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but we haven't the proof to back it up... their records have to stand
The problem with athletics records is that we all have very firm notions of the ones we think are bent. We just haven’t the proof to back it up. And it needs proof. Always proof. Individual failed tests, systematic state programmes, we can only act on what we know for sure — otherwise exceptional deeds can never occur.
Chris Froome beats cheats up mountains. That’s not the same as being one, though. Usain Bolt runs faster than Ben Johnson did at the 1988 Olympics. We must invest in his innocence, too.
The call by UK Athletics for all records to be scrapped and started afresh in what is termed ‘The Clean Era’ is well intended, but writes an ideological cheque the sport simply cannot cash.
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The problem with athletics records is that we all have very firm notions of the ones we think are bent. We just haven’t the proof to back it up. And it needs proof. Always proof. Individual failed tests, systematic state programmes, we can only act on what we know for sure — otherwise exceptional deeds can never occur.
Chris Froome beats cheats up mountains. That’s not the same as being one, though. Usain Bolt runs faster than Ben Johnson did at the 1988 Olympics. We must invest in his innocence, too.
The call by UK Athletics for all records to be scrapped and started afresh in what is termed ‘The Clean Era’ is well intended, but writes an ideological cheque the sport simply cannot cash.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/art...#ixzz3x8F2Td3W
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Paul Marin -19 is one thing, 20 is a whole other matter. It gets even worse if they win the UCL. *groan*. 
05/18/2011.MU fans naah cough, but all a unuh a vomit?-Lazie 1/11/2015
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