i agree with spencer wrote:
have you ever thought that maybe its not her thats sandbagging, but its the iaaf, wada, ioc etc that have told her to do as they say or else they will ban her?
i give her props for keeping this up. she obviously can run faster but is playing by their rules. why? because she came from a super poor family, this is a job and she doesnt want to lose the paycheck.
gatlin didnt like to play by the rules so they punished him, now he plays by the rules.
She holds back without question, why? The money, if she keeps it close and makes more of a race out of it, meet directors and TV love it. If she were to go all out and win by a mile as they say, all the negative suspicion would only bring more negative attention. I think you are correct the governing bodies have a had a talk with her. She has probably talked back to them in the form of lawsuits if they try and ban her. End result an arranged standoff of sorts.
My guess is this arrangement may go on a bit longer, she retires and then they put new rules into place.