Americans cheat their way to 19 Olympic medals

[gyb13]

http://espn.go.com/oly/news/2003/0416/1540029.html

Carl Lewis is the biggest name of this scandal....over 100 US athletes failed drug tests but were allowed to compete by the USOC....or so claims a former USOC director for drug control

[SmedIndy]

SI just had an article about the hundreds of East German athletes who were doped up...some were so damaged they had to change sexes. I think it's only because we were the "white hat" that it's so "shocking".

[JamesI]

No matter what, it sucks. The USOC should not be making these decisions.

[Skip]

While nothing negative about the olympic movement surprises me anymore, including claims of US malfeasance, it does seem that this guy has a bit of an axe to grind.

[poorme]

to me olympians are like michael jackson. weirdos that I don't care about.

[rcartman28]

It seemed to me, too, that this guy had some "issues", but I figure that pretty much everybody in Olympics cheats in some form, and I just don't take the Olympics very seriously anymore.....

[LeGrandOrange]

Now I've got a legitimate reason to root against them...(sorry!)

This is just *censored* stupid...I sort of hope they don't tell me that Michael Johnson ran 19.32 on drugs...because then I'll really be annoyed.

I don't care if it's not necessarily true and is just a story to get press...the thought of us covering up is just retarded and moronic. *sigh* Then again, covering up is the American way...(sorry again!)

[gyb13]

LGO, let's keep this to opinions about the USOC, not the country in general...

[LeGrandOrange]

Will do. I should learn when to tone down the opinions.

I've pretty much lost any remaining respect I had for the USOC though...

[pathogan]

...then do they give Ben Johnson his medal back, since they were both juiced?