Is Bolt Cheating? II
Hello. Congrats to Usain Bolt for winning the 200 metres today with yet another world record time of 19.30 seconds. Bolt becomes the first man to hold the Olympic 100 and 200 metres since Carl Lewis.
So should we still ask if Bolt is cheating, since he only beat Michael Johnson's world record of 12 years by 0.02 seconds? If Johnson was not cheating, then the answer is Bolt is probably clean. And there's never been any evidence that Johnson or Donovan Bailey were dirty.
But can we say for sure? I certainly want to. If Bolt had run an 18.90, then I would've said he was cheating. 19.30 seems more legit.
These Games have been relatively scandal free. The question is, are they cleaner? Or are test results being hidden? Are tests even being done?
Is the IOC serious about testing? Do they really want to find out Bolt is dirty? Or would a negative test do to the Olympics what Floyd Landis' negative test did to the Tour de France, which was make it an afterthought instead of a world "must watch" event?
Time will tell.
Regards,
Steve
So should we still ask if Bolt is cheating, since he only beat Michael Johnson's world record of 12 years by 0.02 seconds? If Johnson was not cheating, then the answer is Bolt is probably clean. And there's never been any evidence that Johnson or Donovan Bailey were dirty.
But can we say for sure? I certainly want to. If Bolt had run an 18.90, then I would've said he was cheating. 19.30 seems more legit.
These Games have been relatively scandal free. The question is, are they cleaner? Or are test results being hidden? Are tests even being done?
Is the IOC serious about testing? Do they really want to find out Bolt is dirty? Or would a negative test do to the Olympics what Floyd Landis' negative test did to the Tour de France, which was make it an afterthought instead of a world "must watch" event?
Time will tell.
Regards,
Steve
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