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Neither was Molly Huddle when she won the 5000 at OTs. by ewillND
By her own admission (see the link).
I think that doping is fairly widespread in Track and Field right now, sadly. But I don't like the way that the discussion on this run begins and ends with the African runners at the top. Just looking at their times and their progression, you could speculate that at a minimum all of the top 8 are doping. But there is no evidence for any of it at this point, so any finger pointing is quite unfair.
Just my $0.02 as a runner and a track fan.