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Will we ever be able to just enjoy track again?

By Jim Caple
ESPN.com

Saturday, June 28, 2008

EUGENE, Ore. -- The 100-meter gold medalist from the Athens Olympics, Justin Gatlin, is not here at the U.S. Olympic trials, his court appeals finally exhausted after testing positive for performance enhancers. Even so, he is in a better situation than the golden girl from the Sydney Olympics -- Marion Jones is sitting in jail. But so what? Hundreds of other aspiring Olympians are here at Hayward Field, competing in one of sports' hallowed grounds, for the chance to represent their country thi ...

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