casual obsever wrote:
whats her secret wrote:
This. Whether we assume she was clean OR if her and most of the woman in the top so many doped (neutralizing the best women of all time)- she’s still head and shoulders above everyone. What does she attribute her edge to in being better than the Africans?
1) Luck with the timing:
a) the African ladies were just on the up (now her all female WR is gone)
b) inefficient EPO tests pre-2005
c) ABP only in the test phase; getting flagged like her only led to additional testing
2) High responder.
3) Great talent, always reaching the final over 10000 m pre-2002.
Note also that she never broke 2:22 after 2005 until her retirement in 2012.
And now she fights against transparency along with Lord Coe. Oh well.
Assume everyone below doped. Why is she still so much better?
RANK MARK COMPETITOR DOB NAT POS VENUE DATE
1 2:15:25 Paula RADCLIFFE 17 DEC 1973 GBR GBR 1 London (GBR) 13 APR 2003
2 2:17:01 Mary Jepkosgei KEITANY 18 JAN 1982 KEN KEN 1 London (GBR) 23 APR 2017
3 2:17:18 Paula RADCLIFFE 17 DEC 1973 GBR GBR 1 Chicago, IL (USA) 13 OCT 2002
4 2:17:42 Paula RADCLIFFE 17 DEC 1973 GBR GBR 1 London (GBR) 17 APR 2005
5 2:17:56 Tirunesh DIBABA 01 JUN 1985 ETH ETH 2 London (GBR) 23 APR 2017
6 2:18:31 Tirunesh DIBABA 01 JUN 1985 ETH ETH 1 Chicago, IL (USA) 08 OCT 2017
7 2:18:37 Mary Jepkosgei KEITANY 18 JAN 1982 KEN KEN 1 London (GBR) 22 APR 2012
8 2:18:47 Catherine NDEREBA 21 JUL 1972 KEN KEN 1 Chicago, IL (USA) 07 OCT 2001
9 2:18:56 Paula RADCLIFFE 17 DEC 1973 GBR GBR 1 London (GBR) 14 APR 2002
10 2:18:58 Erba Tiki GELANA 22 OCT 1987 ETH ETH 1 Rotterdam (NED) 15 APR 2012
11 2:19:12 Mizuki NOGUCHI 03 JUL 1978 JPN JPN 1 Berlin (GER) 25 SEP 2005
12 2:19:17 Roza Dereje BEKELE ETH ETH 1 Dubai (UAE) 26 JAN 2018
13 2:19:19 Irina MIKITENKO 23 AUG 1972 GER GER 1 Berlin (GER) 28 SEP 2008
13 2:19:19 Mary Jepkosgei KEITANY 18 JAN 1982 KEN KEN 1 London (GBR) 17 APR 2011
15 2:19:25 Gladys CHERONO 12 MAY 1983 KEN KEN 1 Berlin (GER) 27 SEP 2015
16 2:19:26 Catherine NDEREBA 21 JUL 1972 KEN KEN 2 Chicago, IL (USA) 13 OCT 2002
17 2:19:30 Boru Feyse TADESE 19 NOV 1988 ETH ETH 2 Dubai (UAE) 26 JAN 2018
18 2:19:31 Asselefech MEDESSA MERGIA 23 JAN 1985 ETH ETH 1 Dubai (UAE) 27 JAN 2012
19 2:19:34 Lucy Kabuu WANGUI 24 MAR 1984 KEN KEN 2 Dubai (UAE) 27 JAN 2012
20 2:19:36 Deena KASTOR 14 FEB 1973 USA USA 1 London (GBR) 23 APR 2006
20 2:19:36 Yebrgual MELESE 18 APR 1990 ETH ETH 3 Dubai (UAE) 26 JAN 2018
22 2:19:39 Yingjie SUN 19 JAN 1979 CHN CHN 1 Beijing (CHN) 19 OCT 2003
23 2:19:41 Yoko SHIBUI 14 MAR 1979 JPN JPN 1 Berlin (GER) 26 SEP 2004
23 2:19:41 Tirfi TSEGAYE 25 NOV 1984 ETH ETH 1 Dubai (UAE) 22 JAN 2016
25 2:19:44 Florence KIPLAGAT 27 FEB 1987 KEN KEN 1 Berlin (GER) 25 SEP 2011
26 2:19:46 Naoko TAKAHASHI 06 MAY 1972 JPN JPN 1 Berlin (GER) 30 SEP 2001
27 2:19:47 Sarah CHEPCHIRCHIR 27 JUL 1984 KEN KEN 1 Tokyo (JPN) 26 FEB 2017
28 2:19:50 Edna Ngeringwony KIPLAGAT 15 SEP 1979 KEN KEN 2 London (GBR) 22 APR 2012
29 2:19:51 Chunxiu ZHOU 15 NOV 1978 CHN CHN 1 Seoul (KOR) 12 MAR 2006
29 2:19:51 Birhane DIBABA 11 SEP 1993 ETH ETH 1 Tokyo (JPN) 25 FEB 2018
31 2:19:52 Mare DIBABA 20 OCT 1989 ETH ETH 3 Dubai (UAE) 27 JAN 2012
31 2:19:52 Mare DIBABA 20 OCT 1989 ETH ETH 1 Xiamen (CHN) 03 JAN 2015
33 2:19:53 Debele DEGAFA 28 OCT 1990 ETH ETH 4 Dubai (UAE) 26 JAN 2018
34 2:19:55 Catherine NDEREBA 21 JUL 1972 KEN KEN 2 London (GBR) 13 APR 2003
35 2:19:57 Rita Jeptoo SITIENEI 15 FEB 1981 KEN KEN 1 Chicago, IL (USA) 13 OCT 2013