I ready an article today that Bary Bonds was going to appear before the BALCO grand jury and in the article it stated this:
"Athletes that already have appeared before the grand jury include track star Marion Jones and her boyfriend, 100-meter world record-holder Tim Montgomery, four Oakland Raiders and Olympic champion swimmer Amy Van Dyken.
An appearance before the grand jury, or being subpoenaed to testify, does not mean an athlete is a target of the probe."
Has anyone heard as to why Amy was subpoenaed or her reaction to being subpoenaed? This whole bay area steriod thing is getting interesting...
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She was subpoenaed for the same reason the other athletes were subpoenaed -- she has had contact with BALCO in the past. The prosecuters want to establish a history of dealings with athletes. I hear they are going to make a tax case - just like they did with Al Capone.
It is pretty clear that not all athletes associated with BALCO took illegal supplements - BALCO has legit products, also. Whether Ms. Van Dyken is one of those we can't tell, and I don't think establishing which athletes took illegal supplements is a focus of the prosecution.
She did not make the news when she appeared because the reporters at the court did not recognize her - she was identified from later photographs, I think.
Related, there were no positives for THG from the retests of the Swimming World Championships samples, according to FINA.
She was subpoenaed for the same reason the other athletes were subpoenaed -- she has had contact with BALCO in the past. The prosecuters want to establish a history of dealings with athletes. I hear they are going to make a tax case - just like they did with Al Capone.
It is pretty clear that not all athletes associated with BALCO took illegal supplements - BALCO has legit products, also. Whether Ms. Van Dyken is one of those we can't tell, and I don't think establishing which athletes took illegal supplements is a focus of the prosecution.
She did not make the news when she appeared because the reporters at the court did not recognize her - she was identified from later photographs, I think.
Related, there were no positives for THG from the retests of the Swimming World Championships samples, according to FINA.
