9:52 pm tonight If Bolt and Gatlin get the stick together who wins and who are you rooting for?

Bahamas

Easy. The one who who's not a proven drug cheat.

money where my mouth is wrote:

Easy. The one who who's not a proven drug cheat.

(Guy enthusiastically cheering for Lance to win his 8th Tour over the rest of the "dirty" field.)

money where my mouth is wrote:

Easy. The one who who's not a proven drug cheat.

+1

I will never ever root for anything connected to Justin Gatlin or any drug cheat.

um, go jamaica.

Make an assumption

A- every one is on PEDS

B-no one is on PEDS

C- PEDS is a candy and a breathmint

now go watch the show unfold.

Want: Bolt to win.

Money is on: Gatlin to win.

Bolt is slow and out of shape, running his high school times so far this season. Gatlin is the biggest gamer out there and will be amped to tally up a W vs. Bolt.

If they get it even tonight, Gatlin will win.

If they get it even at WC, Bolt will win.

They have both been massive dopers in their past, and may do so again this year, if they haven't already.

/end thread

I am one American who will forever root for Justin Gatlin ... to LOSE.

How do we know those two will be the anchors?

It doesn't even end with Gatlin being a drug cheat. The guy who alleged applied the "creme" and the "clear" or whatever to him was subsequently viciously beaten, and the whole thing was on tape, and no one was indicted.

i'm for lifetime doping bans.

until that he did the crime and paid the time, so i'm rooting for his teammates, then him.

forgiveness is christian, tho.

marijuologist wrote:

Gatlin ... will be amped to tally up a W vs. Bolt.

Juiced up, you mean

ugh. whatever suspicions float around about jamaica, it hurts to see Gatlin and Gay win it. I'm not saying I didn't cheer on Lance, etc. and we should all know better, but the fact is that the proven cheats won tonight, and I guess they did their 'time' under the rules as they are, but that's just how I feel about it. not good.

I asked Gatlin and Gay at the post-race press conference about doping:

Me: "What do you have to say to some youngster in America that you can compete clean, because at some point you both decided you couldn't. So how do you assure people you are competing clean now?"

Tyson Gay addressed it head on: "For my situation I've never deceived any kid in the world or America that they can't do anything but with hard work. At the end of the day my situation is understood, three organizations (inaudible looked into this). I went down the wrong path believing some supplements were clean which they weren't. I would like to apologize to any kid who feel they were deceived... I would like to thank the Bahamas... for having me at their meet and understanding my situation. ...I ask for forgiveness for a mistake, but right now I'm moving forward and I double check everything and we go from there."

I appreciated Tyson addressing it head on. Justin tried to get the mic and speak at first from Tyson but didn't answer. My biggest beef with Justin is he has stayed silent on the issue, I believe acting like if it's not discussed it didn't happen.

Video of my question is here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KT_2DYPeDA4#t=285

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wejo wrote:

Justin tried to get the mic and speak at first from Tyson but didn't answer. My biggest beef with Justin is he has stayed silent on the issue, I believe acting like if it's not discussed it didn't happen.

At least he's not making excuses like Tyson is. I don't see why you believe him. He's far from the first doper to claim it was some kind of accident.

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--Maybe Justin was going to speak, since he approached the mic, and then something caught his eye or mind and made him realize he might not -publicly speak well- and that discretion is the better part of valor, lest he slip up and mention / blame someone who could sue him etc. (with the case history)

What he did was wrong, twice, he's done his time, and whether he spoke to the issue tonight or not -- well, you've never been a super low income black (or white for that matter) kid who didn't have whatever he didnt have, including a good education (on many levels), so give it more time, ask him again -- you did ask the question in the best way you've ever reported your asking it - so keep trying - maybe not in the mixed zone, maybe walking around and ask him for a moment one on one, to ask him off camera, with specifically the reframe that you want to give him the chance to answer in a relaxed atmosphere, and that you'll also give him the chance to go On Camera.

He was tempted to answer, and -almost-- as close as you or he have gotten, so stay positive / flexible and keep trying.

Great job with Tyson.