It's hugely ironic that, if he hadn't been caught doping, he probably would still have been a competitive weightlifter and not have been fighting the Russians.
This is one for the very far future.
Annabelle Fasuba ran 12.09 for the 100m yesterday in Plymouth to put her just outside the top 30 women in the UK.
Why is that notable? She doesn't turn 13 for another few months.
Her father was an Olympic relay medalist for Nigeria who later joined the Royal Navy.
Ondine Achampong - Artistic Gymnastics
I think it's now safe to say, that with 3 of the 5 woman world championship medal team likely to miss Paris, Britain will not be winning an Olympic team medal
Despite last night's 100m performance in the US being wind assisted I think Rhasidat Adeleke of is now a serious threat for a medal at either 200m or 400m
Texas Results
M LJ Jacob Fincham-Dukes equals his PB with 8.08 but it's not a legal wind then comes back in the last round to win the event with a legal wind PB of 8.20
W200 Dina Asher-Smith looks fantastic with an easy win in 22.29
There's a couple of female long jumpers who don't need a lot of improvement to qualify but it depends on their fitness of course.
Jacob Fincham-Dukes in the men's event has already jumped 8.02 this year. The Q is 8.27.
Let's not talk about triple jump...
The German TV station ARD, who researched the story and who are showing a documentary about it on Sunday, describe the story about the Chinese relay team being stripped of their gold medal as "Nonsense"
Yes, we haven't had a good Chinese swimming doping story since the team were caught smuggling growth hormone into Australia at the 1998 World Championships.