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PP here and I agree- but I guess that goes along with what I was saying that I have doubts whether the responsible adults will face any consequences.  If Kamila gets banned but Russia carries on with their antics, then the other skaters aren't getting protected either and we're back for waiting for a screwup/positive test.  Would WADA, the IOC, etc. be able to investigate the club further, or would that only come from Russia (which we know would never happen).  Like someone should really be taking hair samples from the other skaters.

And its not just one country having this group of generationally talented girls, most of them come from one club in particular.[/quote]

I guess you haven't followed skating long enough to remember a glorious run of Russian pairs.  Or, much more recently, a glorious run of Japanese women, where it seemed they grasped every medal. Or (an older) tradition of American single women skaters with Olympic gold medals.   Or a season of Chinese pairs.   These things are cyclical.  [/quote]

DP. Not like this. Not this sudden huge leap forward from one coach, one club, from teenagers, in a country that was proven to be systematically illegally doping. You have to be willfully blind to not be suspicious. [/quote]

Why is it suspicious now and not when Moscow and St. Peterburg's school pairs hogged the podium? [/quote]

Well sure who knows, maybe they were doing it too, but the soviets/Russians have long been dominant in pairs.  The strength in their ladies program has been a pretty recent development.  There’s no doubt the trio in Beijing is extremely talented, but their superior endurance/consistency (from training up to 12hrs a day, reportedly) is suspicious.  And if they are giving performance enhancing substances to their top skater, I find it hard to believe they’re not giving it to the others as well. When there’s a mouse, there’s mice.[/quote]

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