El Keniano wrote:
Metric Miler wrote:As I've said before. Your country fails to carry out adequate anti-doping controls. This leaves it open for Kenyan athletes to dope, and they do, just as would happen in any other country in the world. You can't prove that your top guys don't dope. There are inadequate measures against ALL of your athletes. Only athletes subject to IAAF targeted OOC testing will have a leg to stand on.
Of course a country must face sanctions in this case. Because they aren't listening. And of course these measures would stand in a Western country, you have a serious case of victim mentality.
I meant to say you lot want to see Kipchoge banned because he's from the same country as a 2:24 marathon guy who doped, so naturally, he must be doping too.
Look. WADA is working directly with Kenya and have clearly stated what has to be done to achieve compliance. But I bet when, in a few months, Kenya is declared compliant, the whingeing on this site will continue because as far as you lot are concerned, Kenya and Ethiopia have hijacked the sport and frozen the 'right' countries and people out.
Running is the only sport dominated by less wealthy countries because, in it's purest form, natural talent trumps financial might most of the time. We all start on a level plane because running doesn't require investment in expensive equipment and programs. Everybody in the world runs. Which, understandably, is why some are finding it hard to accept as they're accustomed to watching their homegrown heroes dominate sports like cycling and swimming.
As for me "playing the race card", search the archives for old threads about Jeremy Wariner. Look for posts about Nick Willis. American posters here have rooted for Christophe Lemaitre and Daphne Schippers over their countrymen. I wonder why?
You mistake me for these posters who dislike Africans winning because they are African
Maybe that is your problem. I cheer on Rutherford for Britain, and Iguider for Morocco.
I deal in facts only. I have never highlighted an individual as being dirty from circumstances that affect a population, unless there is individual based evidence to hand. If you saw my posts here you will see that.
But make no mistake, the problem that affects the population casts doubt over pretty much all the athletes. This is a shame for the sport, and is a problem that HAS to be fixed.
Playing the race card is often a cheap move unless there is actual racism going on. Nobody intelligent on this thread has said Kenyans are dirty because they are Kenyan.
I've said performances are difficult to have faith in when the athletes come from a country with 40+ doping positives in the past 5 years, sends dirty athletes to the World Championships (clearly did not test these girls before sending them off), little to no anti-doping controls in the off season, officials that are accused by athletes as taking bribes to cover doping, and widespread doping alleged by Kenyan athletes including high profile runners like Kisorio.
These are pure facts. There is nothing you or anyone else can say to wave these things away. There is no racism or bias here. I base my opinions on facts.
If you wanted the integrity of your athletes to remain intact then your response needs to be clamping down on doping hard; cleaning up the corruption and start a comprehensive anti-doping programme, much like Rudisha has said. If I am not mistaken, a good deal of your athletes reside in a reasonably small area of Kenya. Setting up a testing center there is not rocket science.
The fact that the response of seemingly Kenyan fans on this site, a well renowned coach based in Kenya and Kenyan officials like Isaiah Kiplagat has been to instead try to divert attention from the issue and claim persecution based on happenings from pre 1950 or in Canovas case telling us dope doesn't affect Kenyans, is quite eye opening. Maybe if the response of more Kenyans was outrage at the behaviour of Athletics Kenya, then you could fix your doping problem and restore the integrity of Kenyan athletics.