Doping

Speculation running riot on Paula over here.

http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=6669431&page=15

This point on the insularity/money/connections is stark, if true.

Cram, Radcliffe, Foster and Coe are all good friends, Coe could possibly some time soon be in charge of the IAAF, Foster owns the TV rights to the Diamond League and the Great Run Events (pretty much the only non track events shown on BBC) and would no doubt be after more, he also now owns the mouthpiece of athletics in the UK, Athletics Weekly. Radcliffe, until this broke was trying to get on the IAAF panel for cross country (if she already hasn't).... Cram, Radcliffe and Coe all work in some capacity for Nike, Cram, Radclife and Foster all work for the BBC, it's a very small group of people with an awful lot of say in the uk