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Have we reached a point in sports where the very sensation of enjoyment makes us suspicious? Even here in a nation that generally pays more attention to Field and Stream than track and field's non-Olympic moments, Usain Bolt's 9.58 in the 100-meter final at the world championships has people talking. And for Scoop Jackson, marveling also means talking about the specter of performance-enhancing drugs hanging over everything.

Much like Albert Pujols, Bolt has never been in the same zip code as allegations of wrongdoing (and like all the 100-meter finalists, passed a drug test in Berlin). But to many, he's a victim of the company he keeps at the highest levels of sports, where big names keep finding ways to disappoint those who thought they were above reproach.

So as Bolt tries to win the 200 meters, a race more than half of SportsNation professes to care about, are you able to completely enjoy the brilliance?

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Really good read. Whether you agree or not with what Scoop has to say, the suspicion is there and i only hope and pray that Bolt is clean or the cloud he has us all living on will come crashing and burning. But for now i will continue to believe, since after all he has never been even suspected for doping by any agency. Innocent until proven guilty America. Lightning Bolt

” -- 21gpackers



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The reason Jamaicans are dominating and standing out so much now, is because the American sprinters of the 80s and 90s finally got caught. Jamaicans were always in the finals for mens and womens 100s sprints, and we always got medals... just not gold.

” -- sublimeandcoke



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Bolt is born to run. Moreover, some humility will do American sprinters some good. Greene was insufferable.

” -- westsidejinkorea