I also feel that 80s error is the reason why people think EVERYONE in athletics is doping. It's unfortunately fucked our sport and takes so much away from athletes efforts. I'm not saying no one isn't doping in the sport. You'd have to be naive to think so, but to disregard some athletes hard work and sacrifices by accusing them of doping without evidence is unfair.
It's also thanks to guys like Greg Anderson, who was one of the guys giving everyone steroids, who also says things like (and I quote) : "id bet all of the atheletes in the 100m final are on PEDS, or at the top of any of these events, I'd be more surprised if they weren't". He said that this year in an interview he did like 4 months ago. He also said "they wouldn't be at the top without PEDs"
Super fast times will always raise questions and I see nothing wrong with that. However it is wrong to say anyone is cheating unless it is proven conclusively regardless of how fast they run. That includes FloJo and Usain Bolt. So I am in perfect agreement with your analysis here coach Rob.
Sydney McLaughlin's times are very suspiciously fast too. Heck Femke Bols's times are suspicious so imagine how stupid Sydney's times look. I'm not saying they are doping , but their times are too good to be true.
Don't disrespect Usain Bolt ever again 😤 . He was a clean sprinter and tall with longer strides to consume much more energy throughout the race .All those midget sprinters had to turn there legs faster then they can to catch Usain Bolt lol.
Thank you for your strength & integrity bringing up this important issue. The PED matter continues to overshadow the sport that we love. And, it's not just a matter for sprinters and USA athletes. Distance runners are also found using PEDs and non-USA athletes certainly violate the drug rules. As an example, just yesterday, Kenyan distance runner Emmaculate Anyango Achol received a provisional suspension for a failed drug test. Is it merely a potent combination of ego and the almighty dollar that causes athletes to cheat, to tilt the level playing field? Whatever the cause, only daylight and constant scrutiny (like your video) will fix it.
People doubting Bolt's records, I'll just say you look at what time but ALSO HOW they ran that fast compared to other races/previous PB. Also as a sprinter Bolt is anomaly: very tall, not stacked and not even best starter. All natural talent and hard work. I'd say same for Elaine and Letsile. Interestingly all seem to be what I call naturally fast. Don't need to be stacked, not necessarily best starters, on their day they run fast without too much effort seemingly. All shown steady consistent progress and potential juniors/early career. I think they will be/are world record holders (discounting Flo-jo). Absolutely in favor of whereabout system, as a pro you just gotta accept it or go find another sport. Needed. Matter of fact I think need to step it up cos I feel athletes beginning to get handle on how to cheat system. For example, Kishane barely competes for years pops up a couple months/month before Oly and runs world lead- ok, but even worse not seen or heard nothing since no doubt come World Champ and next Oly he'll pop up 👀 Not saying he's cheating but if that's not suspicious I don't know what is. Why are tines getting faster? I think once athletes see others break through to post really fast time it's extra motivation and self belief. Sometimes I think that's only difference between worlds leading/record fast time and a regular meet winning time. And with proposed new meets/schedule/renumeration I think we'll be seeing faster times on the regular so they def need to be ready with anti doping measures. Regarding Sydney, don't think she doping at all, combination of talent and track IQ- she's really a sprinter who happens to hurdle over 400. She actually attacks 400mh as a sprint. Not lot of decent female sprinters who step up I wanna say eg S Miller-Uibo
They have the testing system for pro cycling. Also pro triathletes. Pretty for pro marathoners also. It's sad that people put their bodies through that. Just for fame and money. Great show BTW. I enjoyed it
Don't worry, your sport is not the only one people suspect of doping. Swimming is another. Tennis too. Does the some-of-the-public's perception that your sport has cheaters have an impact on viewership or sponsorship? Do people assume that only the fastest are cheating? Or do they think everybody does but the fastest people just have the best doctors/peds + genetics? I would love to find out. Next, a comparison with other sports would be very interesting. Thank you for the video!
