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OhPinchy
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Didn't get to see the 200m final last night but read about the jeering and chanting 'Kenteris' in the paper today.
What the hell was that about? Chanting the name of a disgraced drug cheat?? Let's be honest, anyone that has an inkling on athletics and drugs in sport has known for years that this guy was dirty - coming out of nowhere to win in Syndey and then basically going back into hiding and avoiding competitions so that he would avoid tests...and then even avoiding testers by leading them on wild goose chases. And yes, failing to give a sample or tampering with the sample does mean you are a drug cheat.
I don't get it how the Greek supporters could chant the name of this disgraced former hero as if in protest that he was not allowed compete. And the media had done such a good job of persuading us that the Greek public had gracefully accepted that he was a cheat.
For them to chant his name like that would be the equivalent of Irish fans packing out the National Aquatic Centre and booing the absence of our own disgraced drug cheat. To do this would be highly disrepectful to the other competitors who have earned the right to be there without cheating. Unfortunately I feel that the Greek supporters were quite disrepectful last night, and in doing so they let themselves and their countrymen down.
What the hell was that about? Chanting the name of a disgraced drug cheat?? Let's be honest, anyone that has an inkling on athletics and drugs in sport has known for years that this guy was dirty - coming out of nowhere to win in Syndey and then basically going back into hiding and avoiding competitions so that he would avoid tests...and then even avoiding testers by leading them on wild goose chases. And yes, failing to give a sample or tampering with the sample does mean you are a drug cheat.
I don't get it how the Greek supporters could chant the name of this disgraced former hero as if in protest that he was not allowed compete. And the media had done such a good job of persuading us that the Greek public had gracefully accepted that he was a cheat.
For them to chant his name like that would be the equivalent of Irish fans packing out the National Aquatic Centre and booing the absence of our own disgraced drug cheat. To do this would be highly disrepectful to the other competitors who have earned the right to be there without cheating. Unfortunately I feel that the Greek supporters were quite disrepectful last night, and in doing so they let themselves and their countrymen down.