No Positives!

This from Vern Gambetta's blog:

Truly amazing, at the conclusion of competition in the World Track & Field championships there have been no positive drug tests announced. That leads me to think one of two things: 1) The outlaws are ahead of the law again 2) There is another cover-up – if in doubt throw the piss down the toilet! You draw you own conclusions but if you think of it from a pure statistical viewpoint to have no positives given the number of athletes competing is almost impossible. Sorry for the cynicism but I have been there before.

In view of the mind-boggling standard of world-wide swimming performances this year I hold the same concerns; this from Nick Thierry (swimnews) on 7 August: I think something fairly dramatic is underway in sprinting. Both for men and women. Five of the fastest 50 free women were done this year, four for men.