Event Analysis
On the Jamaican clenbuterol positives: A procedural failure and credibility black hole
2017-04-03: An explosive new investigative report has revealed that numerous athletes have tested positive when their samples from Beijing 2008 were retested. They include Jamaican male…
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The “2-hour marathon” season begins
2017-01-16: Kenenisa Bekele kicks off the 2017 Marathon season in Dubai, with what is a potential world record. It's the year of the "Breaking-2" after…
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The sub-2 hour marathon in 2017? Thoughts on concept
2016-12-13: Nike's announcement that they're backing three top marathoners to break the 2 hour marathon barrier in Spring 2017, is the latest installment in the sub-2…
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The Rob Young Investigation: Key findings
2016-10-03: Earlier this year, ultra-marathon runner Rob Young was accused of cheating during his attempt to break the TransAmerica record. His sponsor, Skins, commissioned an independent…
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IAAF to-do list: Invite in, step aside & break the orbit
2015-11-10: The IAAF response to the doping scandal has hardly been reassuring. Nor was its position when the allegations first emerged. What is the…
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Denial plus shock, divided by the tip of the iceberg. A recipe for mistrust
2015-11-10: The WADA report into the IAAF’s alleged doping cover-ups came out yesterday, and Twitter was rocking. So many journalists and commenters wrote excellent summaries and…
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Paula Radcliffe, off-scores and transparency
2015-09-11: Another week, another doping story, and this one is a big one. You surely haven’t missed it, and by now you know that in response…
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Bolt vs Gatlin: Two stories, two trajectories. Beijing prediction
2015-08-21: The media have hyped the Bolt vs Gatlin 100m clash as "good vs evil". Hype aside, it should be a fascinating race, a clash of…
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The Gatlin dilemma
2015-05-19: Justin Gatlin is the world's fastest man, shrouded in controversy and a PR-disaster waiting to happen. In the wake of his 9.74s performance, and a…
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