The crazy thing about most running events is that even compared to other sports, it's such a sport of pure physicality. Obviously there's strategy, especially in the biggest races-but at the end of the day, physicality is the limiting factor. I feel like why doping is such an issue within sprints and distance is running is precisely because of this: In a sport like tennis, there are 'soft skills'-you ability to control a point, how consistent and dangerous you are with groundstrokes, etc. Being super doped up doesn't necessarily improve these aspects because they're not directly tied to physicality; for example, most 7ft players who can serve ridiculously fast are nowhere near the top of the (singles) rankings, because their physical height advantage often comes at the cost of these soft skills. On the other hand, running competitively is almost directly tied to physicality. Obviously there's the distinction to be made between aerobic and anaerobic fitness. But at the end of the day, you will run as fast as your body will take you. That's why doping is so much more prominent (or at least impactful), for runners than in other sports. This is not specifically tied to the Asinga case; just an observation I made about the running world.
@anjacoetzee93276 ай бұрын
Wow! Very good point. Didn’t think about it that way.
@charmsly95066 ай бұрын
100% yep
@danielmoon47046 ай бұрын
great insight my man
@sat-xc7ze6 ай бұрын
Well duhh? Other sports like football and tennis are games, track is a race. Obviously theres less strategy
@Naomi-gr7fm6 ай бұрын
I think the word you're looking for is genetics lol. At the end of the day, your potential is limited in a sport as straightforward as track and field. I agree with where you're coming from in tennis though. I play(ed) competitively and it is ultimately about strategy and matchups. Champions have had a variety of builds and playstyles, but you're also actively "battling" against each other to negate the other. (Kind of like boxing). Once you meet your physical ceiling in track, that's it. Nothing and nobody outside yourself can adjust that. It's basically a competitive showcase of straightforward physical limits whether you run or throw.
@Mclarenboy1006 ай бұрын
This is one of the most respectful (idk is that the word?) videos ive seen regarding athletics and doping. You actually choose to stay away from the "athlete is intentionally malicious in their doping" narrative that most outlets dive in headfirst in how to explain doping cases, but you actually go into the wider dynamics behind why some athletes are incentivized, convinced or cornered into cheating, from coaches, scholarships and sponsorships, to how they are preyed upon by lawyers or other groups of people. This is a view that is SORELY lacking from the absolute outrage-bait takes most people do, and direct it to structures & systems behind the competitive scene. amazing job :--)
@RunnerBoi6 ай бұрын
@Mclarenboy100 I appreciate this comment greatly, thank you.
@dronesclubhighjinks4 ай бұрын
I agree!
@talantt33856 ай бұрын
Another RunnerBoi video! Great day
@runawayspodiac29456 ай бұрын
My first thought is are the parents not possibly the ones to have encouraged it, considering they were both high level runners too. It’d make sense when you look at it through the lens of parents wanting to have a prodigy son excel beyond even what they could accomplish. Just food for thought.
@2JackM6 ай бұрын
Your actually cranking o it these uploads now
@blackjaguarlord6 ай бұрын
Jones's ex-husband and ex-boyfriend both ratted her out; her conscience never came into play.
@AtlasLester6 ай бұрын
Gw1516 is an amazing drug, it's not like steroids but for a track athlete it's the next best thing, imagine not getting tired at all while running.
@charmsly95066 ай бұрын
😈
@Mdksupreme14 ай бұрын
Where do you get it?
@AtlasLester4 ай бұрын
@@Mdksupreme1 this guy's a cop ☝🏾
@8dascool86 ай бұрын
You’re right bro. EVERYBODY’S on the sauce! The best runners have the best chemists and the best connections. Only the up and comers and the second tier athletes get caught. The biggest names have the best connections, that’s why they never get caught.
@seb16x21106 ай бұрын
"Technically Erriyon Knighton had run much faster" ah yes the other 200m young phenom, who tested positive of damn TREN of all things
@blackjaguarlord6 ай бұрын
My Cheerios were tainted with Dianabol, once (I shit you NOT), causing me to flunk a drug test before a tiddler winks competition.
@elijahebbert68846 ай бұрын
Crazy
@limehawk49896 ай бұрын
Tiddler winks doesn't sound like a sport that would need drug testing
@blackjaguarlord6 ай бұрын
@@limehawk4989 it's a joke, numb nuts.
@Lonzology6 ай бұрын
Great research on this topic, im glad you debunked soo many fo the rubbish thats on the internet about this case. Really is refreshing to see someone critically tackle a case like this with an objective lense. Hopefully more people watch this and educate themselves. You earned a sub🎉
@emilykk9Ай бұрын
As someone who has worked with Issam since he was in 8th grade, it's heartbreaking to see his future affected in this way. He was always a phenom with a crazy work ethic. Kills me that he's been painted in this light and hopeful he'll be able to overcome this adversity in his journey.
