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You're not going to congratulate him on this run then Olympian?

No, I won't.

I watch athletic events long enough to know that this can't be for real, especially regarding how difficult it was to break the 100 m world record even only by one hundredth through all the years.

Sad to say, but I was rarely so certain that a medal winner was doped.

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Well, we'll see.

mhh - I think we should take everybody as drug-free as long as he/she is catched - but I think it is legitimate to challenge such effort - I wonder if he had been checked on a regular basis in the last four years...

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"I wasn't worried about the world record. I didn't know it until I'd done my victory lap," Bolt told BBC Sport.

I don't know how thats possible.

Obviously by the way he finished the race, he was more concerned of winning the gold than worrying about the world record.

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mhh - I think we should take everybody as drug-free as long as he/she is catched - but I think it is legitimate to challenge such effort - I wonder if he had been checked on a regular basis in the last four years...

I understand he's had four blood tests since he's been in China

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I understand he's had four blood tests since he's been in China

... but that is not on a regular basis - just a moron would take drugs during Olympic Games, since there are drug test possible "every time" - how often was he checked in the last e.g. four years? (every two months - every three months - every half year - every year?)

No clever athlete would use drugs during championships - the work out phase is much more important - therefore an athlete has to be tested several times a year without any announcement - otherwise is the anti-doping-fight just lip-service....

And every athlete, who isn't tested regularly is more suspicious than an athlete, who is tested regularly...

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Is anyone else daring to stay up and support Paula Radcliffe in the Marathon. I don't know why but I get more emotional when she competes, than for any other British athlete. If she wins I think I will faint - how gay does that sound?

BTW....Usain Bolt, i'm still recovering from that race. How is that possible?

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Is anyone else daring to stay up and support Paula Radcliffe in the Marathon. I don't know why but I get more emotional when she competes, than for any other British athlete. If she wins I think I will faint - how gay does that sound?

I'm not sure what to do- I want Paula Radcliffe to win gold more than anyone else in the British team - but the timing of the event couldn't be worse - I want to see the swimming, rowing, sailing and cycling tomorrow too!

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I am pretty sure where I will be in 4 hours time. I don't know why but Paula Radcliffe just seems to encompass everything about British sport for me. I'm getting nervous for her. It is such a shame that she hasn't had the best preparation but I am sure she will give it everything. I suspect this will be her last chance of an Olympic medal.

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I am pretty sure where I will be in 4 hours time. I don't know why but Paula Radcliffe just seems to encompass everything about British sport for me. I'm getting nervous for her. It is such a shame that she hasn't had the best preparation but I am sure she will give it everything. I suspect this will be her last chance of an Olympic medal.

mhh - maybe I will stay awake, too - I started to watch Hercule Poirot-DVDs (just watching "The Adv. of the Clapham Cook") and I will do a "Agatha Christie's Poirot-DVD-night" until Olympics start again...

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mhh - I think we should take everybody as drug-free as long as he/she is catched - but I think it is legitimate to challenge such effort - I wonder if he had been checked on a regular basis in the last four years...

I did hear a Jamaican official the other day saying they felt their athletes were being overly tested, so perhaps they are being 'target tested' like the IOC said some athletes would be.

I understand the cynicism of some posters and I suppose athletics has made a rod for its own back with high profile scandals of the recent past. But, for the sport's sake, let's just pray Bolt is clean. I have no reason, other than cynicism, to suspect otherwise and I'm convinced Michael Johnson's 200 metres world record must go as well.

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I'm not sure what to do- I want Paula Radcliffe to win gold more than anyone else in the British team - but the timing of the event couldn't be worse - I want to see the swimming, rowing, sailing and cycling tomorrow too!

I suspect we may need a Michael Phelps-type diet to get through it but I'm ready for the challenge. Come on Paula!

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I did hear a Jamaican official the other day saying they felt their athletes were being overly tested, so perhaps they are being 'target tested' like the IOC said some athletes would be.

I understand the cynicism of some posters and I suppose athletics has made a rod for its own back with high profile scandals of the recent past. But, for the sport's sake, let's just pray Bolt is clean. I have no reason, other than cynicism, to suspect otherwise and I'm convinced Michael Johnson's 200 metres world record must go as well.

yeah - it seems that there are "target testings", but such "target testings" during Olympic Games or championships are not effective to prevent doping - like I have already said just a moron would use drugs during a competition...

As long as not every country in the world has a national anti-doping-agency, which tests the athlete regularly several time a year, the anti-doping fight of the IOC isn't able to take seriously...

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