IAAF is a joke. Look at this picture of "16 years old" Ethiopian Girmawit Gebrzihair

losers everywhere wrote:

Jealous LetsRunners are funny.

About an African runner at 16: "Waaaaaaaaaaah! That runner can't possibly be only 16!

The are understating their age! Waaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"

About the same African runner at 40: "Waaaaaaaaaaah! That runner can't possibly be over 40! The are overstating their age! Waaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"

If you're referring to Lagat, I think the problem many have is that he's likely still benefiting from the EPO he took that enabled him to run 3:26 all those years ago.

Up till now I thought it was accepted as common knowledge that all east African runners are at least 5-10 years older than they claim.

El Keniano wrote:

The interesting thing about this thread is that people like Manangoi were born by a time when virtually all births in Kenya where automatically issued a certificate of birth. He's also attended kindergarten, primary school, secondary school, taken national exams and had classmates that make it easy to verify his age. Yet the PTB here allow an article to be published that asterisks his and his brother's ages.

Kenya has plenty of 20-somethings in high school.

Coevett wrote:

losers everywhere wrote:

Jealous LetsRunners are funny.

About an African runner at 16: "Waaaaaaaaaaah! That runner can't possibly be only 16!

The are understating their age! Waaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"

About the same African runner at 40: "Waaaaaaaaaaah! That runner can't possibly be over 40! The are overstating their age! Waaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"

If you're referring to Lagat, I think the problem many have is that he's likely still benefiting from the EPO he took that enabled him to run 3:26 all those years ago.

Also, blood transfusions appear to have a reverse aging effect.

triple jump runner wrote:

El Keniano wrote:

The interesting thing about this thread is that people like Manangoi were born by a time when virtually all births in Kenya where automatically issued a certificate of birth. He's also attended kindergarten, primary school, secondary school, taken national exams and had classmates that make it easy to verify his age. Yet the PTB here allow an article to be published that asterisks his and his brother's ages.

Kenya has plenty of 20-somethings in high school.

El Keniano acting like the school system cares about ages. They are probably just glad if the kids even start school at all.

MikeM wrote:

Geb looked like he was 40 when he was a junior as well. He seemed to have a fine career that lasted as long as one would expect. So if his age was not really suspect and he looked old, it is possible this is a similar case.

Nope. If you look up pictures of geb during his junior years he looks like a kid (or early 20s at the most).

MurderDub wrote:

I certainly hope so wrote:

Really?

These people all look like they could be 18 or 20 or 25. (Yes, the white guy as well.)

I uploaded the above pic to Microsoft's AI age guessing site and it judged George to be 31 and Jakob 27. I uploaded another pic of George where he's holding his gold medal and it said 35. I also uploaded the pic of the '16 year old' Ethiopian 'girl' and it says she is 51.

Why can't IAAF institute bone density tests like FIFA?

They are expensive but IAAF has money. Also they can just limit the tests to those who end up on the podium.

It does seem to generally overestimate ages by around 5-10 years. So really we could say that it thinks George is 21 and Jakob 17, and the Ethiopian girl 41.

Coevett wrote:

MurderDub wrote:

These people all look like they could be 18 or 20 or 25. (Yes, the white guy as well.)

I uploaded the above pic to Microsoft's AI age guessing site and it judged George to be 31 and Jakob 27. I uploaded another pic of George where he's holding his gold medal and it said 35. I also uploaded the pic of the '16 year old' Ethiopian 'girl' and it says she is 51.

https://how-old.net/

I uploaded a bunch of pictures from a recent photo shoot to test that AI. It is a 35 year old trainer and a 33 year old model, I was the photographer for the trainer's website. For the trainer, 5 pictures gave a span of ages from 16 (wtf, she doesn't look 16 by any stretch) to 40. For the model, it gave a range from 13 to 34.

I don't think that is any sort of authority or proof of age cheating...

I went to college with a girl who was 18 as a freshman, but looked 40 at first glance. These people exist. Is this woman cheating? Maybe. But there is no proof or even "certainty," only suspicion.

Joplas wrote:

Why can't IAAF institute bone density tests like FIFA?

They are expensive but IAAF has money. Also they can just limit the tests to those who end up on the podium.

Y'all are just weird.

wejo wrote:

passportverified wrote:

It's not just Ethiopia and not just in the women's events. Does George Managoi really look 18? Looks about 25.

Who looks older in this picture?

https://bringbackthemile.com/images/ugc/uploads/about/Alan_Webb_with_Hicham_El_Guerrouj_2001.jpg

The one on drugs.

Sand Dunes wrote:

Up till now I thought it was accepted as common knowledge that all east African runners are at least 5-10 years older than they claim.

The Robertsons said many are about 8 years older than what they claim to be. Some are well into their 30s and may well have grandchildren.

I'll hint wrote:

wejo wrote:

Who looks older in this picture?

https://bringbackthemile.com/images/ugc/uploads/about/Alan_Webb_with_Hicham_El_Guerrouj_2001.jpg

The one on drugs.

Webb.

Subway Surfers Addiction wrote:

Sand Dunes wrote:

Up till now I thought it was accepted as common knowledge that all east African runners are at least 5-10 years older than they claim.

The Robertsons said many are about 8 years older than what they claim to be. Some are well into their 30s and may well have grandchildren.

This is fvckin hilarious. The East Africans are trolling you jerks.

Subway Surfers Addiction wrote:

Sand Dunes wrote:

Up till now I thought it was accepted as common knowledge that all east African runners are at least 5-10 years older than they claim.

The Robertsons said many are about 8 years older than what they claim to be. Some are well into their 30s and may well have grandchildren.

I suppose we have to forgive Kiprop for impregnating that 16 year old. He probably thought she was at least 45 and likely postmenopausal.

CSrunner wrote:

El Keniano wrote:

You realise that's Athletics Kenya raising questions about her age, right. Normally, I'd say I'm disappointed in them for joining in this kind of hate but, My God, that picture ...

Maybe she's having a condition? If you don't really know her, you people have no right to judge.

Here they come on their horses everyone - it’s the PC police specializing in devils advocacy! Impossible to argue against all that is right with humanity! “Maybe she’s having a condition”? Yeah it’s called being OLD, you absolute belter.

Hydlide wrote:

Ben L Wrong wrote:

The 1500m kenyan athletes, specially Manangoi, are probably legit in terms of age.

Adorable.

What brand of soymilk do you like best?

Stop your red-pill, alt-right incel bull Sh*t. No one thinks it's cool but you.

What if she’s 16?

I knew a girl that was young but looked really old.

People think I’m 10 years younger than I am.

So why don’t you idiots wait for the facts?

Also, does it make any sense to age cheat if you looked 15 years older or just a few years older?