@elijahebbert68846 ай бұрын
Great video! This is the type of production value we need in Track & Field. Shout out to you for raising the bar.
@fastestperson636456 ай бұрын
best track video i’ve seen in a while
@fastestperson636456 ай бұрын
since your last video
@Code_Ramen7176 ай бұрын
Ban shouldn’t have been as bad, they could’ve given him a 4 year ban from international competition or something like that where he could compete in college but go no further
@elijahebbert68846 ай бұрын
Right, especially after they give Knighton a slap on the wrist for basically the thing
@younghegelian16 ай бұрын
why though? because you like him? if you get busted you get banned, that's the rules
@kuebiko_6 ай бұрын
@@younghegelian1because its a first offense, hes a kid, it most likely wasn’t even his idea, runnerboi had a really good point when explaining his thoughts on the whole situation
@younghegelian16 ай бұрын
@@kuebiko_ 4 years is that you get for a first offense. repeated offenses get you a longer, if not life time ban. he is and was an adult, and has to be treated as such. he is of course responsible for what he puts in his own body. why would it matter whose idea it was? i don't see any real reason and i don't know of any precedent to giving him less than a full sentance. personally, i think he should be banned for life. i don't see any reason to condone doping in any capacity, and participation in competition is not a right, but a priviledge that in my opinion should not be granted to proven cheaters.
@JPBelanger6 ай бұрын
There should be some leeway for youth: there are countless examples of young athletes duped or manipulated by their entourage. That said, they should own up.
@terraflow__bryanburdo45476 ай бұрын
This channel is the Eein Brown antidote
@RunnerBoi6 ай бұрын
@@terraflow__bryanburdo4547 Yeah idk about that one man lmfao
@terraflow__bryanburdo45476 ай бұрын
@@RunnerBoi Me 100k a day is maybe worse. Definitely more racest
@Only1Pekaylin5 ай бұрын
My thing is why is he getting his college career clipped when it’s all but implied that pretty much the entire sport of track and field either blood dopes or uses PEDs and his story is not much different then Knighton’s. The same Knighton who’s getting ready to compete in a few weeks.
@Hornets-Panthers-Knights926 ай бұрын
Weird how erriyon knighton is allowed to compete
@amimi926 ай бұрын
Completely different situation where it was proven beyond the balance of probabilities that he had a negligible amount in his system and the meat from the restaurant was tested and found to be contaminated as well. Key difference in Asinga's case was the gummies from the same lot had vastly different results, which would be out of the norm.
@EzeBall17106 ай бұрын
@@amimi92 mental gymnastics eriyon is being protected
@amimi926 ай бұрын
@@EzeBall1710 Yall gotta let these tinfoil conspiracy theories go and look at this situation from a logical standpoint
@gmaxsfoodfitness30355 күн бұрын
@@amimi92 Who is Erriyon's lawyer? Also you must realize it's not a theory that certain athletes are protected from the consequences of positive drug tests. Read "Speed Trap" by Charlie Francis. Plenty of behind the scenes accounts directly from athletes, coaches, doctors ect. that Charlie spoke to as a sprinter himself then later as a coach. Rae Edwards (former US and later Nigerian sprinter, ran a clean 10.01 if I recall) has also exposed this system where if you connect to certain people you get enhancements with benefits and never fail a drug test because they're on the inside controlling the testing. Rae met with them at a dinner and rejected the offer but brought another athlete as a witness. He'd also been in a room with top sprinters in 2009 where they were being injected with a supposedly legal substance and were given very technical projections on where they would place and what their peak sprint times would be at that year's world championships. They could calculate an estimate how much time their formula would take off of a natural sprinter's time. Basically they estimated Rae would run 9.8. Rae said he ran faster then ever leading up to the champs but got injured and still managed to run just as fast as he used to naturally. This information was revealed in a since deleted live stream that I saw in which Rae was drinking and very upset that someone allegedly on drugs (Coleman) was disrespecting him in response to Rae criticizing his sprint form. Rae also revealed that he had text messages on certain athletes like Coleman and other evidence that could bring down quite a few people. People watching were saying to at least wait until after the Olympics before exposing them because they wanted to enjoy it before things get messed up. It's entertainment at the end of the day for many which is why it's not in the best interest of these anti-doping bodies to actually catch all the athletes. It would mess up the sport and take money out of pockets of some powerful individuals as well as corporations. I personally hate the drugs because I know there are better (and much healthier) natural options but not everyone wants to do the research and experiment with those until the find what's best for them.
