I don't admire anything about her. I think she's a pretty sad individual. The only thing I'd like out of her is to acknowledge the mistake she made and then I'd probably feel a lot differently about her. She doesn't owe me anything but there are some people she should make some type of atonement to.

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"I think I've cracked the code. double letters are cheaters except for perfect squares (a, d, i, p and y). So Leddy isn't a cheater... "

At the very least she certainly needs to be apologising to the people who were denied the opportunity to celebrate at the Worlds.

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Well, I have a PhD :-)

Is it common in NZ to give prize money to the top amateurs??? There were 7 women in the elite race who went faster than Amy's 2:38, but prob only the top 3 won $$$. Perhaps they just raced in the wrong division but I'd be pretty PO'd if I finished 4th in the women's elite in 2:20 as Tayla Harwood did w/ zero money, while this 2:38 girl takes home $500. Also, technically Harwood was an AG-er, competing in the 16-17 yr old AG in the elite race, but I guess she's considered an up and coming elite AG-er.

As an aside, the top three elite guys were flying, going 2:00:21 to 2:00:28. IIRC, the top 3 times in the Oly 10K were 1:49:55 to 1:50:00 in 2012 and 1:53:00 to 1:53:02 in 2016, so these guys were very close to world class.

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"Anyone can be who they want to be IF they have the HUNGER and the DRIVE."

Not to slight what they did, because 2 hours flat for a 10k is pretty awesome under any circumstances, but at the Olympics they guys were doing it without the benefit of wet suits.

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"They're made of latex, not nitroglycerin"

I remember Scott Tinley having to race as an elite vs. in his AG in a mountain bike race because he was "a professional athlete in a comparable sport". Seems like bans should also cover comparable sports.

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Do you know for sure that they wore wetsuits??? I would think that, in the elite race, wetties would not be allowed, since they're not allowed in most serious OWS races.

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"Anyone can be who they want to be IF they have the HUNGER and the DRIVE."

Pictures clearly show the winner in a wetsuit: https://twitter.com/...?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw


New FINA rules that have gone into effect since the Olympics require wet suits for water temps below 18*C, and allow them (optional) at water temps between 18* and 20*C.

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"They're made of latex, not nitroglycerin"

Ah, I see, thanks. I did not know FINA had changed the OW rules. I wonder of the Marathon Swimmers Assoc (MSA) is going to allow wetsuits in 20* C and under swims??? Will the English Channel swim group change their rules too??? Both of these groups have been pretty adamant in their disdain of wetties in the past. :)

ETA: I just looked at the MSA web site about 3 months ago, and they were still saying no wetties for official records.

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"Anyone can be who they want to be IF they have the HUNGER and the DRIVE."

I wholeheartedly agree. I especially think it's poor form that she's gone and dropped her poor coach in the shit as well. A very sad individual.

PSA to our UK based friends. I've heard on the wire that Miss Stretton has fled New Zealand back to the UK to avoid a court date for forging a document.... The same thing she's got a bit of a track history for doing as noted in the TriNZ brief.

Expect her to attempt to turn up at races / events in the summer months.

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Man, that girl just has NO shame at all, zero, nada, zilch. She needs some sort of psychological counseling.

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"Anyone can be who they want to be IF they have the HUNGER and the DRIVE."