I agree. I appreciate Coach Rob's video but we also need to be careful about making this issue bigger than what is really is. Its a sport that already gets little attention except during the Olympics. Its certainly a concern as with all sports but the conversation needs to be measured.
EVERYONE in the elite class does it. It's just math. Just for illustration, if the top say, .001% of athleticism are in the conversation to be in the top 3 in the world, either natural or other. To be conservative, lets say that top .001% is 1,000 people in the world. There will necessarily be a percentage out of that top .001% hat WILL use enhancement to achieve that top 3 in the world. Hence, if the best natural athlete in the world does "enhance" s/he will be number 1. However, if that individual DOES NOT enhance, s/he will definitely not be ANYWHERE near the top 3 in the world, maybe the top 50 or 100, because there will ALWAYS be that percentage that will enhance. At that level it may be 80% or 20% or somewhere in between, but whoever DOES enhance will necessarily outperform the "non-enhancer" at that level. It's just math (and a bit of psychology) but, in the current stage of science, athletics, and society, the top several in the world at any athletic event will necessarily be enhanced. Sorry if that offends, but that's the world we exist in.
This is a reckless post. If you're going to assume this why should athletes even bother to work hard to be the best, providing joy and entertainment to fans of the sport.
Wasn't Asafa's suspension overturned by the CAS after it was deemed the supplement was TAINTED? I remember something like that & NONE of his records were removed.
World athletics is the only sport governing body that does absolutely nothing to protect and fight for its athletes. Most other sports don't give wada and usada the amouny of control that world athletic does
I think a lot of us track fans are not doing the sport any favors , there’s just too much chatter and accusations of cheating if a person is running fast , in other sports we do not hear their fans accuse their superstars of cheating be it Lebron or Steph curry , Serena Williams etc but the track fans keep doing it and it sets a cloud of suspicion over the sport and degrades its credibility and popularity and that’s a big problem, I’m not saying don’t hold the athletes to a high standard of integrity keep doing it but until someone does pop positive for the good of the sport they should given the benefit of the doubt in other words innocent until proven guilty .
A big problem here is that this is an international sport where rival nation's fans prioritize damaging another country's athlete(s) reputation with reckless accusations over the potential damage to the sport for all.
I wouldn't mind seeing an untested division just to see the absolute limits of human ability. I know they have untested weight lifting competitions I wonder if the same holds true in track and field
it's not like you can't make a last minute trip to avoid whereabout violations, it's just that you have to TELL THEM when you do. Otherwise, all an athlete has to do to avoid being tested is say "Oh, I wasn't there" until they feel the drugs is out of their system. Also, Carl Lewis was doped to the gills.
I highly disagree about this being the golden age of sprinting. It simply isn't. This is pure recency bias. The bolt era was undoubtedly the golden age. Fast time, the 5 fastest men in history, and lots of competition even if bolt won every time. Also the rivalries in this era are unmatched. Only other rivalry that tops it is carl lewis vs ben johnson
Everyone in the Bolt era has roids attached to their name. EVERYONE expect Bolt which will always look funky. Idc Steriod use really but this era is having less scandals than previous eras
I love Bolt I just got to say lots of people already judged Flo-Jo without proof of cheating because she was amazing. People throwing accusations around he is a cheater she is a cheater and it’s sickening……you already know where I’m going with this……what about 9.58? Is it because of how likable Bolt is? How long has it been now and what??????? So what people are saying is no way he or she ran that fast without some cheating going on. I’m just curious why if they are going to throw that around every time someone has a great race or two they gotta be cheating……except for Bolt that is.😏 feel that instant knee jerk? Hahaha. I celebrate what Bolt accomplished….im just confused on why everyone else is cheating. Liked
Flo jo was only super fast in 1988 season, and then she retired when they started going hard on doping test. Usain bolt wasnt like that at all. Apple and orange
Just for the record Asafa Powell was not cheating because he was paid million by the company who did not labeled their supplement properly. Asafa took their supplement which had a banned substance but it was not mention on the label as such. How is it that people talk about stuff when you're suspended, but say nothing when it was a mistake. I am sure you can find that information about Asafa if you want to look...
