries with fast runners will get banned.

Ahh, yes, but I bet a couple of those metals will still be considered precious.

Mr. Obvious wrote:

Brazil also placed on a warning list, meaning their lab may not be able to be used to test samples

It's been on the warning list since 2014?

The case against Deco, who retired last year, collapsed when his samples were re-tested in Lausanne.

Hmm. Suddenly retires and positive vanishes because Saugy says so. Seems legit.

[x] Russia

[x] Kenya

[ ] Jamaica

If anyone deserves to be banned it is the United States and Jamaica. Nearly all the top sprinters of both countries have been caught, got off light and are still competing for cheering fans like nothing happened. What hypocrisy to whine about bad testing when you've already shown you don't really care about the results.

For Kenya to be as bad, it would be like Sum, Rudisha, Kiprop, Kimetto and Kemboi all coming back from bans. Suspect them all you want, but if it's suspected dopers vs proven dopers, I know whose side I'm on.

Bad Wigins wrote:

If anyone deserves to be banned it is the United States and Jamaica. Nearly all the top sprinters of both countries have been caught, got off light and are still competing for cheering fans like nothing happened. What hypocrisy to whine about bad testing when you've already shown you don't really care about the results.

For Kenya to be as bad, it would be like Sum, Rudisha, Kiprop, Kimetto and Kemboi all coming back from bans. Suspect them all you want, but if it's suspected dopers vs proven dopers, I know whose side I'm on.

Good points its pot and kettle

Wang Chung wrote:

Perhaps they could have their own Olympics with Russia and China

Sad part is that I think the "non-compliant" version of the olympics would be popular. Average Joes like seeing records get broken and are in denial (or don't care) about PEDs.

Bad Wigins wrote:

If anyone deserves to be banned it is the United States and Jamaica. Nearly all the top sprinters of both countries have been caught, got off light and are still competing for cheering fans like nothing happened. What hypocrisy to whine about bad testing when you've already shown you don't really care about the results.

For Kenya to be as bad, it would be like Sum, Rudisha, Kiprop, Kimetto and Kemboi all coming back from bans. Suspect them all you want, but if it's suspected dopers vs proven dopers, I know whose side I'm on.

I'm not sure you understand how the IAAF thinks.

A country gets banned not because its athletes are doping but because its anti-doping procedures have failed. There is a set of rules a country has to follow. Russia and maybe Kenya aren't following those rules.

The US clearly has a nasty, dirty, awful sprint corps. But its anti-doping system is working. So it won't be banned.

Period Dick Table wrote:

American Dreams wrote:

The only way for Americans to "win" running metals at the Olympics is the desperate hope that countries with fast runners will get banned.

I hope my next 5K 'thon has a metal made of mettle. I have the medal to run a fast one!

Ahh, yes, but I bet a couple of those metals will still be considered precious.

If only Ryan Hall's career hadn't taken a dive, then maybe we'd have a chance at a medal.

Oh well, maybe Rupp will surprise us.

2 down 1 to go wrote:

[x] Russia

[x] Kenya

[ ] Jamaica

[ ] Ethiopia

[ ] Morocco

[ ] Turkey

[ ] Nike

[ ] Al Sal, et,al.

American Dreams wrote:

The only way for Americans to "win" running metals at the Olympics is the desperate hope that countries with fast runners will get banned.

That's the one and only thing the drug war's are about.

............................SOB BAN LIST.......CON'T.............................

[ ] IAAF

[ ] Mr. WTF Coe

[ ] USATF

[ ] Radcliffe

[ ] etc.etc.etc.

Period Dick Table wrote:

American Dreams wrote:

The only way for Americans to "win" running metals at the Olympics is the desperate hope that countries with fast runners will get banned.

Ahh, yes, but I bet a couple of those metals will still be considered precious.

I've been a chemist for almost 10 years now and I have to say your username made my week.

I'm assuming Ethiopia's (and other African/third world countries) labs have been found compliant? Because Kenya seems the only country to interest the peanut gallery.

longjack wrote:

2 down 1 to go wrote:

[x] Russia

[x] Kenya

[ ] Jamaica

[ ] Ethiopia

[ ] Morocco

[ ] Turkey

[ ] Nike

[ ] Al Sal, et,al.

[ ] U.S.A