@ORION_coaching Why? By what possible metric did Bol outperform Chebet? For the award to have any interest it needs to reward the best performances, not popularity, «hype» or such.
@cleans_letsrun Or alternatively, if you’re in a Western country, anti-doping testing is more effective, hence you have more to gain from getting rid of them by commuting to the enhanced games.
The data don’t particularly favour your conclusion. It’s ambiguous.
@zbitter@mvttpayne Jakob rarely pulls in the 5k before 4k or so have been run already. Hence the slow times in the champs 5ks Jakob’s win. It’s only really in the 5k where he’s been known to lead almost from the gun (my impression at least :) )
@timalthoff How do you deal with endogeneity in moving behaviour. E g people move to a walkable city after they decide to become more physically active for some reason.
@paulg Not buying this. The «government» in a dictatorship doesn’t have to share the spoils very widely. See: 1000s of years of history. Have a nice day PG, I like your essays.