That's why you don't say he cheated. He has an infraction listed with his name. Everybody has an excuse...My beer, too much sex, I was set up, Ox tails 😂😂😂 be for real guy. His ingredients got him placed in the same category as Marion Jones and Tim Montgomery. Period.
@@distanceman8147 It's Not an excuse when the manufacture of the supplement had to pay Asafa compensation for faulty product, It is total nonsense to compare Asafa, and Marion Jones!
You’re wrong about Usain, he had every reason to cheat, he couldn’t win a thing his first few years as a pro. He was constantly losing to Tyson and Wallace. It’s hard to believe Usain is the only anomaly in track history.. Guys couldn’t run 9.7s without getting busted, but he was able to run 9.5 clean?? This guy was 6’5 and could accelerate out the blocks faster than 5’ sprinters cmon now. Not only that, but he was dominating proven cheats. The guy was naturally talented and was likely a high 9.7 low 9.8 guy naturally, but the drugs made him a demigod. There was a reason he didn’t partake in the 100m until 2008, he couldn’t get out the blocks fast enough, until he got on the juice.. people really believe he never ran the 100m 😅 and for him to improve his top speed by that much from his last race in September of 2007 into early 2008 is highly suspect Also being fast as a junior doesn’t always translate. Marion Jones and Tim Montgomery were both fast as juniors yet they still cheated to get to the top.
Don't get it twisted. It's well known that Usain's early struggles as a professional were due to injuries. It was only after being treated by the famous German doctor that his situation improved and the rest they say is history.
I actually don’t care about roids, it’s just the way track deals with it. Look at Basketball, football, & soccer, those sports never really acknowledge steroid use so it’s not a big deal even though guys are definitely using. But on the other hand look at baseball where they beat up the athletes for using. I hate that track tries to make itself this holier than thou sport when if these committees didn’t shame the athletes less ppl would care.
Yeah, every professional athlete is on some kind of regime, it’s just that the audience has been taught to believe they’re 100% natural, but t&f and swimming are obsessed with the pantomime of pretending it’s clean so they have to throw people under the bus to maintain the illusion
Why don't professional sports just cut to the chase and have two leagues....one that does not allow doping and/or drug/ testosterone use, and the other leagues that are outright OPEN??...Meaning that you are allowed to use whatever you want (at your own peril or risk)??....Go back to the gladiator games.....let the athlete use whatever they want to use in order to maximize their performance....Take out the hypocritical aspect of 'trying to have a balanced playing field' while at the same time looking away when it isn't because of the financial gain incentives. Do this across ALL PROFESSIONAL SPORTS, with the athletes signing waivers that they are doing this at their own risk. As long as there's big money involved, there will be cheating. Legalize what was considered cheating and go from there. Nobody wants to be honest if dishonesty gets everyone paid. That is a fact.
Why do you try so hard to avoid the topic of PEDs. Because you cover sports does not mean you are doing harm to the sport. Also, you spent too much time preemptively apologizing.
Reckless accusations of cheating sicken me. One of the best examples I can think of is Bob Beamon. in the '68 Olympics he jumped 8.90 m (29 ft 2+1⁄4 in) breaking the WR by 55 cm (21+3⁄4 in) ! That record held for over 2 decades until '91 (Mike Powell). Few could imagine having such a leap of improvement in an event but it DOES happen. Its what's great about sports. Imagine the accusations if Beamon had the misfortune of simply being born a decade later or more and doing that during any period from the late 70s to now. We love athletes because they do the incredible. I don't care if it is your country's rival. Stop throwing around reckless allegations about athletes every time they do great things. It doesn't just damage the reputation of the rival athlete, it damages the reputation of the sport for EVERYONE.
