Corruption by US doping agencies? Incompetence? Masking agents? perhaps her chemicals was completely off the radar? Dick Pound wants to know!From The Australian: "...
“As for the rest, well, we will see... I'm not happy to hear that someone who had that many tests was a user for that many years,” added Pound.
[...] Jones had long been a target for Pound's accusations that she had been taking drugs but she always denied doing so, causing the many members of the American media to accuse the 65-year-old Canadian lawyer of embarking on a witch-hunt.
However, her confession last month vindicated Pound. ..." [Link]
Here is a direct link to the photo on the left from The Jeff Selis photo stream at Flickr.com [Link]
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When describing Dick Pound as a lawyer to be entirely fair and forthcoming you should also add, "and former Olympian swimmer"
In fact I'd argue Pound's quarrel is less with Marion Jones than with USADA, who has been accused of lax standards, failing to adhere to WADA thresholds for doping evidence, and out right preferential treatment of star Americans after Sports Illustrated reported in 2003 some 100 athletes from 1993 to 2000 had failed drug tests and should have been prevented from competing in the Olympics but were allowed to do so. When the press questioned USADA about this it responded with a terse "No comment". Not the answer most were hoping to hear from the U.S. anti-doping agency.
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