Marion Jones will admit in court today that she cheated during the 2000 Olympics in Sydney by taking illegal performance enhancing drugs.
I hope they strip her of her medals and give her a life time ban from competition. For years and years she lied and gave interviews boldly stating that the accusations against her were racially driven and all the while she was immersed in a very complex cheating program.
Another pathetic example of winning at any cost....
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Kirk,
I'm not so sure about your assumption. After all, the audience watching the 'World's Strongest Man' competition and all brands of wrestling is pretty large. But, maybe that's just the freak show aspect that most of the TV viewing public seems to crave.
Actually a large number of those watching such shows (like Wrestling), believe everything they see is "real" and not staged or choreographed.
Are you trying to tell me even opera singers dope? :lmao::rofl:
Aren't they called "Performance" enhancing drugs? Doesn't matter if the "performance" is performed at the Colisseum or the Metropolitan.............
I personally do not think Marion was cheating. I think she was just keeping up with the Joneses. Is it cheating when you do exactly what everyone else does in your event does.
This seems to be the crux of it. Drugging to permissible levels, trying something that hasn't been banned because it was not known to exist, the unusually high rate of diagnosed asthma among Olympic contenders, which allows them to use inhalants.... It's cheating and lying and all that good stuff to sign a piece of paper for Olympic Committee saying you are pure as the new-driven snow. But eventually the black and white get lost in shades of gray, and some serious journalism has basically said, let them do all the drugs they want.
But flaxseed oil?!? Er, no.
Regards, VB
Just had the biggest laugh. Carl Lewis just came over on CNN talking about how shocked he was about Marion. Now that is a laugh... I had read he was a user.
George, is your source for all this dirt on Carl Lewis Ben Johnson? And do you actually believe Ben Johnson's story that someone gave him a drink right before the test? Come on man, that is just silly.
It is becoming a pattern: Everytime Ben comes up you throw Carl under the bus. You are mistaken if you believe that trashing Carl some how makes Ben look better. It comes accross as petty to me.
I personally do not think Marion was cheating. I think she was just keeping up with the Joneses. Is it cheating when you do exactly what everyone else does in your event does. All sport are full of druggies. The person who is a proven cheater wants the medals.
She was not caught, is there any drug test that said she was cheating. If there was I have not seen the report. Heresay evidence is not proof.
The Canadian press sent investigative reporters to check on the USA association and blaimed the problem on the US drug testing and hiding the test results. I will search it out and let you have the report. It does mention Carl Lewis. No this did not come from Ben Johson. I had posted the report before about 2 years ago. Cover up www.smh.com.au/.../1050172709693.html opps another one irs.sagepub.com/.../167
I am really not infavour of this kind of cheating, it is that everyone has the right to a level playing field. I think the responsibilty for drugging should be with each team. If any one from a any country is caught, everyone from that nation should be disqualified for a year. It would clean up the situation fast.