I get we're all bored right now and desperate for content but I'm not sure your argument makes sense or even what you're arguing. Yes, the human body has limits and we can't keep breaking records forever. Yes, some athletes are fast as juniors, Bolt, Marion Jones, Sydney ... And what was the argument? One of these is a known doper and we didn't find out until she retired. Does this say anything about the others? I know your focus is the sprints but there was a lot of pushback against Djamel Sedjati for improving so fast in the 800m this year ... But nobody questioning how the rest of the field, Marco Arop, Wanyonyi, Gabriel Tual and Bryce Hoppel suddenly improved too in the same period. We know Nijel Amos was probably doping, he says he admitted but wasn't, but where does that leave WR holder David Rudisha? You don't seem interested in middle distance but I wish an American podcaster would do a video on Shelby Houlihan, she's back in 2025 and still denying she did anything wrong although it seems more than likely the verdict on her was correct based on the lengthy scientific articles I've read. She's the US record holder in both 1500m and the mile I think, so shes not a nobody. Anyway keep the content coming, it's going to be a long wait for new track.
We'll always keep breaking records as each generation gains from what was learned by the ones before it. This is not only true in track and field but in many other aspects of life. I'm almost 60. So much has changed just over my lifetime with regard to training, fitness, diet and athlete psychology. Human performance always has and always will continue to evolve... and I'm happy for it.
@@Tadaia We're contemporaries so with any luck WRs will continue to be broken in our lifetime. Maybe they'll improve timing tech? Maybe doping will be made legal? Shoes will improve for sure. But look how long some of the jump records are taking to be broken, in many cases decades, and those Eastern bloc track records are still intractable. Plus, dopers are getting better at evading drug tests and WA leaves those records standing that are dubious, eg. those Eastern Bloc athletes, Shelby Houlihan that I already mentioned, meaning that even when someone dopes and breaks records those records are not retracted because there's no proof they were doping at the time of the WR, making them more out of reach than a WR achieved by a clean athlete. Kara Goucher of USADA mentioned in a recent interview how difficult it is to catch drug cheats with the current methods, but I think we all knew that already. I still think a day will come when no more records are broken but you and I might not live long enough to see that day.
@@NelleBligh333 Sorry but I have a more positive view per my previous post. It says something that many of those records from the PED era are only just being broken in recent years. We're now "naturally" catching up to them. There will always be cheaters here and there but I think athletes have seen the result of cheating in that sooner or later they will be caught and even perhaps falsely accused. All the hard work will have been in vain. I posted elsewhere that had Bob Beamon (long jump) been born a decade later he'd have been accused of doping. What a travesty that would've been. We need to be careful of reckless accusations of these athletes. Its their life's work and we love them because sometimes they manage to achieve something remarkable. Lets not be so quick to punish them for it.
you use the term doping too loosely IMO. Some cases are ridiculous, where you get banned for "stimulants" that don't mask another stimulant nor improve your performance. There's also very little leniency against offences that are clearly accidental and not intentional on the part of the athlete. So, when you say doping you need to be specific about the ones who intentionally do it to improve their performances vs the ones who don't, and the unintentional ones are in the majority. Issam Asinga was set up and now the world believes he ran fast because he doped up. It was clear that it wasn't his fault.
I also feel that 80s error is the reason why people think EVERYONE in athletics is doping. It's unfortunately fucked our sport and takes so much away from athletes efforts.
I'm not saying no one isn't doping in the sport. You'd have to be naive to think so, but to disregard some athletes hard work and sacrifices by accusing them of doping without evidence is unfair.
It's also thanks to guys like Greg Anderson, who was one of the guys giving everyone steroids, who also says things like (and I quote) : "id bet all of the atheletes in the 100m final are on PEDS, or at the top of any of these events, I'd be more surprised if they weren't".
He said that this year in an interview he did like 4 months ago.
He also said "they wouldn't be at the top without PEDs"
Super fast times will always raise questions and I see nothing wrong with that. However it is wrong to say anyone is cheating unless it is proven conclusively regardless of how fast they run. That includes FloJo and Usain Bolt. So I am in perfect agreement with your analysis here coach Rob.
