1.
got to accept there is a powerful control structure to track .
mentioned the list of certain obvious dopers in 90's british track .
all whilst supposed better testing going on ,
exactly what is going on .
2.
glaring omission of any top male athletes from distance in anglo - american sphere from 90's on to mid late 2000's .
as mentioned already epo was in track in us and uk at time largely in sprints ,
know different in spain or russia etc with middle distances , baumann .
so if these powerful backers were able to get many of their pushed athletes around steroid tests
why wouldnt they focus on finding male athletes in longer distances with epo .
and find a galen and running fast within afew years ,
like how many sub 4 guys in us every year at young age at any stage even when in height of no elite coming thru .
, with epo easily make many galen's .
Clearly they were not looking and all about pushing athletes in east africa again thru the italians , etc ,
in a time where no internet and no / not much epo coming from china ,all pharma companies in europe or us
3.
as it stands took the power of nike and stubborness of salazar to want to find such athlete ,
even then had to deal with farah as part of bargain and stealing the limelight .
along with lesser effect of many other brave coaches and systems
and in era where couldnt go free for all on epo , but still doping obviously for galen and some others
but what could they do if actively doing that during epo era , how many galens and many faster .
so
what these italian, dutch etc managers , physicians , and coaches set about to do was destroy distance in west
simple as that and thank god for brave coaches that could see thru it and follow own path .
now that have somewhat of rebound in states in distance , strike 2 bring in athletes form east africa to states
and dope them there , push back 2.0 .
they are unrelenting .
4.
note even when micera hit track in 2002 ,
didnt look to push american / brit distance went to ethiopia and bekele and geb then others all from area or morroco
did allow/push a certain miler and 1500 m athlete though in states .
i know alittle more complex than that if no interest etc to push athlete if nothing to start with and respond different but
clearly was and still is interest . just were deliberatly not looking for it there .