no
you are talking rubbish
no
his form before games was noway near potential winner form
Aouita was best 1500 runner entering games with that 3'31.5pb but coudn't double with both finals on same day !
ovett's best run entering games was a paltry 3'34.5 in oslo winning by the skin of his teeth over gonzales
scott for one was hugely favoured over ovett & was maree if any good shape
that's not counting the brits
no hindsight
i didn't think ovett had a snowball in hell's chance of winning 1500 on his form entering games
'83 shape was different as he ran that 3'30.77 in a hugely windy day when he thought there was 0 chance of a wr
if 0 wind in rieti he wouda likely run 3'29-flat/low & that wouda been form to contend in games
he was in much better shape in '83 than '84 when ill at games but in poor shape beforehand
yes
cram was clearly expecting to have career peak in '84 not in meaningless '85 but injury scuppered his '84 & all he was left with was to recover for '85, the shape he expected for '84 & chase the clock
cram in '85 shape wouda won the '84 1500 & '85 shape was what he wouda expected at games not for meaningless '85
is that a joke ???
cram had just run 3'31.3pb in oslo
wr was 3'30.77
i certainly expected cram to possibly break the wr but i didn't expect him to run 3'29.67
i thought beforehand he might go 3'30.25/3'30.5 if he got perfect race
is that a joke ???
then why on earth did Aouita track cruz rather than cram ???
Aouita made mistake of tracking cruz who was big unknown at 1500 & ignored cram's 3'31.3 from just coupla weeks before
Aouita was an idiot & ignored the man up front who had just beaten his pb coupla weeks before
is that a joke ???
yifter won gold in '80, but 1 major in '83 won by a moved-up-1500er in coghlan but '84 won by a bonafide 1500/5k guy as was '88
who the hell cares about walker for 5k ???
his pb was a pathetic 13'19.2 !!!
is this a joke ???
one had a toxoplasmosis +ve
the other it is rumoured was so scathing of the ozzie guys he was asked to coach that the only way he reckoned they coud compete at elite level was to dope !
that is no evidence of doping but realistic opinion
same as if any semi-elite who came upto any knowledgeable guy on this board & said :
"i'm 25y & trained my butt-off for years & my best 1500 in a near perfect race was 3'35, what can i do to be a contenda ?"
Aouita gave same answer that anyone else here woud :
"kid, only way you will be a contenda is if you dope"
utter rubbish
what doping are you suggesting ???
even if you think guy such as this was doping, have you any clue about how much dope costs ???
Ryun coud barely continue his career post-college as not enough money for a family & actually quit for 1y in '69 or '70 or '71 to get a job !!!
if he had to quit track to support his family how on earth did he pay for dope ???
& what specific doping in '60s was going to give him the incredible performances he put in ???