It's a good comparison as both tend to be the runners with the most unorthodox technique in a given race. Johnson's might have been more of a conscious decision while Bolt seems to just capitalize on his build.

Also a bunch of Johnson's 4x400 teammates were found guilty of doping yet there wasn't any trouble with himself. But I understand the occams razor argument.

He's not even 30 yet, so it's a little hard to evaluate that he is dropping off from his peak. I believe he's been injured on and off in the last few years, but ran a 9.79 last fall.

Again, I have no idea if he's doping or not, but it wouldn't surprise me and I assume he probably is. Just like I assume that Justin Gatlin is doping even though he hasn't tested positive in 10 years.

Maybe the #3 world sporting nation, is not the #3 world sporting nation but a random country like East Germany wasn't really the #2 world sporting nation, but they were the best at cheating

Peak age for a sprinter is early to mid 20s. This paper gives the age at which peak performance is reached as 22.85 years for 100m and 23.56 years for 200 meters. This meta-analysis gives peak age for sprinting events between 24.5 and 25.8 years.

9.79 is 0.21 slower than his PB, which is a lot in sprinter land. Obviously injuries will play a part in decreased performance as someone starts to age.

I completely agree on Gatlin. The man shouldn't be allowed to compete. Even if he isn't doping now he'll still reap the benefits for the increased muscle mass and so on that was obtained when he was doping.

I remember when people defended Lance Armstrong by saying he was just an athletic freak and better than everyone else.

Next thing you guys are going to tell me that Serena Williams is a doper. That's just crazy talk.

Armstrong and the rest of the TDF cyclists were obvious dopers. I called it 4-5 years before it was confirmed and I was a slow pony on that one.

I completely agree that 0.21 is a ton slower, but if you throw out the 9.58, then the 9.79 falls in line with his other yearly bests from his peak years. And the 9.79 was run in a negative wind whereas a lot of his times better than that were run in a positive wind.

Don't forget to adjust for time lost due to celebrating for the last goddamned 20 meters.

I don't know a lot about that, but isn't a sprinter supposed to dope all year if he wants it to be efficient ?

In cycling you take EPO in a mountain stage so you last longer in the effort, but in sprint it's all about developing the muscles all year to be the most efficient the day of the race no ?

I really have no idea. In the 9.79* 30 for 30, Ben Johnson talked about "rehabbing" from a hamstring injury leading up to the Olympics by getting special treatment for it. They also talked about having a doping cycle so that they would test clean leading up to the Olympics. If it's all about developing the muscles, then I assume you can do that and cutoff your meds prior to the cutoff for testing positive.

I assume that steroids are used in track much like they are used in other sports.... to recover quickly from an injury. So, while Bolt has been injured in recent years, running a 9.79 in an injury riddled year(s) would seem like a pretty good run to me.

Again, I follow distance runners more than sprinters and with the accusations surrounding Salazar and Galen Rupp, it would infer that it is a year round thing and from an early age. I know that Rupp does a lot of track workouts to improve his kick towards the end of the 5k/10k, but I don't know what role that has with regards to his alleged doping or his recent transition to the marathon. However, doping has been more prevalent in the Kenyan marathoners than ever before and I wouldn't be surprised if there was a lot of doping in marathon runners because of the money involved.

This made me laugh!

This is of course anecdotal but take it for what you will.

I used to lift at a gym frequented by professional body builders. These were guys that were national level competitors and some were multiple state champions.

After about a year of lifting there I got friendly enough with them where they were comfortable around me.

Every one of them juiced and were on cycles/programs that allowed them to test clean. They all competed in "clean" competitions and would often compare notes and discuss amongst themselves what worked for them etc.

Their attitude was that everyone did it and everyone knew that everyone did it. It was just part of the sport. Juicing so you didn't test positive was part of your workout routine, etc.

If it's like that in that sport I find it hard to believe that this doesn't exist in other sports and isn't just as common especially with the revelations of how ubiquitous it was in cycling.

Fair point with regards to wind speed and so on. I didn't consider that.

Avoiding positive tests is easy if you aren't exposed to out of competition testing. You know when the competitions with drug tests are going to be held and you know how long the substance will be in your body. Any idiot with a calendar can avoid testing positive.

Lebron appears to be roided to the gills, so this doesn't make much sense.

Sprinters are not traditionally very tall. Six feet, maybe. Bolt was widely considered impossibly tall.

Tyson Gay cheating is not surprising because he is an American 100m champ.

LeBron was pretty damn big as a rookie. This isn't a Barry Bonds situation.

How about Rudisha, who is the most impressive track athlete currently active?

Professional body builders take steroids? This is quite the hot take.

LeBron's been huge since like 16 or 17. Not sure that you can just eyeball him and declare him roided up.

http://espn.go.com/olympics/story/_/...team-rio-games

Russia thing may actually happen. I don't think they have the balls to do it, but apparently they're exploring the legal options they have right now.

What is the most dangerous:
-Rio Olympics
- Building the WC in Qatar
- Or being a non-Russian at the Russian World Cup

Rudisha better ROId up because he's been injured and slow this year.

So slow that he has the fastest time in the world in 2016, just two days ago.

Lebron's jaw clearly points to HGH, not roids.

Right. And lebrons physique, while seemingly otherworldly, is not exactly unnatural looking esp given his progression from a teen. Look at Dwight Howard and his shoulders for a strange physique.

I think I'd rather be a non Russian than a Russian.

"Shoulders" is my nickname for Maria Sharapova.