Doping in other sports

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Russia and Kenya in the spotlight (again)
https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http://www.sportschau.de/doping/interview-hajo-seppelt-geheimsache-doping-fortsetzung-100.html&edit-text=&act=url

The programme is being broadcast now and there are twitter summaries appearing - looks as if there are lots of athletics test results which have been leaked and also IAAF officials notifying athletes of time/dates of upcoming tests. Oh dear.

edit - former training partner of Geoffrey Tarno stating he took EPO and died as a result of this.
http://www.runnersworld.com/newswire/kenyan-dies-soon-after-leading-marathon

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Linford Christie is on Pointless.

 

[400bhp]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/athletics/33749208

 

[albion]

"In some finals, every athlete in the three medal positions had recorded a suspicious blood test.
Russia emerges as "the blood testing epicentre of the world" with more than 80% of the country's medals won by suspicious athletes, while Kenya had 18 medals won by suspicious athletes."

Yet it is right what the IAAF claim, that being that they are the most proactive sport when it comes to drugs.
So I would hazard a guess and alter the first line to ""In some money sports, every athlete coming in the three top positions is near always a doper".

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

A dozen top British athletes with abnormal blood scores
http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/uk_news/thedopingscandal/article1588410.ece

 

[MrGrumpy]

names can`t stay secret for long :/ must be suspicions on who is doing what?? Not surprised just waiting on other sports outing some names, very suspicious of certain tennis stars??

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/athletics/33749208

"Britain's Mo Farah and Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt recorded no abnormal results."

 

[jarlrmai]

The press will eke out the names over the next year in the build up to the worlds and the 2016 Olympics to get maximum mileage.

 

[robertob]

Interesting interview with Paul Kimmage on the Athletics story on Newstalk today. Paul was quite agitated and emotional, as we know him. Good to listen to his opinion if you've got some minutes to spare: http://www.newstalk.com/Paul-Kimmag...ves-it-ruins-lives-and-it-has-to-be-addressed

 

[400bhp]

Good to see the IAAF mimicking the UCI of a couple of year's ago.

I used to look up to Bubka. Now he appears a nob.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

I used to look up to Bubka. Now he appears a nob.

I used to look up to him, and then down again as he came over the bar.

I'll get my own coat.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Good to see the IAAF mimicking the UCI of a couple of year's ago.

'Tis all a bit déjà vu, isn't it. How the IAAF, and Coe domestically, deal with it is the issue.

 

[rich p]

The maddening thing is that the Russian and Kenyan authorities just issue denials and cries of witch hunt which only reinforces their guilt.

 

[rich p]

And swimming is suspected to be rife with dopage by an insider too. No surprises there

http://www.faz.net/aktuell/sport/sp...ht-ueber-doping-im-schwimmsport-13731452.html

 

[HF2300]

Item on INRNG about the IAAF leak and the relationship to cycling: http://inrng.com/2015/08/iaaf-athletics-anti-doping-cycling-lessons/#more-26049