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Go on wrote:
I have never made any claims regarding the Kenyans. I know the norwegian Anti-Doping foundation from first hand experience, and I know they do their job very well, with frequent and well documented testing. I don't know anything about the Kenyan Anti-doping foundation.
I assumed this was a comparison and I apologize for bringing Kenya into it. It was presumptuous and asinine.
However, now I have to ask, Norwegian Anti-Doping does their job “very well”? By what metric? What are you comparing to? There obviously isn’t a way to directly measure success with certainty.
When comparing, I'm looking at tests taken per year, and financing as those are easily comparable, although they don't tell the whole story.
To do a simple comparison with a well known anti-doping agency:
In 2017 they did 5014 tests, compared to USADAs 12754 tests. The US are more than 50 times as many people (Although we probably have a higher percentage being athletes)
From my own experience I know their work to inform and educate athletes, which I found extensive. They also impose a stricter control regime for norwegian athletes than what is required internationally.