asdgsdfsd wrote:
rojo wrote:For her entire career, Decker's PRs were only 3:57.12 and 15:06. Muir has already crushed both of those. Decker ran in an era when it was WAY easier to be a star (as did Shorter, Prefontaine, etc).
Admittedly, Decker did run 1:56.9
30 years ago! It was a different era, which makes those times more impressive imo.
Mary Decker Slaney was banned for doping 20 years ago.
from Wiki:
In 1996, at the age of 37, as she qualified for the 5000 meters at the Atlanta Olympics, Decker became involved in controversy. A urine test taken in June at the Olympic Trials showed a testosterone to epitestosterone (T/E) ratio greater than the allowable maximum of six to one.[14] At the time of the positive test Decker was being coached by Alberto Salazar.[15]
In June 1997, the IAAF banned Decker from competition. In September 1999, a USATF panel reinstated her.[16][17] The IAAF cleared her to compete but took the case to arbitration. In April 1999, the arbitration panel ruled against her, after which the IAAF – through a retroactive ban, even though she was cleared to compete – stripped her of a silver medal she had won in the 1500 meters at the 1997 World Indoor Championships.[18][19]
All of the women ahead of Laura Muir on the all-time women's 1500m list are suspicious.
I consider Laura Muir at 3:55.22 to be the clean World Record Holder in the women's 1500m right now.
1 3:50.07 Genzebe Dibaba ETH 08.02.91 1 Monaco 17.07.2015
2 3:50.46 Qu Yunxia CHN 25.12.72 1 Beijing 11.09.1993
3 3:50.98 Jiang Bo CHN 13.03.77 1 Shanghai 18.10.1997
4 3:51.34 Lang Yinglai CHN 22.08.79 2 Shanghai 18.10.1997
5 3:51.92 Wang Junxia CHN 09.01.73 2 Beijing 11.09.1993
6 3:52.47 Tatyana Kazankina RUS 17.12.51 1 Zürich 13.08.1980
7 3:53.91 Yin Lili CHN 11.11.79 3 Shanghai 18.10.1997
8 3:53.96 Paula Ivan ROU 20.07.63 1 Seoul 01.10.1988
9 3:53.97 Lan Lixin CHN 14.02.79 4 Shanghai 18.10.1997
10 3:54.11 Genzebe Dibaba ETH 08.02.91 1 Barcelona 08.07.2015
11 3:54.23 Olga Dvirna RUS 11.02.53 1r1 Kiev 27.07.1982
12 3:54.52 Zhang Ling CHN 13.04.80 5 Shanghai 18.10.1997
13 3:55.0 Tatyana Kazankina RUS 17.12.51 1 Moskva 06.07.1980
14 3:55.01 Lan Lixin CHN 14.02.79 1h2 Shanghai 17.10.1997
15 3:55.07 Dong Yanmei CHN 16.02.77 6 Shanghai 18.10.1997
16 3:55.22 Laura Muir GBR 05.09.93 1 Saint-Denis 27.08.2016
Can anyone translate the Scottish language that Laura uses?
For example:
...described as a “wee sparra†by one Scottish newspaper this week…
...Muir told an amusing anecdote earlier this week: “Friends say that when they watch me as I’m about to race they always go: ‘Where’s Laura?’ Because I’m wee and have got this peely-wally Scottish skin I think I must just blend right into the track.â€
???
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/athletics/2017/01/07/laura-muir-broke-25-year-indoor-record-first-sign-potential/