The Olympics 2020/1 Japan.

[Weekender]

Kratochvilova's build is unusual for her event. I would be surprised if she would be allowed to compete today.

Her build was as a result of steroid use not DSD IMO.

 

[tqineil]

In recent years only the controversial Caster Semenya has got within a second of that record

 

[oldius]

I have not seen a female runner built this way, ever.

 

[oldius]

Athletics is about freakish nature. These people are not normal, and then highly trained. I am more suspicious of those that suddenly shoot up in performance in the later years of their career.

Like Flo Jo, whose records also seem impenetrable.

 

[Weekender]

Like Flo Jo, whose records also seem impenetrable.

Or impossible.

 

[k90tour]

"I have not seen a female runner built this way, ever."

That's exactly my point.
If that was taken today, would you say that this Isn't a case of DSD? I'm not saying she wasn't doping, I'm suggesting possibly both. Possibly. We don't know. It would explain the particular difficulty with respect to the WR.

 

[k90tour]

Just like Flo Jo.
She put it down to a crazy winter in the gym. Same Flo Jo from 1884 to 1987, and then bam!
Who knows.

 

[Weekender]

The same FloJo who retired at 28 just as the new drug testing regime came in.

 

[martin clark]

Same Flo Jo from 1884 to 1987, and then bam!

That's a remarkable career... obviously un-believable

 

[Woodface]

I have not seen a female runner built this way, ever.

I’ve not seen a female look like that

 

[Woodface]

Flo Jo died very young & the autopsy found nothing untoward, apparently. Tragic end.

 

[gintonic]

Sport Climbing - wow

 

[oldius]

Flo Jo died very young & the autopsy found nothing untoward, apparently. Tragic end.

Very tragic indeed. Physically she changed a great deal and also improved her 100m time by half a second in a season and her 200m time by 0,62 in the same season. The scale of that improvement, and her world ranking development, will always raise questions. On the other hand, Usain Bolt was breaking junior records from the age of 15 - he was always destined for greatness.

 

[Weekender]

Flo Jo died very young & the autopsy found nothing untoward, apparently. Tragic end.

Like a few cyclists of that period.
Her post-mortem showed signs of excessive growth of organs, including her heart, which contributed to her death and may have been a direct result of drug use.

Human growth hormone can cause acromegalia in adults. This is a condition where many of the body organs enlarge
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2004/jul/28/athensolympics2004.olympicgames

 

[tqineil]

there were strong accusations by Darrell Robinson, her training partner of the use of growth hormone and testosterone by both her and Carl Lewis, all this did was bring his career to an abrupt end

 

[neilm]

I must admit that the picture above reminded me of Alan Wells!

 

[tqineil]

he wasn't clean either

 

[Weekender]

I must admit that the picture above reminded me of Alan Wells!

BBC News - Allan Wells 'took drugs ahead of gold medal win'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-32883944

 

[k90tour]

Once upon a time, I had an early morning appointment at the physio. I waited on the seating at the the top of the stairs. The door opened downstairs and the first patient before me came out. It was Wells. He was absolutely enormous. He came up the stairs towards me and totally filled the stairwell.

 

[Cav]

Must a really slow day at the Olympics when historic and unproven muck-raking is so prevalent.