100% agree with you.
Marion and Lance never tested positive so not tested positive means nothing. Common since is the only thing you can believe.
Sydney McLaughlin's times are very suspiciously fast too. Heck Femke Bols's times are suspicious so imagine how stupid Sydney's times look. I'm not saying they are doping , but their times are too good to be true.
Don't disrespect Usain Bolt ever again 😤 . He was a clean sprinter and tall with longer strides to consume much more energy throughout the race .All those midget sprinters had to turn there legs faster then they can to catch Usain Bolt lol.
Bull💩 we’re not stupid we know they are juiced but who cares unless they get caught 🤷🏿
Love your videos! So balanced, fair, honest and to the point!
Thank you for your strength & integrity bringing up this important issue.
The PED matter continues to overshadow the sport that we love. And, it's not just a matter for sprinters and USA athletes. Distance runners are also found using PEDs and non-USA athletes certainly violate the drug rules. As an example, just yesterday, Kenyan distance runner Emmaculate Anyango Achol received a provisional suspension for a failed drug test.
Is it merely a potent combination of ego and the almighty dollar that causes athletes to cheat, to tilt the level playing field?
Whatever the cause, only daylight and constant scrutiny (like your video) will fix it.
Thanks again, Coach!
People doubting Bolt's records, I'll just say you look at what time but ALSO HOW they ran that fast compared to other races/previous PB. Also as a sprinter Bolt is anomaly: very tall, not stacked and not even best starter. All natural talent and hard work. I'd say same for Elaine and Letsile. Interestingly all seem to be what I call naturally fast. Don't need to be stacked, not necessarily best starters, on their day they run fast without too much effort seemingly. All shown steady consistent progress and potential juniors/early career. I think they will be/are world record holders (discounting Flo-jo). Absolutely in favor of whereabout system, as a pro you just gotta accept it or go find another sport. Needed. Matter of fact I think need to step it up cos I feel athletes beginning to get handle on how to cheat system. For example, Kishane barely competes for years pops up a couple months/month before Oly and runs world lead- ok, but even worse not seen or heard nothing since no doubt come World Champ and next Oly he'll pop up 👀 Not saying he's cheating but if that's not suspicious I don't know what is. Why are tines getting faster? I think once athletes see others break through to post really fast time it's extra motivation and self belief. Sometimes I think that's only difference between worlds leading/record fast time and a regular meet winning time. And with proposed new meets/schedule/renumeration I think we'll be seeing faster times on the regular so they def need to be ready with anti doping measures. Regarding Sydney, don't think she doping at all, combination of talent and track IQ- she's really a sprinter who happens to hurdle over 400. She actually attacks 400mh as a sprint. Not lot of decent female sprinters who step up I wanna say eg S Miller-Uibo
Bolt was a great starter, just inconsistent. He ran the 2nd fastest 60m split ever.
They have the testing system for pro cycling. Also pro triathletes. Pretty for pro marathoners also. It's sad that people put their bodies through that. Just for fame and money. Great show BTW. I enjoyed it
Don't worry, your sport is not the only one people suspect of doping. Swimming is another. Tennis too.
Does the some-of-the-public's perception that your sport has cheaters have an impact on viewership or sponsorship?
Do people assume that only the fastest are cheating? Or do they think everybody does but the fastest people just have the best doctors/peds + genetics?
I would love to find out. Next, a comparison with other sports would be very interesting.
Thank you for the video!
I agree. I appreciate Coach Rob's video but we also need to be careful about making this issue bigger than what is really is. Its a sport that already gets little attention except during the Olympics. Its certainly a concern as with all sports but the conversation needs to be measured.
@@Tadaia well said! 🙏
Why he got my man Ferdinand posted on his thumbnail? Lol 👀
Exactly. That's shady. If your going to have content on cheating atleast post images of those who have been proven guilt..
Great platform.
I think the men's top times overall are so much slower because more of them are clean.
