And Rotich took the test as soon as he found out, which was apparently only a few hours later. It still speaks to the attitude and approach that Kenya takes to doping control in general though. He clearly thought this was acceptable, and given he's a coach, the mind boggles.
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And Rotich took the test as soon as he found out, which was apparently only a few hours later. It still speaks to the attitude and approach that Kenya takes to doping control in general though. He clearly thought this was acceptable, and given he's a coach, the mind boggles.
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Are you implying that a cynic might think darker thoughts?
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Unless you think the Kenyan coach was psychic - i.e. he could have anticipated a random test for a particular athlete, there's no particular reason to be suspicious. As many reporters have pointed out, there's a lot of free stuff (especially food and drink) in the Athlete's Village. Those who don't have accreditation have all kinds of rather more mundane reasons for wanting to get in for a while.
Dogtrousers
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WHat baffles me is why he went along with the test though. Why not say "you got me bang to rights ... I was blagging some free oatcakes" Seemingly he owned up soon afterwards, and the team sent the athlete.
I don't find it so much suspicious as just a bit odd. But there's nowt as queer as folk I suppose.
It does suggest a bit of a poor attitude towards dope testing in the Kenyan camp.
Dogtrousers
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Educate me on the meme. Who's the finger pointing bloke in the raincoat whose picture is being used to indicate accusation?
Is his name Jack Hughes?
Is his name Jack Hughes?
Chromatic
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It's Donald Sutherland. I don't know what film it is from or the character he's playing.
smutchin
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Great film. That pic is a bit of a spoiler though as it's from the closing scene.
Supersuperleeds
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Here's the clip:
Flying_Monkey
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I think it's indicatative of a culture with an entirely different attitude to law and government. Rules are made to be got around. And everything is corrupt, so you just do what seems to work at the time.
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He was 2nd in his heat and qualified for the next round.
I'm going to see if he's on twitter and see if he'll send me his accreditation after the games finish
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Yep, like doping.
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I see the usual BBC athletic panel of head-buried-in-sand pundits has been assembled; I am counting the minutes until one of them says "I love Seb"
Supersuperleeds
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That's from February