SENTINEL WATCH December 10, 2007 Issue

COMPASSION FOR THOSE IN DISGRACE

RUTH WALKER

My connection with the world of sports comes and goes. But the stories a few weeks ago about Olympic champion sprinter Marion Jones, who, after admitting to steroid use, had to relinquish the five medals she had won, really got my attention (The New York Times, Oct. 5, 2007).

How does someone rebuild her life when her most public achievements turn out to be, by her own admission, based on a fraud?

Obviously Jones shouldn't have cheated. At least one knowledgeable official released a statement saying she needn't have cheated—that she could have won in Sydney in 2000 without chemical enhancements. But she did cheat. So how does she go about putting her life right?

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