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Sucks for those who were clean (based on the evidence I've seen: Edwards; most probably, Radcliffe hmmmm) but seems like quite a sensible approach as some of the records are so far out of reach for obvious reasons. They should also bring in a financial disincentive too, hold onto x% of the athlete's winnings until 10years post retirement or something.
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https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/may/01/paula-radcliffe-jonathan-edwards-could-lose-world-european-athletics-records
Not sure what to make of this: if you are wiping pre-2005 world records out you might as well declare all results pre-2005 null and void