Should Usain Bolt Have To Give His Gold Medal Back?

[vortex]

Why not just punish the offender and not the whole team?

http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/38744846

[jno]

yes, I think so. It's really only a quarter of a medal (or should be), but it's presumably only gold because one of them cheated.

[Gromit]

It is a team event. If one of the four cheated, then the whole team cheated. Tough on Bolt, but fair.

[Bazile]

They should re-run the games

[murraymints]

yup .he was part of the team to gain advantage through misuse of drugs

[Bazile]

I half heard my colleague asking the question .

I thought that he Bolt , had been found to have taken a banned substance .

Imagine how big a story that would have been

[murraymints]

Bolt would be, I imagine, the most tested athlete around, he dare not !

[dannyk13]

Apart from anything else he does not need drug boosts.

[murraymints]

thought..they would have to catch him first in order to test him !!

[vortex]

If you watch the race itself, Jamaica won by a huge margin, roughly 10 metres.

The result was not in doubt and one member's failed drug test would not have affected the overall result.

I think it is harsh and look how long it has taken to reveal this. How many results can we ever trust?

[Bazile]

Speaking generally , what would stop someone who has a gripe against another athlete , from depositing a banned substance into a person's food or drink .

'I did not knowingly take the banned substance '

[ummmm]

Yes...if the team won by someone cheating.

[murraymints]

a cheat is a cheat..'ems the rules !

[vortex]

3 members of the team were not cheats!

[Bazile]

vortex

//I think it is harsh and look how long it has taken to reveal this. How many results can we ever trust?//

It's a shame that in many sports nowadays , you watch the winners on the podiums , but you can't be sure that the winners are clean .

[dannyk13]

One member was a cheat therefore the team was tainted.

[ummmm]

Even so...they might not have won if it wasn't for the 1 cheat.

[vortex]

You can still contravene the rules without being labelled a 'cheat'. Did he knowingly take a banned substance? If not, he's not a cheat in my book but I accept he has broken the rules.

[vortex]

Ummmm - without doubt they would have won. Watch the race on youtube.

Nesta ran first, the lead was huge after Bolt handed over to the final leg.

[EcclesCake]

Team event = Team medal. One DQ'd then all DQ'd.

[murraymints]

a team is a collective competitor...collective responsibility..collective punishment !