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- Updated: August 17, 2016
If one race epitomises the doping controversy of recent times, it is the women’s 1500m final from London 2012. Six finalists from that notorious race have since been disqualified, so one of the big questions in Rio is ‘how clean was the 2016 final?’
“I have my doubts, I will just say that,” said Laura Muir, the British record-holder who was seventh in Tuesday night’s 1500m final in Rio.
The 2012 race has subsequently seen the Turkish one-two of Asli Cakir Alptekin and Gamze Bulut disqualified, while two Russians, an Ethiopian and a Belarus athlete from the event have also been erased from results.
Given this, will the results from the 2016 race stand the test of time? When asked if lower-placed athletes might end up with higher positions, Muir said: “Possibly.”
Muir’s GB team-mate, Laura Weightman, was more …
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