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Jones returns 2000 Olympic medals

Associated Press

Latest comment posted at 12:35 PM EDT 09/10/07

Disgraced sprinter apologized and expressed hope that the record book will be amended ...Read the full article

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  1. Dave L from Sodom, Canada writes: It's seem to be the same every time with these people.

    Cheat.
    Lie.
    Blame the coach/trainer.

    I can't wait for next week's story when she announces that she has found god.
  2. Vasili Yeremenko from Canada writes: I love the Barry Bonds flazseed oil lie she uses. This is a womon who counted every single calorie and gram of salt in her diet but let somebody inject her with an unknown subdtance. Impossible to believe.

    Here is the problem second place in one of those races was the greek sprinter whp feld Athens because her lab had been compromised.

    Kind of fitting Roger Clemens pitched yesterday amid yet another tribute. For every cheater we catch we treat five more like heros.
  3. Robert von from Calgary, writes: The I did not know what I was taking excuse has been overused and by the year 2000 every athlete should be fully aware of what they are taking. In the end its their job to make sure they are clean of any banned drugs.
  4. Yargo Joint from Canada writes: I would like to see them broadcast the Special Olympics; these atheletes try just as hard and I think it safe to assume they are clean.
  5. Bill Mark from Markham, Canada writes: 5 medals relinquished; a good start. Next, how about returning the bonus and endorsement money to the companies that thought they were supporting/sponsoring a clean athlete, one that would bring positive attention to their brands.
  6. joseph Cheng from toronto, Canada writes: Every time this kind of dishonest episode crops up, the name Dick Pound inevitably flashes across my mind. Pound certainly knows what he's talking about!
  7. Moose Lion from Canada writes: Yargo Joint: Why would you make that assumption? Human beings are human beings.
  8. Bill M from Canada writes: The standings normally would be readjusted, with the second-place finisher moving up to gold, third to silver and fourth to bronze.

    But what about the clean athletes (assuming there were any) that got eliminated in preliminary races that the cheaters won? What's their consolation? They never made it to the finals, where they may have won a medal, if it wasn't for getting eliminated by cheaters.

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