Should Usain Bolt Have To Give His Gold Medal Back?

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Why not just punish the offender and not the whole team?

http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/38744846

[OldBather]

Oh look,Mr Blank shot and killed his neighbour.Now we are going to hang him, and his wife and kids.Well, they are tainted by the crime.

[pixie374]

The team didn't win fairly- so that includes all of them.

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Garaman //So we are saying that a team won and one of them was cheating, but let the rest of the team keep their medals as they would have won even if the guy wasn't cheating. That seems a dangerous precedent to set to me. I mean how do you know they would have won; the cheater might have been panicking at his slow time and misjudged his baton handover//

I don't think it sets a dangerous precedent. As to the 'cheater' might have panicked, I think a panel should review the race and if there was any doubt concerning the outcome then that is a different set of circumstances.

The panel could assess whether, on balance, the effect the banned drug may have had on the athlete's performance was such that it resulted in an unfair advantage for the team.

It is my assertion that punishing the other 3 members is excessive and unreasonable given the wide margin of victory.

Bazile, spot on, exactly what I am saying.

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Anyway folks, thanks for your replies.

I'm in a minority but Best Answer for anyone who agrees with me (only joking)

[pixie374]

I agree :-)

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pixie374 - you didn't agree before so you are cheating! No gold for you ;-)