LETTER

Jack Todd applauds Geneviève Jeanson as a Hero of the Week who "stood up and told the truth," neatly ignoring a full decade of denial of wrongdoing on her part. It was only in the face of evidence gathered by an admirably persistent reporter, Alain Gravel of Radio-Canada, that Jeanson dropped her claim her super-oxygenated blood was a result of great training and the use of a special tent. Jeanson was defiant, arrogant and petulant until what did seem a genuinely remorseful admission.

By contrast, Todd continues to rate Lance Armstrong a Zero of the Week, two years after he retired from cycling and despite a vigorous campaign to raise awareness, funds and political will in the fight against cancer. Armstrong will never win.

the Tour de Warm-and-Fuzzy, and there have been legitimate questions raised about the possibility of drug use, but everything about his 15-year professional career and return to health from a life-threatening bout of testicular cancer has earned him the right to a presumption of innocence.

Stan Shatenstein
Montreal

27 septembre 2007

LETTER

Henry Aubin would have us believe Geneviève Jeanson's use of performance-enhancing substances was worse than Ben Johnson's ("Jeanson's drug use was worse than Ben Johnson's," Opinion, Sept. 25).

1988: Ben Johnson is found to have juiced his world record performance in the 100 metres at the Olympic Games. He is subsequently banned from competition for two years.

Winter 1991: Clean and redeemed, he comes back to competition.

Winter 1993: He tests positive again and is banned for life.

ompare the two athletes. It seems to me that first-time offenders are slightly more credible.

James Coughlin
Montreal

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