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Originally Posted by dippin
Bolt has been winning gold medals in youth championships since 2002. Im not saying he is clean. Im just wondering why the suspicions over him and not the others.
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In the media it's because he's not American? And shouldn't the fingers be pointed at Tyson Gay also? He's freakishly fast too.
Seriously, Phelps should be getting the same treatment but he gets a pass. He's a nice, white American boy.
Bolt has been on the scene for several years getting progressively better. He's only 22, however - it's not like he's had a chance to run in previous Olympics.
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Originally Posted by dippin
My question was rather simple: what makes some athletes be treated like phenoms and some like likely drug abusers? Marion Jones was considered a phenom and given the benefit of the doubt for a very long time.
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And Jones had so much smoke swirling around her - all her boyfriends and husbands were known users, etc. But until nearly the end, she did indeed get the benefit of the doubt.