I wonder if Athletics Kenya has promised to pay a bribe to the IAAF in order to be allowed to compete. It wouldn't be out of character for either organization.
I wonder if Athletics Kenya has promised to pay a bribe to the IAAF in order to be allowed to compete. It wouldn't be out of character for either organization.
It has become clear that Kenya and Ethiopia did nothing about doping for a long time. I never thought they would be banned. I am guessing the majority of runners we see are clean but there are also plenty who are dirty. The bottom line is you just can't have a sport where the dominant countries do not bother with a real testing system. The US has lots on dirty sprinters but does its best to catch the cheats. I am sure they miss people. But at least there is a hope they will get caught and I still watch with skepticism. Now, from what I have read, the testing in Kenya and Ethiopia does not compare to the US or other places and yet they still caught a bunch of people. As a result, I am a lot less interested in international races. The arguments that (1) doping does not work on 2:05 Kenyan runners and (2) poor Kenya and Ethiopia are picked on took a lot of IAAF tests seem like a distraction and just turn me off. Those two countries own the sport of distance running. I'll watch more college and national races now. On another note, how is it that you guys go crazy about US stories and treat this as a minor issue. I suggest you take a step back from your preferred narrative.
rojo wrote:
joalturn wrote:This despite the WADA ruling. Read more here:
http://espn.go.com/olympics/story/_/id/15527915/kenya-track-field-miss-olympics-world-anti-doping-agency-ruling-iaaf-saysWhy should they miss the Olympics? We still don't even know why they are non-compliant. They very well may be non-compliant because they are too tough on doping. Criminalizing doping is against the WADA code.
I've asked WADA for clarification and not heard back from them.
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