(just came in by e-mail--writer didn't really want it published)
Potential future conversation:
IAAF: Marion, could we please have your gold medal from the Edmonton
4x1 back?
Marion: Why?
IAAF: Unfortunately, one of your teammates, not you, was using
performance enhancing drugs, in violation of our rules. She has since
been disqualified and all of her recent performances, including Edmonton
are now null and void. As she ran the lead-off leg on the 4x1, the US
team has retroactively been disqualified. Please give your medal and
money back to us so that we can give them to the rightful winners of the
event.
Marion: Didn't we all pass the drug tests in Edmonton? What's the
problem?
IAAF: Well, it is true that we didn't catch the athlete in question in
Edmonton, but we did later, and she admitted being guilty in Edmonton.
Marion: So now you believe her? And I have to lose my medal because
she "said she was guilty"? She's just jealous of my success, took drugs
to try to beat me, couldn't, got caught, and is now trying to take away
from my fame by taking away my medals.
Marion, to herself: Maybe I should sue the IAAF, for not having good
enough testing in Edmonton to catch KW before the relay (like they did
in Paris). Maybe I should sue USATF for not catching KW at the US
Trials for Edmonton and thus allowing her on the relay team. Who else
can I sue?
Potential future conversation:
IAAF: Marion, could we please have your gold medal from the Edmonton
4x1 back?
Marion: Why?
IAAF: Unfortunately, one of your teammates, not you, was using
performance enhancing drugs, in violation of our rules. She has since
been disqualified and all of her recent performances, including Edmonton
are now null and void. As she ran the lead-off leg on the 4x1, the US
team has retroactively been disqualified. Please give your medal and
money back to us so that we can give them to the rightful winners of the
event.
Marion: Didn't we all pass the drug tests in Edmonton? What's the
problem?
IAAF: Well, it is true that we didn't catch the athlete in question in
Edmonton, but we did later, and she admitted being guilty in Edmonton.
Marion: So now you believe her? And I have to lose my medal because
she "said she was guilty"? She's just jealous of my success, took drugs
to try to beat me, couldn't, got caught, and is now trying to take away
from my fame by taking away my medals.
Marion, to herself: Maybe I should sue the IAAF, for not having good
enough testing in Edmonton to catch KW before the relay (like they did
in Paris). Maybe I should sue USATF for not catching KW at the US
Trials for Edmonton and thus allowing her on the relay team. Who else
can I sue?
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