Almaz Ayana (10K WR holder) cancels yet another Diamond League appearance

You know that she hasn't been tested, right?

What a moran.

Correct, she hasn't been tested out of competition. There is virtually no out-of-competition testing in Ethiopia

http://deadspin.com/wada-discovers-world-record-factory-ethiopia-does-almos-1769983123

but why wrote:

Correct, she hasn't been tested out of competition. There is virtually no out-of-competition testing in Ethiopia

http://deadspin.com/wada-discovers-world-record-factory-ethiopia-does-almos-1769983123

That's a really inaccurate article from deadspin.

IAAF Testing Stats here. Ayana tested as much as anyone last year. At home.

that only says she was tested 4 times in 2016, not a breakdown of out of competition

I am sure she was tested in (after) competition when she would win races and I am sure she would know that she would be tested then

I'd be 1000% more comfortable if she would either repeat her performance or anything close to it, while having known, documents OOC testing.

twenty-three years, that's how long the old doped record stood without anyone so much as breaking it by ONE second

she broke it by fourteen

let's see her do it by one second again somewhere or do we have to wait until 2020 to see her never do it?

but why wrote:

that only says she was tested 4 times in 2016, not a breakdown of out of competition

Those are out of competition numbers.

Selly Chepyego Kaptich, who failed to finish at the Osaka Marathon, and did two domestic competitions in Kenya, but was tested four or more times.

Eliud Kiptanui. He only competed twice in 2016 but was tested four or more times.

Dennis Kimetto ran two races in 2016 but was tested four or more times.

Jeff Wigand wrote:

Those are out of competition numbers.

Can you tell me how you know that? Where do we find that info?

Complete and utter fraud.

rojo wrote:

Can you tell me how you know that? Where do we find that info?

The top of that sections says that all those numbers are pursuant to rule 35.17. Rule 35.17 says:

17. Statistics of Out-of-Competition Testing shall be published once a year per Athlete in the IAAF Registered Testing Pool and per Member.

what's super confusing then is that report is from 2016

and it completely contradicts what the AP says in 2016 about incredibly weak or non-existent testing in Ethiopia and how athletes are warned testers are coming

http://summergames.ap.org/article/ethiopia-told-do-extensive-doping-tests-or-face-iaaf-ban

so was that report created in November 2016 to satisfy the IAAF demands?

she was tested 4 times in 2016 between July and November? OOC? really?

just to review the facts

she broke the doped record (admitted in 1995) by not just 14 seconds, but 22 seconds faster than anyone else had even come close to it

she negative split the two 5K by 15 seconds, with absolutely no rabbit or pacer or any kind of competition for the second 5K

so she is either the most amazing track distance runner in history or she is never going to repeat that performance again and it was a one-shot impossible run of a lifetime like Paula's 2:15

I would be thrilled to see her do it again though because to me it's bigger than when the 4 minute mile was broken, I mean her genetics and training would have to so much better than any other elite

but first she actually has to race again

Phantasy Star wrote:

Complete and utter fraud.

How do you feel about magic mo's incredible transformation or dibaba's 2015 form?

wait, now she is doing the 1500m July 1st in Paris? did I read that right? weirdness

can she really have WR quality in 5000, 10000 and 1500?

or is she just under some kind of obligation to appear and is picking a race she can't win?

It doesn't. The AP article talks about the demand for the Ethiopian Federation to conduct testing of their own. There are a lot of athletes in the testing pool in Ethiopia and they need to be tested, whether that means local or foreign testers.

What if Galen Rupp trained in East Timor for 12 months of the year. Do you think he could go the whole year without being tested because East Timor doesn't fund testers of their own?

It says she was tested four or more times out of competition in the 2016 calendar year.

I don't think anyone's tried to. Good conditions, peak shape and consistent pacemaker at the front. 16 of the top 20 set lifetime bests, including 7 national records.

I can't remember the last 10000m world record that had a pacemaker after the first 5k.

She's either one of the greatest of all time or a fraud.

I have to admit you are the calm voice of reason

What are your thoughts on her doing the 1500m in Paris?

Guess I just have to wait this year out and see what unfolds from her.

I want to believe, I really do. If only she had done it by a little bit and not such an incredible performance, would be so much easier.

If she does it again or comes close, I will be a big fan with loud applause and cheering because I'll know this time she is under close examination.

Jeff Wigand wrote:

rojo wrote:

Can you tell me how you know that? Where do we find that info?

The top of that sections says that all those numbers are pursuant to rule 35.17. Rule 35.17 says:

17. Statistics of Out-of-Competition Testing shall be published once a year per Athlete in the IAAF Registered Testing Pool and per Member.

It also says '4+' for Ayana.

I really hate threads like this. Taking any random piece of information, such as an athlete pulling out of a meeting, and trying to force some doping allegation from it.

Absolute waste of time and the kind of thinking that is sending this sport to shit. No evidence she has never been tested out of competition but a thread is made stating it like a fact which everyone starts discussing.

This thread should be deleted

800ftw. wrote:

I really hate threads like this. Taking any random piece of information, such as an athlete pulling out of a meeting, and trying to force some doping allegation from it.

Absolute waste of time and the kind of thinking that is sending this sport to shit.

Which is the entire philosophy and purpose of this web site.