the eyeroller wrote:
Coevett wrote:
The same goes for the likes of the older Manangoi brother who defended Kiprop so resolutely. I understand that they are friends, but they must be really close friends for Manangoi to come to his defence like that, and then that speaks a lot about the odds of him being a doper also.
As usual, you grossly mischaracterize his actual response to Kiprop’s testing positive.
Here's the actual passage the dummy is referring to:
“My ultimate target is to accomplish Brother Colm’s prediction that I will be Olympic champion, at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.”
“Adding the Africa, World Cup and Olympic titles to my collection should make me a complete athlete, and that is my desire, God-willing.”
Something else is on Manangoi’s mind this season.
The world record of 3:20.00 [typo, obviously] set by Moroccan Hicham El Guerrouj on July 14, 1998. “I want attempt to break the record either in Rome on May 31 or in Monaco on July 20.”
“It’s possible since I’m in better shape than the last two seasons. It’s all about hard work, self-belief, concentration and focus.”
The difficult issue of doping in athletics is not lost on him, especially after his mentor Kiprop was recently flagged for using a banned performance enhancer.
“I am in shock till now, and I hope he is cleared. Asbel is never jealous and is such a humble and good person.”
He is quick to appeal to fellow athletes to desist from using short cuts.
“It will ruin not only their health, but also their careers,” he concludes as his younger brother George, the world youth champion, and other athletes soak in the cool breeze at their accommodation after a hard morning training session."
It takes some serious mental gymnastics to twist that into statements that "speak a lot about the odds of him being a doper also." Projection at it's crudest.