You are comparing apples to oranges. What would the equivalent of a Michael Phelps, “truly bizarre physique” be for the 100m dash? Humans aren’t built for swimming the four swim strokes quickly. However, we are built for running. The only physics attributes that would benefit a sprinter are longer legs, explosive power, and good reflexes. Usain Bolt has all of those things. Also, none of those things are significantly effected by juicing.
Further, testing for doping at the Olympics has been much more strict than things like the Tour De France. As Armstrong said, everybody was doing it. That is not the case in the Olympics. In fact, I am pretty sure that every time you set a record you have to get tested. It may be that every athlete has to get tested just for qualifying now.
Lastly, training and equipment has gotten much more sophisticated as technology has improved. In swimming, they had to ban body suits because the materials were getting so advanced that races were coming down to who had the more synthetic suit. When those suits were banned in 2009, there was a slight lull in the how frequent National and world records were getting broken. But now swimmers are back to breaking records at a very frequent rate. The reason is that there has been a major shift in how swimmers train. I’m a competitive swim coach and I can go into more details if you want but it’s pretty boring lol.
The only physics attributes that would benefit a sprinter are longer legs
Longer legs does not help you in sprints, it helps you on distance. Bolt has always had mediocre starts because of this.
Further, testing for doping at the Olympics has been much more strict than things like the Tour De France.
Maybe now. But not when Bolt was running.
The World Anti-Doping Agency originally left it up to individual national anti-doping agencies to take care of themselves. Jamaica, however, basically did nothing. The year WADA announced they were taking over for Jamaica was the year Usain Bolt said he'd never run again.
There are also other things about Bolt that raise red flags. Rumor has it that the reason Bolt never competed in the Diamond League except the year he retired is because their anti-doping rules are different and harder to evade. Since Bolt had to quit before the new WADA rules inevitably got him, he was totally clean by that point, and finished off before he quit doping altogether. What's strange is that the Diamond League is like the Triple Crown of track and field meets, and he never, ever competed in his entire running career until 2012 when he quit running altogether.
Also, you have to be incredibly stupid to get caught. You dope when you TRAIN. Not when you COMPETE. Every single athlete has a team of doctors whose entire job it is is to pump them with as much drugs as they can get away with. They know exactly how long they need to stay clean for in order to piss clean. You don't lose the gains you got when you doped for training, which is where the advantage is.
You are comparing apples to oranges. What would the equivalent of a Michael Phelps, “truly bizarre physique” be for the 100m dash? Humans aren’t built for swimming the four swim strokes quickly. However, we are built for running. The only physics attributes that would benefit a sprinter are longer legs, explosive power, and good reflexes. Usain Bolt has all of those things. Also, none of those things are significantly effected by juicing.
Further, testing for doping at the Olympics has been much more strict than things like the Tour De France. As Armstrong said, everybody was doing it. That is not the case in the Olympics. In fact, I am pretty sure that every time you set a record you have to get tested. It may be that every athlete has to get tested just for qualifying now.
Lastly, training and equipment has gotten much more sophisticated as technology has improved. In swimming, they had to ban body suits because the materials were getting so advanced that races were coming down to who had the more synthetic suit. When those suits were banned in 2009, there was a slight lull in the how frequent National and world records were getting broken. But now swimmers are back to breaking records at a very frequent rate. The reason is that there has been a major shift in how swimmers train. I’m a competitive swim coach and I can go into more details if you want but it’s pretty boring lol.
Longer legs does not help you in sprints, it helps you on distance. Bolt has always had mediocre starts because of this.
Maybe now. But not when Bolt was running.
The World Anti-Doping Agency originally left it up to individual national anti-doping agencies to take care of themselves. Jamaica, however, basically did nothing. The year WADA announced they were taking over for Jamaica was the year Usain Bolt said he'd never run again.
There are also other things about Bolt that raise red flags. Rumor has it that the reason Bolt never competed in the Diamond League except the year he retired is because their anti-doping rules are different and harder to evade. Since Bolt had to quit before the new WADA rules inevitably got him, he was totally clean by that point, and finished off before he quit doping altogether. What's strange is that the Diamond League is like the Triple Crown of track and field meets, and he never, ever competed in his entire running career until 2012 when he quit running altogether.
Also, you have to be incredibly stupid to get caught. You dope when you TRAIN. Not when you COMPETE. Every single athlete has a team of doctors whose entire job it is is to pump them with as much drugs as they can get away with. They know exactly how long they need to stay clean for in order to piss clean. You don't lose the gains you got when you doped for training, which is where the advantage is.