TrippyLondoner
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Good decision in the long term of things.
Dwain Chambers & Olympic ban
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TrippyLondoner
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haha probably
TrippyLondoner
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No time really to appeal, the team gets selected on sunday. Appeals like these annoy me though.
ScallyWag II
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Before this week in the tour de France I still had some sympathy for DC in that he had served his sentence, etc. After 3 positive tests for EPO in this years tour so far (EPO that they reckon shouldn't be tracable, ha! It is in France thankfully) I'm rapidly changing my mind and leaning towards the lifetime ban for drug cheats.
TrippyLondoner
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I think its a disgrace greece haven't gone down the same path with one of their athletes that failed a drug test, which is an argument he used in the court,saying if they didn't get banned why should he?
coccinelle
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Britain has always tried to maintain a strong stance on drugs in sport and I agree with that. Steve Cram recently noted the damage done in respect of attendances and general interest in athletics which he puts down to people become disenchanted over the widespread use of drugs. I agree with him and I am happy that the BOA is out of step with the rest of the world in demanding a lifetime Olympic ban for drug users.
The use of the expression 'drug cheat' does not do enough justice to what is involved. Top athletes devote their whole young lives to their sport: unless they do, they can't expect the rewards (both financial and performance) they deserve in respect of the work they do. For someone to leappfrog over their work by using drugs is more like corruption than cheating. It's a very serious matter.
I'm glad Dwain Chambers has failed in his attempt to bully his way back into the Olympic team.
The use of the expression 'drug cheat' does not do enough justice to what is involved. Top athletes devote their whole young lives to their sport: unless they do, they can't expect the rewards (both financial and performance) they deserve in respect of the work they do. For someone to leappfrog over their work by using drugs is more like corruption than cheating. It's a very serious matter.
I'm glad Dwain Chambers has failed in his attempt to bully his way back into the Olympic team.
Paulie Tandoori
shut it you egg!
Overall, i think i agree with the decision that he can't go. He's not well-liked by team mates as they lost medals thanks to him, as well as having to put up with the guilt by association implications. And he has hardly covered himself in glory with subsequent statements that he doesn't think that you can win clean, unlike say David Millar in the Tour, who put his hands up, confessed all as well as explaining his motivations, the pressures on him and so on and who at least showed public contrition for what he had done (basically cheating).
That t'werent it. He was part of the BALCO stable that Trevor Graham grassed up. The whole scam got blown to shit. Dwain and the others would probably still be on it otherwise reparing to run in Beijing.
Because he's not Greek.
TrippyLondoner
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STFC- I agree that's why his point wasn't that strong, different country, different rules. Can't blame him for trying though.
Great post. Says it as I think. I'm glad that Chambers failed in his attempt to get an interlocutory injunction .... although it will be interesting to see whether he pursues his case against the ban. I suspect not, as there is little prospect of him being in contention for London 2012.
