No doubt that Bolt is freak and is good, but I’m very suspicious of him and mnay of the current Jamaican crew. Unfortunately I’m sceptical of a number of track records. On the men’s side (not counting the hurdles) I think I have to go to the 800m and 5k before I’m relatively confident the guys were clean (and yes I am leaving out the mile/1500 and 3k).
On the plus side, at least track is now making an attempt to have a serious testing program, which is more than I can say for most pro sports.
Yup.
Only last month, 5 Jamaican track and field athletes tested positive for doping. And lets not forget another Jamaican athlete, Ben Johnson (albeit he was running for Canada at the time), who putting in equally stunning 100 meters times at the Seoul Olympics in 1988 and even before that, only for it to turn out later he'd been doping all along.
Time will tell I guess.