True. Same reason why I believe Bolt never ran faster than 9.78 after 2012. There was a flashlight on doping in 2012
EVERYONE in the elite class does it. It's just math. Just for illustration, if the top say, .001% of athleticism are in the conversation to be in the top 3 in the world, either natural or other. To be conservative, lets say that top .001% is 1,000 people in the world. There will necessarily be a percentage out of that top .001% hat WILL use enhancement to achieve that top 3 in the world. Hence, if the best natural athlete in the world does "enhance" s/he will be number 1. However, if that individual DOES NOT enhance, s/he will definitely not be ANYWHERE near the top 3 in the world, maybe the top 50 or 100, because there will ALWAYS be that percentage that will enhance. At that level it may be 80% or 20% or somewhere in between, but whoever DOES enhance will necessarily outperform the "non-enhancer" at that level. It's just math (and a bit of psychology) but, in the current stage of science, athletics, and society, the top several in the world at any athletic event will necessarily be enhanced. Sorry if that offends, but that's the world we exist in.
This is a reckless post. If you're going to assume this why should athletes even bother to work hard to be the best, providing joy and entertainment to fans of the sport.
Wasn't Asafa's suspension overturned by the CAS after it was deemed the supplement was TAINTED? I remember something like that & NONE of his records were removed.
Nice talk! 👍🏽
World athletics is the only sport governing body that does absolutely nothing to protect and fight for its athletes. Most other sports don't give wada and usada the amouny of control that world athletic does
I think a lot of us track fans are not doing the sport any favors , there’s just too much chatter and accusations of cheating if a person is running fast , in other sports we do not hear their fans accuse their superstars of cheating be it Lebron or Steph curry , Serena Williams etc but the track fans keep doing it and it sets a cloud of suspicion over the sport and degrades its credibility and popularity and that’s a big problem, I’m not saying don’t hold the athletes to a high standard of integrity keep doing it but until someone does pop positive for the good of the sport they should given the benefit of the doubt in other words innocent until proven guilty .
A big problem here is that this is an international sport where rival nation's fans prioritize damaging another country's athlete(s) reputation with reckless accusations over the potential damage to the sport for all.
I wouldn't mind seeing an untested division just to see the absolute limits of human ability. I know they have untested weight lifting competitions I wonder if the same holds true in track and field
it's not like you can't make a last minute trip to avoid whereabout violations, it's just that you have to TELL THEM when you do. Otherwise, all an athlete has to do to avoid being tested is say "Oh, I wasn't there" until they feel the drugs is out of their system.
Also, Carl Lewis was doped to the gills.
Thanks!
Thanks for watching! It means more than you know!
idk about Omanyala on the thumbnail👀
Whatever happened to The Enhanced Games?
Lance Armstrong was never caught in competition... #JustSaying
And the current 100m record holder never ran faster again that at 22 years of age...
All WRs are Doped
I highly disagree about this being the golden age of sprinting. It simply isn't. This is pure recency bias. The bolt era was undoubtedly the golden age. Fast time, the 5 fastest men in history, and lots of competition even if bolt won every time. Also the rivalries in this era are unmatched. Only other rivalry that tops it is carl lewis vs ben johnson
Everyone in the Bolt era has roids attached to their name. EVERYONE expect Bolt which will always look funky. Idc Steriod use really but this era is having less scandals than previous eras
I love Bolt I just got to say lots of people already judged Flo-Jo without proof of cheating because she was amazing. People throwing accusations around he is a cheater she is a cheater and it’s sickening……you already know where I’m going with this……what about 9.58?
Is it because of how likable Bolt is? How long has it been now and what??????? So what people are saying is no way he or she ran that fast without some cheating going on. I’m just curious why if they are going to throw that around every time someone has a great race or two they gotta be cheating……except for Bolt that is.😏 feel that instant knee jerk? Hahaha. I celebrate what Bolt accomplished….im just confused on why everyone else is cheating. Liked
Flo jo was only super fast in 1988 season, and then she retired when they started going hard on doping test.