@ParzivalPleb6 ай бұрын
Insane video🔥🔥🔥
@mydiscworld6 ай бұрын
How come everyone using the contamination excuse had a susbstance that made them better? It's never something that wouldn't help their performance
@osuk16 ай бұрын
They don't care about losers.😊
@Howard-nm5sv6 ай бұрын
Substances that do not aid performance are not on the banned list.
@aware53586 ай бұрын
@@Howard-nm5sv What about THC?
@Meechooilka4 ай бұрын
This year there was an American TV show about the "main character energy" guy, hyping him up, giving him all the attention. They needed him to win in Paris. Considering the end part of this video and how absurd the situation with Knighton is according to the author himself, I would absolutely not be surprised that some athletes are targets of "doping attacks". Natasha Hastings once said: "you don't ever even leave a bottle of water unattended". There is zero transparency in how these doping cases are handled, so it makes it impossible to believe anything.
@rjonesphotography22816 ай бұрын
Issam would have got off if he was going to run for the U.S but he wasn't, him smoking Noah like that didn't help and got all eyes on him
@BalkanManic5 ай бұрын
Dont cheat and you wont have to worry 😂🤡
@fernwastaken17655 ай бұрын
@@BalkanManicwe don’t know the whole situation why I jumping into conclusions unc 🤣
@Cokecanninja6 ай бұрын
Guy is suspiciously fast, then fails a drug test. Why does anyone believe his gummy BS?
@DarkLink06 ай бұрын
They desperately want to ride his meat.
@elijahebbert68846 ай бұрын
Why does Knighton walk free for basically the same thing?
@charmsly95066 ай бұрын
Ikr?@@elijahebbert6884
@yummybaguettes6 ай бұрын
Just remember that he isn't American. If he was, he would've been easily cleared like Knighton, noah lyles, etc.
@medogerty60136 ай бұрын
@@elijahebbert6884We’re still waiting on more data from Knighton’s case. Plus WADA is going to do an additional investigation. If he is proven guilty, he will have any records stripped and be banned
@jordanpelaez85326 ай бұрын
Didn’t knighton run faster than the listed Hs national record?
@jordanpelaez85326 ай бұрын
My bad you address it in video lol
@Robert_McGarry_Poems6 ай бұрын
He did look more swollen than the last race he was in...hmmm. I love track and field but this is all getting to be too much for me. These people are taking advantage of children, and it disgusts me.
@jordanpelaez85326 ай бұрын
@@Robert_McGarry_Poems huh
@Samzo20026 ай бұрын
@@jordanpelaez8532he’s referring to how coaches dope up their athletes, so the athletes can make more money for them lol
@funkymunky83276 ай бұрын
@@Robert_McGarry_Poems wtf are you talking about
@bettereverydaybrett6 ай бұрын
Will he run in the enhanced olympics next year?
@Jack-jx6ln4 ай бұрын
Unfortunate that whether or not he took a substance, Issam likely didn't decide if he took it or not
@stefanoviviani60646 ай бұрын
Zero tolerance for cheaters, not matter the age or whatnot. As a deterrent. We need to protect clean athletes that see their own (and their family, as you mentioned) opportunities, achievements, sponsorship, etc. taken from cheaters. Because dopers might get punished, yet honest athletes never get compensated for their lost opportunities. Those dirty lawyers should use their shady tactics to pursue exorbitant financial compensations from the Armstrongs of the sports (still wealthy and worldwide famous) to the honest (and forgotten) athletes that finished behind them.
@EzeBall17106 ай бұрын
everybody is doping he is just not protected as he isn't an American athlete
@Meechooilka4 ай бұрын
100% agreed
@amimi926 ай бұрын
It's a shame that adults looking for a payout exploited this young man with such potential and led him to their collective downfall.
@cosmicwisdom9996 ай бұрын
They never think they would one day get caught....i wonder why?
@islandgirlruby27506 ай бұрын
Yet Knighton walks free, they claim he likely are tainted meat 😂laughable
@baconinvader4 ай бұрын
nice vid
@Looooookzy6 ай бұрын
The doping agency has to much power after they take a simple prove the chain of custody and it was never left unattended
@younghegelian16 ай бұрын
that would make it impossible to prove anything ever. he obviously did it.
@tenaibms6 ай бұрын
early gang early gang
@Trizzer896 ай бұрын
If he keeps practicing, he should be even better when he comes back
@Howard-nm5sv6 ай бұрын
There is no substitute to competition. He will not develop without actual competition.
@derwinjohnson81746 ай бұрын
That's very extreme. Excessive
@user-sl3gr4lp1q6 ай бұрын
But when knighton uses drugs he just gets a slap on the wrist
@ultraryan53406 ай бұрын
World record progression of pole vault?
