I have absolutely no idea how you stumbled on this almost year-old thread, but several points with regards to "money".
In order for the money theory to be correct:
- Every male athlete would have had to have been paid off
- Every male sprinter would have had to have such precise control over their pace that they could achieve an "average" time while running for the first time on a short track.
- Every athlete, coach, and official paid off would have had to have remained silent for the last 20+ years.
- For some reason, the female sprinters would also have had to have been paid off.
- The female relays would have had to have been paid off.
- Every hurdler would have had to contend with irregular stepping and jumping patterns without toppling over.
- 4 years later in Shanghai on a track that was not short and still exists, a huge group of female 1500m runners managed to replicate results produced on the short track in 1993. In addition to this, even if the track in Shanghai was somehow short as well, then it only seemed to be short for the 1500m women, since EVERY other male and female race produced fairly average times.