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 Stuk  Top half 09 Nov 15 2.49pm |
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Could be banned from the Olympics for systematic, state-supported doping. My money is on the Gold and Bronze 800 m runners. One of them beat Semenya for crying out loud.
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| chris123 hove actually 09 Nov 15 2.57pm |
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Sadly this is not a great surprise, it's been going on for ages, some of the times East German girls ran are just crazy, so Kathy Cook who was one of finest athletes of her generation has a nth of the medals and records she should have.
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| topcat Holmesdale / Surbiton 09 Nov 15 3.06pm |
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The problem is that rather than addressing the problem, Russia will claim it is just The West ganging up on them. Feel a bit sorry for Seb Coe, and I never thought I would say that! There is no way that doping is restricted to cycling and athletics.
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nairb75  Baltimore 09 Nov 15 3.09pm |
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the commissioner's name is dick pound. lucky ba#tard.
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| Stuk Top half 09 Nov 15 3.12pm |
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Not to mention Flo "I retired the week out of competition testing was announced, while in my prime" Jo. Rugby is a sport with one of, if not, the biggest number of steroid users.
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 Hrolf The Ganger 09 Nov 15 3.15pm |
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No surprise at all. I'm sure a large proportion of athletes are taking drugs. The Russians are known to have been at it since the 60's at least. Drug testing is laughable.
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| OknotOK Cockfosters, London 09 Nov 15 3.32pm |
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Oops - wrong thread somehow Edited by OknotOK (09 Nov 2015 3.33pm)
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| Dweeb East London 09 Nov 15 3.41pm |
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Quote topcat at 09 Nov 2015 3.06pm
The problem is that rather than addressing the problem, Russia will claim it is just The West ganging up on them. Feel a bit sorry for Seb Coe, and I never thought I would say that! There is no way that doping is restricted to cycling and athletics.
Of course, the WADA report now brings the IOC into play (which everyones' old friend Sepp Blatter is a member of), becuase there is no way on Earth the ruskies are going to allow the Olympics to take part in their country if they can't play too. It is all going to get very very messy! And given Putin's old-KGB view of the world, I shouldn't be surprised if there isn't the odd dead body to be found somewhere in the future.
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bungy jump since 1964. Never to see John Jackson in a 
| Stuk Top half 09 Nov 15 3.50pm |
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Quote Dweeb at 09 Nov 2015 3.41pm
Quote topcat at 09 Nov 2015 3.06pm
The problem is that rather than addressing the problem, Russia will claim it is just The West ganging up on them. Feel a bit sorry for Seb Coe, and I never thought I would say that! There is no way that doping is restricted to cycling and athletics.
Of course, the WADA report now brings the IOC into play (which everyones' old friend Sepp Blatter is a member of), becuase there is no way on Earth the ruskies are going to allow the Olympics to take part in their country if they can't play too. It is all going to get very very messy! And given Putin's old-KGB view of the world, I shouldn't be surprised if there isn't the odd dead body to be found somewhere in the future. I suspect that's why we didn't hear about this before Sochi. If the IAAF or IOC had banned them from 2012, they'd hardly have wanted to host the most expensive winter Olympics ever. At that sort of short notice they'd have probably had to cancel it altogether.
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| bilbo 09 Nov 15 4.10pm |
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Quote topcat at 09 Nov 2015 3.06pm
The problem is that rather than addressing the problem, Russia will claim it is just The West ganging up on them. Feel a bit sorry for Seb Coe, and I never thought I would say that! There is no way that doping is restricted to cycling and athletics.
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| palace845 09 Nov 15 4.18pm |
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Slippery rusky gits. There's been an awful lot of nonsense going on with the Russians in the last 12 months or so, quite concerning.
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| nairb75 Baltimore 09 Nov 15 5.47pm |
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Quote bilbo at 09 Nov 2015 4.10pm
Quote topcat at 09 Nov 2015 3.06pm
The problem is that rather than addressing the problem, Russia will claim it is just The West ganging up on them. Feel a bit sorry for Seb Coe, and I never thought I would say that! There is no way that doping is restricted to cycling and athletics.
a known dope pusher goes to jamaica to be their coach. suddenly, in short order, they have 3 of the fastest men in the world. usain bolt is lauded a rarely gifted runner. ok. no one inquires at all. i think the jamaican women are in on it now and starting to dominate. no questions asked by the doping authorities. a joke.
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