@tjsampson12296 ай бұрын
strange that all these top level athletes keep ending up running for MVA.... they def recruit and FHSAA doesn't even look at it
@nathanblackwell87916 ай бұрын
Technically he could still run in college, it would just be way later and he will be a 22 year old freshman.
@talk2thoran5 ай бұрын
@30:29 /consciousness/conscience/
@Looooookzy6 ай бұрын
Give people a 1 strike policy as warning
@username.exenotfound29435 ай бұрын
tbh never understood why people were clapping like seals when issam beat tebogos time as tebogo ran 9.91 while slowing down like 20 meters(looking to the right i think) which aint far off from 9.89
@Artemis-v8i5 ай бұрын
Tebogo is more of a 400 guy anyways
@usainvanrudisha16496 ай бұрын
Trap Lore Ross of Track and Field
@seb16x21106 ай бұрын
good old "PEDs got in my gummies!" absolute joke with these dope heads....
@jblumberg88706 ай бұрын
W vid
@Looooookzy6 ай бұрын
Who has the ability to test everything they put in your body they don’t make that kind of money
@fraac6 ай бұрын
don't need to go this deep on gummies. guy cheated
@GetFaster39-lr7im6 ай бұрын
So did knighting but they gave him a slap on the wrist
@Howard-nm5sv6 ай бұрын
No. They gave him a free pass.
@clumsytriangle24366 ай бұрын
I agree the punishment doesn't fit the crime.
@younghegelian16 ай бұрын
why not? looks pretty clear cut to me
@shbmsrto6 ай бұрын
@@younghegelian1like erriyon knighton?
@younghegelian16 ай бұрын
@@shbmsrto i mean he was absolved of wrongdoing so it's not deemed guilty of any crime. had he been i'm sure he would have recieved the same sentance. but yes, i think it's highly unlikely that it in his case is anything other than intentional doping and i think the usada verdict and subsequent statements seem very sketchy.
@crabb99666 ай бұрын
@@younghegelian1 its basically the exact same case. Y0u must be a bit biased
@younghegelian16 ай бұрын
@@crabb9966 i agree, i think erriyon should be banned too. if anything i am biased against him. but he is as of now deemed innocent, so it does not really make sense to discuss punishment in his case.
@xmoomy6 ай бұрын
Damn, what a freak. If this guy would have laid off the dope, he'd been the best ever
@EzeBall17106 ай бұрын
Everyone else is on it he just not protected
@xmoomy6 ай бұрын
@@EzeBall1710 Yeah, that's true. Someone up high must not like this kid.
@Artemis-v8i6 ай бұрын
That would explain erriyon hairline
@guccidan20266 ай бұрын
I BEEN saying this bro. Dude's receeding FAST
@Zenabu-c1t6 ай бұрын
You think so 😮@guccidan2026
@user-sl3gr4lp1q6 ай бұрын
Did you see how big he got in a year 😭😭😭
@RANDOMZBOSSMAN16 ай бұрын
Hairline isn’t a good indicator I know people who were losing their hairline at 15 and others who had a strong head of hair at 70 If you’re gonna lose it you’re gonna lose it
@guccidan20266 ай бұрын
@RANDOMZBOSSMAN1 Losing hair at 15 is so tragic. Literally a death sentence for men
@doitTD4 ай бұрын
He could have gotten away with it if he just chose to run for USA
@tomascanevaro42926 ай бұрын
Isam Bazinga
@PerryScanlon6 ай бұрын
Very interesting and disappointing.
@screamityeah6 ай бұрын
4 years is fair, hope he stops cheating
@shbmsrto6 ай бұрын
Like with knighton?
@charmsly95066 ай бұрын
@@shbmsrto🦮👨🏿🦯 gonna pretend what he did didnt happen
@younghegelian16 ай бұрын
its not like hes going to prison or anything. he can do whatever else he wants in life, just not compete. if you are caught break the rules you get suspended, thats the rules.
@makokx70635 ай бұрын
Not entirely relevant but does anyone else hate when an athlete lives in 1 country and represents another? Like Naomi Osaka. She represents Japan but barely even speaks Japanese and lives in California. If you don't even love a country enough to live in it you shouldn't be representing it.
@Notverysupercoach5 ай бұрын
That would be very unfair to athletes from countries without the same standards of coaching training and facilities.
@makokx70635 ай бұрын
@@Notverysupercoach Exactly, Your country sucks so bad it couldn't even give you a good chance at success. If I was born in bum-fuck nowhere with on one to aid me in my dreams and another country took me in and gave me everything I needed to succeed you'd better believe my loyalty would be with the latter.