Will Gaitlin pull a Chambers?

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14 years ago 05/14/2009 8:15am EDT

Who here things that Gaitlin will pull a Chambers and comeback strong? He's younger then Chambers, and as talented... but he has been out longer.

Also, will people welcome him back?

Personally, I will welcome back (he served his ban and then some... I am of the opinion it should have been a 2 year one) and I think he will climb back to the upper echelon of American sprinting.

I'm not sure he can win medals again (though I wouldn't say definitely not), but I could see him running between 9.85 and 9.99.

14 years ago 05/14/2009 8:30am EDT

re: SprinterFollower

To pull a Dwain Chambers he will have to first admit to wrongdoing. I find the honesty of people like Chambers and Kelli White to be refreshing. I hear Justin Gatlin and Marion Jones and its disturbing because they insult our intelligence with their claims of unknowing use.

14 years ago 05/14/2009 8:30am EDT

re: SprinterFollower

To "pull a Chambers" he'd have to admit he took performance enhancing drugs. In fact to "pull a Chambers", he'd have to admit that like Chambers he was taking drugs for some time before he was caught and that he was taking more than just the one he tested positive for.

So I'm guessing he won't pull a Chambers.

14 years ago 05/14/2009 8:55am EDT

re: Jaycee Are

Come on.. you guys know what I mean. Will he pull a Chambers athletically. Will he be able to come back and be a solid sprinter at the worst, and a great sprinter at the best? I'm not condoning his actions nor his lying (I remember watching the 2004 finals for the 100 and 200 and telling my wife, right there and then, how he and Crawford weren't natural). But that is another conversation for another thread.

I am interested in hearing opinions about whether he can return to form, presumably without PED, and be at a level similar to when he went down?

14 years ago 05/14/2009 10:00am EDT

re: SprinterFollower

SprinterFollower wrote:
Who here things that Gaitlin will pull a Chambers and comeback strong? He's younger then Chambers, and as talented... but he has been out longer.
Also, will people welcome him back?
Personally, I will welcome back (he served his ban and then some... I am of the opinion it should have been a 2 year one) and I think he will climb back to the upper echelon of American sprinting.
I'm not sure he can win medals again (though I wouldn't say definitely not), but I could see him running between 9.85 and 9.99.

Who is "Gaitlin"?

14 years ago 05/14/2009 10:59am EDT

re: eh..

eh.. wrote:
Who is "Gaitlin"?

That is Gatlin's nickname given by Tennessee's head track coach. Supposedly because he has such a nice gait, ya know?

14 years ago 05/14/2009 12:20pm EDT

re: king of the pile?

Actually the nickname was derived from their scandalous nature. Water"Gait"

14 years ago 05/14/2009 1:41pm EDT

re: SprinterFollower

He ran a 4.42 40 for the NFL. He will never contend for a medal again, as he obviosuly let himself go and sucks at sprinting without tons of drugs. I seriosuly think Justin is posting on letsrun lately, because I can't imagine why someone gives enough of a shit about him to make all these threads.

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