Doping in other sports

[Crackle]

Quite a good appraisal of Coe's Select Committee appearance here

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2015/dec/02/sebastian-coe-waffling-apologist-iaaf-parliament

It has him down as a waffling apologist. I think that's kind.

As Andrew Bingham told him: “You were king of the world after London 2012. Your reputation is on the line. What are you going to do about it?”

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Quite a good appraisal of Coe's Select Committee appearance here

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2015/dec/02/sebastian-coe-waffling-apologist-iaaf-parliament

It has him down as a waffling apologist. I think that's kind.

As Andrew Bingham told him: “You were king of the world after London 2012. Your reputation is on the line. What are you going to do about it?”

 

[400bhp]

Just watched a bbc documentary about linford christie. It wasbclearly filmed before the athletics crisis and talked a little about his spat with coe. It was really telling that he mentioned corruption in the iaaf back in 2001 and coes insincerity.
Here's a guardian article written a few years later:

https://www.google.co.uk/url?q=http...o-RN4w&usg=AFQjCNF5l04Duguh_Pu9yc3WHH-Mdua9Wg

 

[Bobby Mhor]

Interesting blog post from Lauren Fleshman HERE
Another Deadspin article HERE
Eyes to the sky HERE

 

[Bobby Mhor]

If you either wondered why the temptation is there, the bonus amount
HERE

 

[oldroadman]

Just watched a bbc documentary about linford christie. It wasbclearly filmed before the athletics crisis and talked a little about his spat with coe. It was really telling that he mentioned corruption in the iaaf back in 2001 and coes insincerity.
Here's a guardian article written a few years later:

https://www.google.co.uk/url?q=http...o-RN4w&usg=AFQjCNF5l04Duguh_Pu9yc3WHH-Mdua9Wg

And Mr Christie is squeaky clean, isn't he? It's not always those cheating Johnny foreigners who do naughty things. Just some are better at not getting caught than others.

 

[Bobby Mhor]

And Mr Christie is squeaky clean, isn't he? It's not always those cheating Johnny foreigners who do naughty things. Just some are better at not getting caught than others.

They are coming out the woodwork with stories HERE
Why now? another 15 mins of fame....

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

They are coming out the woodwork with stories HERE
Why now? another 15 mins of fame....

The article is from the back end of 2012 so it's not exactly now. Intriguing account though.

 

[Bobby Mhor]

The article is from the back end of 2012 so it's not exactly now. Intriguing account though.

Shows I should be wearing reading glasses..
It does show how one person can have so much power behind the scenes to pull stunts like that....
Athletes are just there to put the show on..
the real money and power are behind the scenes..
a certain Don King amongst many others springs to mind..

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Poor old Seb, at least all his feckwit cronies are doing their best to put forward a "move along nothing to see here" defence for him.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/35126635

 

[Bobby Mhor]

Poor old Seb, at least all his feckwit cronies are doing their best to put forward a "move along nothing to see here" defence for him.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/35126635

You can't hide the smell of shite.....
in true Tory fashion, they will throw him to the wind at some point..

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

To give Nick Davies his due he does say that dopers should have been unveiled long ago, however, as he appears to have been in the IAAF since 2010 he was very likely party to the cover up at the time. and he does nothing to end the covering up. Indeed, he does the opposite. His email does show, though, that once there is a cover up it's easier to continue managing it rather than end it. The question he needs to answer is who knew about the cover up. Not that he will answer the question.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

I suppose Seb rubbishing the 'so called' journalists and testers was not part of the cover up. He'd never do that...

 

[Crackle]

So now we know he knew, it's impossible for him to not have known, unless he really is that stupid. His position is untenable, he cannot possibly survive this much longer.

 

[SWSteve]

Is he going for a record for shortest term?