WILL GATLIN BEAT BOLT? The Bolt-Gatlin factor in the war against doping....British sprinter Darren Campbell hopes Justin Gatlin beats Usain Bolt to force the sport to "deal" with drugs cheats.

Thursday, August 13, 2015    
IN light of the widespread accusation of the ruling International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) perceived cover up in track and field, former British sprinter Darren Campbell hopes Justin Gatlin beats Usain Bolt to force the sport to "deal" with drugs cheats.
With the World Championship just nine days away, the debate as to who will win the blue ribbon 100m event and be crowned the fastest man on Earth rages on.
GATLIN... his fantastic times have raised a few eyebrows.
 BOLT... a lot depends on the Jamaican superstar
The eagerly anticipated clash between Jamaica's reigning champion, Bolt, and the maverick American Gatlin is definitely the talking point and will be for a very long time regardless of the outcome.
The purists are anxious for athletics poster boy Bolt to defeat the much-tainted Gatlin, who served two drugs bans, but is on top of his game having run the four fastest times in the world this year.
In an interview with BBC Radio 5, Campbell, who won silver in the 200m at the 2000 Olympics, said a victory for Gatlin would put the spotlight on athletics and basically force the IAAF to deal with the controversial issue.
"The fairytale is that Usain Bolt beats Justin Gatlin, but in a crazy kind of way I want to see Justin Gatlin beat Usain Bolt because the sport will have to deal with it," said Campbell, who is a 100m bronze medallist in 2003 at the World Championship in Paris.
"The spotlight will be truly on the sport and the sport, will have to make a decision. It's not a decision about throwing out Justin Gatlin, but about how do you [IAAF] want to be perceived in the future," he noted.
So all eyes will be fixed on the 100m final set for August 23 when the 33-year-old Gatlin, who set a personal best of 9.74 seconds at the age of 33 in May, and Bolt, who turns 29 on August 21 and has a season's best of 9.87 done on July 24, will face each other. more

1 comment:

  1. Darren Campbell is talking crap. How can a two time drug offender beating Bolt forces the sport to deal with drug offenders? In the first place a two time drug offender should be banned for life and not be in any Word Championship Event/Race.
    Darren Campbell is so desperate to see someone beat Bolt, to the the point where he is putting trust in false hope.
    Well I hope he does not hold his breath on this one, because it won't happen.
    This race will be over in 9.48 sec trust me!

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