The Most Mysterious Runner Ever

Very young prodigies in distance running aren't the most uncommon thing in the world. What is uncommon, is the nature of how some of these athletes rise to worldwide fame, as some may be the product of a more sinister side of how the sport recruits these young superstars.

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[lonelyweeb]

1:36 The Bulgarian narrators sure do put a lot of emotion behind the narration that's for sure. You sometimes gotta love the emotion put behind a microphone.

[cmpootrnrd]

Great vid -- rough situation. Would be cool to look at PEDs in track and field vs more obvious sports like weightlifting, powerlifting, or strongman.

[Kfitz]

Great video, and unique perspective that most don’t even bother to consider!

[gerhardstrydom]

If you are a top athlete, you should at least be able to make a good living from the time at the top, but unfortunately these runners from poorer home countries do not get proper financial support.
So, I have no problem that they run for richer countries.
It happens in most sport.

[utryping]

9:09 I'm not sure what context "grooming" is being used in here. Kilonzo was banned from athletics kenya in 2009 because evidently athletes travelling requires permission from AK and he circumvented this.

[nech]

I am assuming it was tough for her to leave her family at 16, but going to Bahrain sounds like a great opportunity for her. This doesn't sound like human trafficking to me. She was payed a lifetime supply of money in Kenyan standards.

[jon]

She just won again world championships 2023

[HashBrownDoyler]

Yea dude I definitely feel bad that she cheated and got caught

[scienceoffreedom]

This runner was aware of cheating for several years. That's an ethical choice, no excuses.

[hansacrossamerica]

Ahhh. She's the TJ Dillashaw of women's steeplechase!

[pinkdarkman]

Bruh this is why people need to actually respect the word "grooming" for its original meaning of adults hurting children by convincing them It's ok to perform romantic actions with adults. That article at 9:13 clearly says he's grooming people for stardom, yet you say he's had a history of grooming, which makes all of our minds jump to awful things. Do better, man.

Also, I think a girl moving to a richer country to train is completely acceptable. If Kenya wants to keep their talent, they need to offer competitive pay. The problem arises because she was a young girl being forced to dope. If she was in Kenya she'd have a support system of people who could tell her that doping is wrong and bad for her body and career, but in a strange country nobody is there to look out for her. That's what the real problem is here. They need to have at least 1 parent come with underage kids, cuz they really don't know any better and a kid by themselves in a strange country is also more likely to get hurt in worse ways than just being forced to dope. Ways that have to do with the true meaning of grooming.

[rm_skis]

Coburn claiming to be clean is the best joke I’ve heard in a while lol. Zero American global champions are clean.