Rarely am I so unhappy at a British Gold medal

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  1. Farnham_Red

    Farnham_Red Administrator Staff Member Admin

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    Dwain Chambers just got gold in the European Indoor championship

    I would have preferred the Italian in second place to have won
     
    Farnham_Red, Mar 8, 2009
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    dreamboy3000 Well-Known Member

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    Fairplay To Chambers

    He gets no funding and still beats the rest of the pack (Y) (Y) (Y)
     
    dreamboy3000, Mar 8, 2009
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  3. Farnham_Red

    Farnham_Red Administrator Staff Member Admin

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    Disagree very strongly

    He is a drugs cheat
    He cost his team mates olympic medals
    He shouldnt be running for the British team

    How do you know he hasnt been cheating again just got better at it - after all what has he to lose for trying it now
     
    Farnham_Red, Mar 8, 2009
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  4. kanecat

    kanecat Banned Idiot

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    RE: Disagree very strongly

    agreed, all respect lost for a cheat
     
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  5. Jon

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    Are you one of those...

    Who believes that some criminals should not be let out after serving their time?
     
    Jonno, Mar 8, 2009
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    ryhilltyke Well-Known Member

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    i think after the ban an individual should race or play

    or do we sine die
     
    ryhilltyke, Mar 8, 2009
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  7. Jam

    James G New Member

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    RE: Are you one of those...

    Poor analogy

    Cheats don't always get caught first time - they may have been cheating for years which brings past results into doubt
     
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    Xerxes Well-Known Member

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    Should have been a life ban.
     
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  9. Jon

    Jonno Member

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    Yes but...

    To say that they'll do the same again is harsh. Not every offender re-offends...
     
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    Westie Well-Known Member

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    I wish it had been but

    the regulations say he can run for his country after his ban. Therefore it's OK! One good thing is that he can't represent GB in the Olympics :)
     
    Westie, Mar 8, 2009
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    James G New Member

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    RE: Yes but...

    Look at Ben Johnson though - caught twice

    Or Flo Jo - it killed her. You have to wonder how regular her drug use was to contribute to her death.

    Marion Jones - an habitual drugs cheat. I bet it's very difficult for them to break the cycle. If they set out with the intention of being clean, once they can't get the results they will be tempted back.
     
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  12. Farnham_Red

    Farnham_Red Administrator Staff Member Admin

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    No

    I didnt say he shouldnt run I just said I get no pleasure from him winning

    Though the way he has conducted himself since coming back has hardly been calculated to get him rehabilitated.
    And I have some suspicion as to how clean he is now
     
    Farnham_Red, Mar 8, 2009
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  13. Jon

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    To be honest...

    I haven't been following the subject so I've no idea what he's like right now. And I don't know the guy so I wouldn't be able to say whether he looked clean or not. I've obviously just misunderstood your original post. It just seemed you were saying once a cheat always a cheat...
     
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    Eastbourne Tyke New Member

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    Let him run I say. He has served his time and fair play to the man for still running despite what he has thrown at him. I totally understand what people are saying but I honestly think he is clean and trying his hardest to prove all of the doubters wrong.
     
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    If its English (British at a go) and their up against a foreigner I'd go for the one representing us everytime, choose what hes taken....

    Got to give the guy his due though hes got some guts in keeping going while others round him are slagging him off, got to at least give him that, A lot would buckle under and just say **** it I'm done, i like a bloke with bottle....
     
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    He's a cheat, a cheat who refuses to pay pack his prize money for cheating. Hes a heat woh has cost other brits medals. he's a cheat who has blakened the name of one of Britians top sprinters ever. The mans a lovely person of the highest order. the cheating lovely person.
     
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    James G New Member

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    Not keen on him then?

    I'm reading between the lines a bit!
     
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    eastfifetyke New Member

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    Lets be reight abart this, all the sprinters are on gear, he was just unlucky when he was tested

    Anyone who thinks any different wants to get their heads out of the sand! (wicked)
     
    eastfifetyke, Mar 8, 2009
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    RE: Yes but...

    Flo Jo never tested positive in any drugs test.

    So that is an unfounded accusation.








    Not that I believe for one single minute she was clean. (chinny)
     
    madmark62, Mar 8, 2009
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    Fairplay,I don't think so!!

    The guy's a cheat pure and simple,that fact that some of the others might be cheating,is no excuse,
    on that reasoning fairplay to Chris Morgan.
     
    sadbrewer, Mar 9, 2009
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