How about you start us off?? Do you know him, what's the history, etc.etc?

According to the tribunal judgment, Robertson claimed as part of his defense that he had attended a medical facility in Kenya to get a Covid-19 vaccine; instead, though, he said he was treated for Covid-19, which he claimed involved the administration of EPO.
He provided sworn affidavits from Kenyan doctors, hospital notes, a hospital report and a witness statement from a Kenyan detective to support his claims, arguing that there was “no fault or negligence” on his part.


just make you wonder about the Kenyans.

25 Kenyan athletes sanctioned in 2022. Big names that have received sanctions Kipyokei, Jeptoo & Sumgong. That seems like a lot. Smoke = Fire??


https://www.africanews.com/2022/11/03/kenyan-athletics-tainted-by-new-doping-scandal//#:~:text=Rita%20Jeptoo%2C%20a%20multiple%20Chicago,blood%20boosting%20Erythropoietin%20(EPO).

But if you read the article it all sounds pretty implausible and made up to try to clear him. Nothing to do with Kenyans, really.

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The person I'd most "suspect" from this is his brother, Jake. In 2018 Jake ran the Houston Half Marathon with the goal of breaking an hour. He went 1:00:01. It was heart wrenching.

I hate the taint of stuff like this.

Apparently he's recording a podcast with Brad Beer from the Physical Performance Show today (maybe yesterday), so perhaps we'll get his version of the truth, or at least some more information, soon.

https://physicalperformanceshow.com/episodes/

He admitted this was all made up.

FIFY

Read other accounts like this one from The Guardian,

"...but his case began to unravel when the vice-president of the medical facility in Kenya told anti-doping investigators that the marathon runner was “not administered EPO at the facility, that he had not attended the facility on the alleged date … and the patient number on the notes was not Mr Robertson’s.”

There is indeed reason to wonder about the Kenyans, but not because of anything learned in this case. The story told is about as plausible as the burrito story.

On an instagram post announcing the podcast, I was less than impressed by his attitude toward it. The quote I'm referring to is here: https://www.instagram.com/p/CqF0dl8v3_-/

In particular, I think this attitude toward it all is utterly ridiculous: "I was pushed to this." Followed shortly after: "by the state of the sport, not a person."

He pretty much said flat out that if he didn't dope, he'd be incapable of making a living, starve, and die, so if he didn't dope, he might as well kill himself. While it's really sad to hear an elite athlete with that perspective (and that serious of a mental health concern, even if the comment was not to be taken so literally), I find the excuse horrible. So first off, he needs to see a therapist ASAP. There is ALWAYS another option in those circumstances: do something else for a living. It's a painful and potentially dream-killing decision, but in the event that you're not good enough to make it without doping, then you're simply not good enough and you need to be done as a professional athlete. This idea that you're owed a spot in the absolute top level of your sport, not to mention a result or a specific time, is absurd.

Runners Only! podcast interview with Zane: https://podcasts.apple.com/...1602?i=1000605484645

Eve offered the apple to Adam and said 'try this, it'll make you wise/faster', and after a several years and moves, he took a bite, just the one.