I'm not a big sports fan, but the use of drugs by sports celebrities has been big news lately. Marion Jones admitted that she used drugs (CNN article) which it's assumed helped her win medals in the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. It's kind of crazy that 7 years after an event it turns out she wasn't the real winner. I wonder, will they have a special ceremony to honor the 'real' winners of the gold, silver and bronze medals? Will the person having gone home with no metal be happy to find out 7 years later that she actually is entitled to a metal?
Does this suggest that instead of only testing athletes at the time of an event, that sports officials should do medical tests and retain blood and/or other 'samples' indefinitely. As drugs change and technology improves should those samples should be retested? Does the fact that so many athletes have been found to be using drugs eliminate the idea of fair competition? What will the life of a pro-althete be like in the future?
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