Usain bolt wasnt like that at all. Apple and orange
Just for the record Asafa Powell was not cheating because he was paid million by the company who did not labeled their supplement properly. Asafa took their supplement which had a banned substance but it was not mention on the label as such. How is it that people talk about stuff when you're suspended, but say nothing when it was a mistake. I am sure you can find that information about Asafa if you want to look...
That's why you don't say he cheated. He has an infraction listed with his name. Everybody has an excuse...My beer, too much sex, I was set up, Ox tails 😂😂😂 be for real guy. His ingredients got him placed in the same category as Marion Jones and Tim Montgomery. Period.
It's always a mistake. someone else gave them something tainted is a very common excuse they give.
The Jamaican governing body told him straight up... "you are responsible for what you put in your mouth"
@@distanceman8147 It's Not an excuse when the manufacture of the supplement had to pay Asafa compensation for faulty product, It is total nonsense to compare Asafa, and Marion Jones!
Was Carl Lewis cheating?
You’re wrong about Usain, he had every reason to cheat, he couldn’t win a thing his first few years as a pro. He was constantly losing to Tyson and Wallace. It’s hard to believe Usain is the only anomaly in track history.. Guys couldn’t run 9.7s without getting busted, but he was able to run 9.5 clean?? This guy was 6’5 and could accelerate out the blocks faster than 5’ sprinters cmon now. Not only that, but he was dominating proven cheats. The guy was naturally talented and was likely a high 9.7 low 9.8 guy naturally, but the drugs made him a demigod. There was a reason he didn’t partake in the 100m until 2008, he couldn’t get out the blocks fast enough, until he got on the juice.. people really believe he never ran the 100m 😅 and for him to improve his top speed by that much from his last race in September of 2007 into early 2008 is highly suspect
Also being fast as a junior doesn’t always translate. Marion Jones and Tim Montgomery were both fast as juniors yet they still cheated to get to the top.
What about Flo Jo
Don't get it twisted. It's well known that Usain's early struggles as a professional were due to injuries. It was only after being treated by the famous German doctor that his situation improved and the rest they say is history.
Why is Ferdinand Omanyala the poster child for the video yet he's barely been mentioned in the video?
Yep how can people believe Bolt could blow away the fastest juiced athletes in the world clean? Its crazy but people will only believe what they want.
@@TheOgTrooli everyone know she was juiced
I actually don’t care about roids, it’s just the way track deals with it. Look at Basketball, football, & soccer, those sports never really acknowledge steroid use so it’s not a big deal even though guys are definitely using. But on the other hand look at baseball where they beat up the athletes for using. I hate that track tries to make itself this holier than thou sport when if these committees didn’t shame the athletes less ppl would care.
Yeah, every professional athlete is on some kind of regime, it’s just that the audience has been taught to believe they’re 100% natural, but t&f and swimming are obsessed with the pantomime of pretending it’s clean so they have to throw people under the bus to maintain the illusion
Why don't professional sports just cut to the chase and have two leagues....one that does not allow doping and/or drug/ testosterone use, and the other leagues that are outright OPEN??...Meaning that you are allowed to use whatever you want (at your own peril or risk)??....Go back to the gladiator games.....let the athlete use whatever they want to use in order to maximize their performance....Take out the hypocritical aspect of 'trying to have a balanced playing field' while at the same time looking away when it isn't because of the financial gain incentives. Do this across ALL PROFESSIONAL SPORTS, with the athletes signing waivers that they are doing this at their own risk.
As long as there's big money involved, there will be cheating. Legalize what was considered cheating and go from there.
Nobody wants to be honest if dishonesty gets everyone paid. That is a fact.
Why do you try so hard to avoid the topic of PEDs. Because you cover sports does not mean you are doing harm to the sport. Also, you spent too much time preemptively apologizing.
