After the Kiprop news this week, my view of pro runners was again shattered.
I discovered this cycling forum with a great thread. Most memorable doped performances. Cycling's got some good ones. Bjarne Riis' TDF is my favorite.
Running's harder. There's less dopers or less dopers being caught. In any case, what's your favorite?
Mine's cliche. 9.79.
Sumgong's marathons.
copycat from the clinic wrote:Mine's cliche. 9.79.Great choice! Good old Ben was maybe the dumbest doper in the group, but he crushed a field full of other legitimate world class dopers!
Has to be Ben Johnson. Gold medal and world record in same race. Others have had one (Ramzi, Cepek) or the other (Montgomery, Gatlin, Boulami) annulled but I think he's still the only one with both.
Right! I remember looking at the yellow eyed Ben Johnson,
and saying he's doped. Very memorable.
yyy wrote:
Sumgong's marathons.
Her training partner Rita Jeptoo was even worse. Her run at Boston 2014 was one of the most blatantly doped performances I've ever seen. She ran her last mile (or maybe even two miles) faster than Meb did that day.
Probably head bobbin' Paula and her marathon WR. Look at that EPO! I mean grit!
titaniumbolt wrote:
Probably head bobbin' Paula and her marathon WR. Look at that EPO! I mean grit!
^This.
Or
Almaz' 29:17 or Genzebe's 3:50.
Not running but Landis in stage 17 of the 2006 TDF..,, the performance that demonstrated the power of the juice and perhaps convinced many that clean cannot compete with juice
Aouita vs Crammy Nice 85.
Not an obvious choice, but I remember watching as a schoolboy and thinking how amazing it was that an inferior talent (Aouita) could get so close to such a superior natural great as Cram, simply through doping. It was a real inspiration and eye opener for us Moroccan boys. Remember, they were the same age, and yet only 3 years before this Crammy was about 2 seconds a lap faster than Aouita.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPzemlXs9qE
Or maybe Aouita at the 83 World Championships was even more impressive. Just a year before this he was a 1:50/3:40/14:00 runner, yet 6 months after enlisting Italian doctors beats Steve Ovett and wins bronze!
Helsinki 83, yes, the 80s had a lot of utterly ludicrous performances.
It's got to be Ramzi @ Beijing. And look who he held off at the line - none other than Kiprop. ?
Ooohhh man so many good ones. Great thread.
el G's 1999 1500 final is my favorite. 3:27 with the guitar playing, finishing well ahead of Noah "car accident" Ngeny and a trio of Spaniards (lol!!!).
Ramzi's 1500 & 800 double at '05 Worlds was glorious. He almost got caught at the line in the 15, but his 800 was a work of tactical genius. Can't forget his lane 7 drift in the 1500 heats either.
"18-year-old" Kipchoge beating el G in '03, squeezing him right up against the kerb.
Ethiopian women's world records in the 1500, 5000, and 10000. Literally unbelievable.
Bolt's '09 double (triple? I assume he was in the winning relay too) was comical.
Any recent marathon with the "random" 2:04 African guys.
There are tons more I'll think of later.
El Gaouita wrote:
Aouita vs Crammy Nice 85.
Not an obvious choice, but I remember watching as a schoolboy and thinking how amazing it was that an inferior talent (Aouita) could get so close to such a superior natural great as Cram, simply through doping. It was a real inspiration and eye opener for us Moroccan boys. Remember, they were the same age, and yet only 3 years before this Crammy was about 2 seconds a lap faster than Aouita.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPzemlXs9qEOr maybe Aouita at the 83 World Championships was even more impressive. Just a year before this he was a 1:50/3:40/14:00 runner, yet 6 months after enlisting Italian doctors beats Steve Ovett and wins bronze!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTuGCLDUgUY
Found coevett
This is got to be the best on the women's side. Savinova annihilates Semenya & Jelimo at London! Holy sh*t Batman...that's one huge gap for an Olympic final 800! ? Note Semenya is in "shock & awe" as she looks at the replay. Lol.
For me, Olaf Bayer in '78.
How about this wrote:
https://youtu.be/JYuZuIjOxwA
Huh? Who? (I don't think anyone was bagged for doping from this group?).
Ben Johnson blasting 9.79 in the 88 Seoul OG final with the hand in the air several meters before the finishing line.
Marita Koch's 47.6 400m
Jarmila Kratochvilova's 1.53 800m
Kelly Holmes' 800m/1500m double in the Athens OG
92 Barcelona OG womens 1500m final
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