get the Gold which is rightfully theirs?
2007-10-14 21:36:04 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in News & Events ➔ Current Events
They do receive the gold medal that is rightfully theres. However it often takes a while, as the investigations seem to go for quite a while.
2007-10-14 21:38:46 · answer #1 · answered by andyk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They do eventually but it may take several years due to investigation procedures, but if I was a silver winning medalist and then receive a gold in those circumstances, it would lose it's value to me, it's just not the same. It would be nice to hear from any athletes out there what their thoughts are on this
2007-10-15 04:45:21 · answer #2 · answered by Eileen H 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If he hasn't doped too, he does get the medal. Similarly, the bronze winner moves up to silver and so on.
It took my young grandson to spot the possibility that they had all doped except some poor little guy who came last in the first heat. Does he then get, retrospectively, all the sponsorship deals and big money he thought he had missed out on when he limped of the track in humiliation all those years ago?
And if not, why not?
2007-10-15 04:46:11 · answer #3 · answered by Michael B 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I know you're referring to the recent case of sprinter Marion Jones, who admitted to using steroids and gave back her medals. One of her medals was for a relay event. What happens with the other athletes who participated in it if it was shown they did nothing wrong? Do they get to keep their medals?
2007-10-15 04:50:27 · answer #4 · answered by RoVale 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In a recent case it was because the silver medalist had also been found to have taken drugs
2007-10-15 04:42:11 · answer #5 · answered by Lady Claire - Hates Bigotry 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I am pretty sure they do get the medal on paper at least.
They might get the gold mailed to them but there is no ceremony.
2007-10-15 04:39:55 · answer #6 · answered by tuttiman333 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because its punishment for the silver medalist for not taking drugs
2007-10-15 04:39:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
they do, although belatedly.
2007-10-15 22:45:34 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