Coevett wrote:
Plastered wrote:
Coevett is not going to like that kind of talk. ?
LOL! Actually it's quite a fair statement (Subway's). I'm not an expert on doping but from what I've read about suspected pre-EPO blood dopers, Coe just doesn't seem to fit the pattern at all. So that leaves steroids, and there's a lot of reasons to doubt that somebody as slight as him was so skilled at taking steroids (and avoiding detection) back then that he could have benefitted so massively without it leaving any visible effect on his frame. And remember, he was a massively talented 800m runner who then became an 800/1500m middle-distance all-time great, and that was supposedly down to steroids??
Pretty fair, contrary to Venti's medical opinion, blood dopers usually go from mid pack to extraordinary in one race. One would think Coe would be better over 3-10k if he was blood doping (though not unplausible) considering he was very slight. So really roids is the only option, but again if he was on them when would he have started?