this is tragic wrote:
What a sad day for the sport. Salazar did everything he could to give his athletes a chance at competing with the East African dopers, but he stepped a little too far over the line and got burned. Now we have a bunch of Americans rejoicing at the fall of their best coach while the Africans continue to dope with impunity. NOP athletes received over-limit L-carnitine infusions, so who cares that EPO is being used full throttle in Ethiopia and Uganda? Truly a disgusting turn of events.
Agree. It's strange but I almost feel sorry for Salazar given the context of the sport. Look at what is going on in comparison:
Jama Aden training group found with huge arsenal of EPO, steroids - nothing happened, no bans, nothing.
Kenyan athletes throwing out a truckload of positive tests for EPO, steroids etc - no ban on Kenya and road races organizers all over the world keep on inviting Kenyan athletes and handing over piles of cash to them and their managers. Foreign athletes are left totally free to go and train Kenya.
Kenyan team doctor openly admits to treating practically half of the Kenyan world championship team of distance runners with EPO prior to this year's world champs. IAAF allows Kenya to compete with no sanctions or questions asked.
Ethiopia - just doesn't bother to even properly test any of their athletes and foreign athletes are allowed to train in Ethiopia without any repercussions. Ethiopian runners remain free to run in races all over the world.
What this USADA ruling does show is that America is a morally upright country that actually does punish wrongdoing compared with many others. You can be proud to be an American today as the US has set a yardstick in morality for others to follow. I suggest that USADA takes over the entire doping control process for all nations in Track and Field in order to raise the moral values of the sport.