Wow, you all just throw her under the bus along with Salo. First on Salo, Kicker Vencil's supplement was found to be tainted - while Salo can discourage a swimmer from taking a supplement (and claims now he does) he can't watch them 24/7 and make them not take anything.
Ous Mellouli took an ADD med to help him study/finish a project which had NO bearing on his race performance.
As for Hardy - I don't know. I think perhaps her withdrawl is not as selfish as you are all making it out to be. She is the only one that can know with 100% certainty whether or not she did something intentionally wrong.
Also think of the flip side - IF her a sample was found to have a positive test but her b sample came back clear and they found out that her a sample was tampered with and they called Kirk, Jackson, and Weir and told them to come out only to then tell them the next day they weren't on the team imagine the out cry then.
Sometimes it takes something bad to call attention to flaws in the system. HOPEFULLY USA swimming can take a step back after Beijing and find a way (earlier trials) to make sure this never happens again. I still think inviting the 3rd place finishers in every event (sans the 100/200 free) to the camp just in case is not a bad idea. What if someone got injured?
Wow, you all just throw her under the bus along with Salo. First on Salo, Kicker Vencil's supplement was found to be tainted - while Salo can discourage a swimmer from taking a supplement (and claims now he does) he can't watch them 24/7 and make them not take anything.
Ous Mellouli took an ADD med to help him study/finish a project which had NO bearing on his race performance.
As for Hardy - I don't know. I think perhaps her withdrawl is not as selfish as you are all making it out to be. She is the only one that can know with 100% certainty whether or not she did something intentionally wrong.
Also think of the flip side - IF her a sample was found to have a positive test but her b sample came back clear and they found out that her a sample was tampered with and they called Kirk, Jackson, and Weir and told them to come out only to then tell them the next day they weren't on the team imagine the out cry then.
Sometimes it takes something bad to call attention to flaws in the system. HOPEFULLY USA swimming can take a step back after Beijing and find a way (earlier trials) to make sure this never happens again. I still think inviting the 3rd place finishers in every event (sans the 100/200 free) to the camp just in case is not a bad idea. What if someone got injured?