Reckless accusations of cheating sicken me. One of the best examples I can think of is Bob Beamon. in the '68 Olympics he jumped 8.90 m (29 ft 2+1⁄4 in) breaking the WR by 55 cm (21+3⁄4 in) ! That record held for over 2 decades until '91 (Mike Powell). Few could imagine having such a leap of improvement in an event but it DOES happen. Its what's great about sports. Imagine the accusations if Beamon had the misfortune of simply being born a decade later or more and doing that during any period from the late 70s to now. We love athletes because they do the incredible. I don't care if it is your country's rival. Stop throwing around reckless allegations about athletes every time they do great things. It doesn't just damage the reputation of the rival athlete, it damages the reputation of the sport for EVERYONE.
I get we're all bored right now and desperate for content but I'm not sure your argument makes sense or even what you're arguing. Yes, the human body has limits and we can't keep breaking records forever. Yes, some athletes are fast as juniors, Bolt, Marion Jones, Sydney ... And what was the argument? One of these is a known doper and we didn't find out until she retired. Does this say anything about the others? I know your focus is the sprints but there was a lot of pushback against Djamel Sedjati for improving so fast in the 800m this year ... But nobody questioning how the rest of the field, Marco Arop, Wanyonyi, Gabriel Tual and Bryce Hoppel suddenly improved too in the same period. We know Nijel Amos was probably doping, he says he admitted but wasn't, but where does that leave WR holder David Rudisha? You don't seem interested in middle distance but I wish an American podcaster would do a video on Shelby Houlihan, she's back in 2025 and still denying she did anything wrong although it seems more than likely the verdict on her was correct based on the lengthy scientific articles I've read. She's the US record holder in both 1500m and the mile I think, so shes not a nobody. Anyway keep the content coming, it's going to be a long wait for new track.
We'll always keep breaking records as each generation gains from what was learned by the ones before it. This is not only true in track and field but in many other aspects of life. I'm almost 60. So much has changed just over my lifetime with regard to training, fitness, diet and athlete psychology. Human performance always has and always will continue to evolve... and I'm happy for it.
@@Tadaia We're contemporaries so with any luck WRs will continue to be broken in our lifetime. Maybe they'll improve timing tech? Maybe doping will be made legal? Shoes will improve for sure. But look how long some of the jump records are taking to be broken, in many cases decades, and those Eastern bloc track records are still intractable. Plus, dopers are getting better at evading drug tests and WA leaves those records standing that are dubious, eg. those Eastern Bloc athletes, Shelby Houlihan that I already mentioned, meaning that even when someone dopes and breaks records those records are not retracted because there's no proof they were doping at the time of the WR, making them more out of reach than a WR achieved by a clean athlete. Kara Goucher of USADA mentioned in a recent interview how difficult it is to catch drug cheats with the current methods, but I think we all knew that already. I still think a day will come when no more records are broken but you and I might not live long enough to see that day.
@@NelleBligh333 Sorry but I have a more positive view per my previous post. It says something that many of those records from the PED era are only just being broken in recent years. We're now "naturally" catching up to them. There will always be cheaters here and there but I think athletes have seen the result of cheating in that sooner or later they will be caught and even perhaps falsely accused. All the hard work will have been in vain. I posted elsewhere that had Bob Beamon (long jump) been born a decade later he'd have been accused of doping. What a travesty that would've been. We need to be careful of reckless accusations of these athletes. Its their life's work and we love them because sometimes they manage to achieve something remarkable. Lets not be so quick to punish them for it.
How delusional u gotta be to think bolt and Sydney are natural 😭
YOUR SO WRONG
speech therapy.
you use the term doping too loosely IMO. Some cases are ridiculous, where you get banned for "stimulants" that don't mask another stimulant nor improve your performance. There's also very little leniency against offences that are clearly accidental and not intentional on the part of the athlete. So, when you say doping you need to be specific about the ones who intentionally do it to improve their performances vs the ones who don't, and the unintentional ones are in the majority. Issam Asinga was set up and now the world believes he ran fast because he doped up. It was clear that it wasn't his fault.