DIBABA DFL / Why has G. DIbaba's fitness deteriorated so much in past 2 years?

Off the juice. When Gay was on the juice, it was rare for him to run any time worse than a 9.8. Has he been able to break 10.00 since?

Same with Dibaba

Smart. She got the 1500 wr. Why risk her legacy by continuing to dope?

Vftfgtggygygyggg wrote:

She ran a 3:50.0 in 2015.

In 2016, she could only manage a 3:57.3

This year, it's even worse, 3:57.8 and 1:59.3. She had to qualify on time for the final.

Imagine a 3:50 runner who has trouble breaking 2 in the 800m

It's as if it's not the same person. Kind of like when Caster was on her estrogen medication.

It is mental.

I think she has lost all confidence. It probably started in Rio.

Also, watch Nijel Amos disintegrate in the final. He doesn't seem confident as well.

I am calling it for Kipyegon in the 800m.

NativeSon wrote:

It is mental.

I think she has lost all confidence.

Huh??

1/10

'Mental'? As in coach aden got the 'or else' mental lesson with the bust in Spain?

Think Mr Nativeson is a bit drunk.

What you on tonight?

The fall of the Aden team seems to directly correlate with the coincidence of busting aden's hotel neighbor with 60 preloaded epo syringes. Another coincidence that Aden had reserved and paid (?) for the room for his neighbor.

Who cares. Great looking chick. NO tats.

Suleiman (sp?) is also running poorly, no?

Nothing to do with confidence. This isn't dating with girls. She's just in bad shape.

NativeSon wrote:

It is mental.

I think she has lost all confidence. It probably started in Rio

It started a long time before that. Ayana broke Genzebe's will in the 2015 Beijing 5000. Genzebe was unbeaten indoors and outdoors for 2015 prior to that race. The commentators were gushing that Genzebe could win the race any way she desired.

Genzebe obviously thought the same thing, settling behind Ayana and waiting to cruise past her. Then the unthinkable happened: Ayana upped the ante with slightly more than 3 laps remaining, quickly gapping Genzebe who was hopeless to respond. As a gambler I'm always aware of the potential residue of that type of reversal. It was guaranteed that Ayana had more freakish outings in her, and that it would be a psychological barrier for Genzebe. She has not been the same since.

Ayana broke her to such extent that Genzebe wasn't giving nearly her all for the last couple of laps. That was glaring once medals were in jeopardy and suddenly Genzebe woke up over the final 50 meters.

It's always laughable for someone to pretend Ayana came out of nowhere in 2016, given that 5000m dominance from world championships 2015.

Could be any combination of factors. Motivation, injuries, the Aden bust... G. Dibaba has never been a brilliant championship performer, she needs to be in dominating form to compete.

Personally, I think the main reason is that Jenny Simpson has made a Genzebe voodoo doll.

shes probably no longer using drugs.

Yes, coincidences happen. Has nothing to do with doping. Example: Radcliffe ran a couple of 2:15 - 2:17s from '03 - '05, but thereafter only 2:22 at best.

Maybe she's been training hard in EPOpia and wins tonight.

For her, there's not that much difference between 3:57 and 3:50. At that level of performance her fitness is in a razor's edge. We just don't know about what nagging injuries she's had this year that may have limited her training. Just as Laura Muir has been about 5 seconds off the 3:55 she ran last year.

She spends too much time on letsrun

NYDCRunner1 wrote:

Off the juice. When Gay was on the juice, it was rare for him to run any time worse than a 9.8. Has he been able to break 10.00 since?

Same with Dibaba

Endless examples of athletes smashing it on the drugs and not doing much off them. And some people still have the audacity to claim the drugs don't make much difference.. Some even say they have no affect at all!

If your job is a professional athlete then taking PEDs is a good career decision

YO YOU BEING DISRESPECTFUL

Zlatan wrote:

If your job is a professional athlete then taking PEDs is a good career decision

Not really. You will be outed sooner or later.