It's not news for one thing.
Roger Ruth wrote:
If I'd had any doubt that the t-and-f list was comatose, today's lack of any response to news reports on Marion Jones' use of performance-enhancing drugs would resolve those doubts. Here, we have the most outstanding female sprinter of the last decade claimed by BALCO CEO Victor Conte to have injected drugs, under his supervision and in his sight, in the weeks leading up to the 2000 Olympics; and not one post on Jones' culpability or Conte's purpose in lying.
Try this for size: If Jones had turned to drugs because, after having a baby, her rate of recovery to previous performance levels had proven unexpectedly slow and jeopardized her chances of making the team for Athens, that might make some hypothetical sense. But for her to turn to drugs "in the weeks leading up to the 2000 Olympics." when she already had proven herself the world's best sprinter of that time seems ludicrous.
Surely there must still be list members who know enough about sprinting and/or performance-enhancing drugs to offer some perspective on Conte's claims and the circumstances I've described as not believable. Can we please hear from them?
