No one is penalised for anything that isn't banned. It is up to WADA and sports governance bodies to make those decisions. A drug is not a ped until it is determined as such by antidoping. So I am ok with any drug that isn't banned. It isn't a ped.
So, if Tsegay is on something that isn't banned yet, you have no problem with it?
The mods have determined that I am not allowed to answer that question.
It's not difficult to answer. A simple yes or no would work.
It isn't as simple as it appears. If she's taking something that isn't banned yet then it isn't a ped. It is a ped when it is banned - when WADA is convinced it offers unfair performance advantage. But my view is that from her performances she is likely using confirmed peds, like most other of the very best runners out there. Now it is up to the mods to leave or delete this again.
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We can't clean up the sport if people remain so naive. If a close friend of mine (a 2:12 marathoner) says that the 2:04-2:06 guys are openly sitting in the pre-race tents and microdosing. Then you can bet your house on a woman running 3:50 for 1500m being dirty. Especially an Ethiopian!
Ah yes, your anonymous friend, quoted here by you, anonymously. Great evidence you present there.
Yeah, exactly, written by someone who is also anonymous. Glasshouses and stones buddy.
It's not difficult to answer. A simple yes or no would work.
It isn't as simple as it appears. If she's taking something that isn't banned yet then it isn't a ped. It is a ped when it is banned - when WADA is convinced it offers unfair performance advantage. But my view is that from her performances she is likely using confirmed peds, like most other of the very best runners out there. Now it is up to the mods to leave or delete this again.
It isn't as simple as it appears. If she's taking something that isn't banned yet then it isn't a ped. It is a ped when it is banned
You are absolutely stupid. You don't know what "PED" means.
Actually, if you read through Wada's rules they changed their wording many years ago to include prohibited methods and drug formulations that we presently are unaware of ie the Balco designer steroids or the Latvian made fat loss drugs that Sharapova was caught taking. They make it explicitly clear that if you are doping on something that they are currently unable to detect, once they detect it you will be banned.
The women have the tougher 1500/5000 double this Olympic cycle:
Aug 3: 5000m - Round 1
Aug 4: 1500m - Round 1
Aug 6: 5000m - Final
Aug 7: 1500m - Heats
Aug 8: 1500m - Semi
Aug 10: 1500m - Final
I assume Kipyegon did the double in Budapest as a test. Pretty successful one at that. I can see her attempting to cement her legacy in Paris.
The 1500 was first in Budapest so she had nothing to lose by running the 5000. In Paris if she runs the 5000 she will have to race at least some of the Ethiopians on tired legs while they are more fresh. And her loss to Wetelji and Hailu in Riga is probably still fresh in her mind
Winning the 1500 would make her the only track athlete besides Bolt to win 3 Oly Golds in the same event and the only woman to do so. Will she risk that for another shot at a 5000 medal?
You are absolutely stupid. You don't know what "PED" means.
Actually, if you read through Wada's rules they changed their wording many years ago to include prohibited methods and drug formulations that we presently are unaware of ie the Balco designer steroids or the Latvian made fat loss drugs that Sharapova was caught taking. They make it explicitly clear that if you are doping on something that they are currently unable to detect, once they detect it you will be banned.
You have to be taking it while it is banned. An example is meldonium. The tennis player Sharapova was taking it while it was legal but she continued when it was placed on the prohibited list. So she was banned. You can't be retrospectively banned for something that was legal while you were taking it.
It isn't as simple as it appears. If she's taking something that isn't banned yet then it isn't a ped. It is a ped when it is banned - when WADA is convinced it offers unfair performance advantage. But my view is that from her performances she is likely using confirmed peds, like most other of the very best runners out there. Now it is up to the mods to leave or delete this again.