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发帖数: 18174 | 1 第五和第六条最重要
Dear FINA Board Members:
In December of 2013, Swimming World Magazine made the decision to strip its
World and European Swimmer of the Year titles awarded to any East German (
DDR) female swimmer dating back to 1973. The magazine is revisiting how it
might reallocate those awards.
The decision to strip those titles generated many comments and discussions
within the swimming community worldwide. Almost everyone agreed that the
systematic doping of athletes by the East German government affected the
Olympics medal standings.
Swimming World acknowledged that the DDR women were just as much victims as
were the swimmers who were cheated out of winning medals and their place in
history. In an article running parallel to Swimming World's campaign,
SwimVortex.com noted the difference between perpetrators of crime and
victims of a crime who won medals as a result of the system they were a part
of. The fact that there were victims on both sides of the podium goes to
the core of the IOC’s dilemma in rectifying history.
On behalf of the swimming community worldwide, we are calling on FINA to
recognize all victims during this dark period in Olympic history and to
lobby the International Olympic Committee to take similar action.
When Nelson Mandela passed away of late, his story reminded us all of the
need to acknowledge the past and then leave it in the past so that
reconciliation and healing can take place and a new beginning made. Without
acknowledgement, swimming cannot move on.
We therefore ask the following:
1. That FINA acknowledge that the aquatic records were tainted during
the DDR era.
2. That FINA acknowledge that there were victims on both sides of the
podium.
3. That FINA place an asterisk next to all DDR era swimmers, explaining
that they were unknowingly doped.
4. That FINA acknowledge a second tier of new medal standings (
consisting of those not recognized) alongside the existing standings of DDR
victims.
5. That FINA not ask for DDR swimmers to return their medals.
6. That FINA award duplicate medals to those athletes who have a new
standing.
7. That FINA remove from its list of Pin winners all GDR officials,
including the convicted Dr Lothar Kipke, a former Medical Commission
delegate who was found guilty of harm to minors in the German doping trials
of the late 1990s.
The 5th and 6th requests to FINA could be the most impactful for all parties
and victims. We cannot think of anything more powerful, emotional and
meaningful than FINA staging a medal ceremony during the 2015 World
Championships. A ceremony of this nature speaks to all that is good about
forgiveness, sportsmanship and above all the spirit of humanity. It is in
that ideal that we also ask the following:
8. That FINA stage an event where those who are affected by the reordering
of the medals meet with the DDR women in a spirit of sportsmanship,
consolation, and forgiveness
Respectfully Signed,
Brent T. Rutemiller Craig
Lord
Publisher: Swimming World Magazine Publisher: SwimVortex
SwimmingWorld.com SwimVortex
.com | d**y
发帖数: 18174 | 2 不知当年的1500米世界纪录保持者怎么评价美国运动员吃药。大概他认为“state-
sponsored”不行，运动员个人行为随便。
Brian Goodell MISSION VIEJO, CA about 1 month ago Liked 7
I was a member of the 1976 USA Men's Olympic Swimming Team and won two gold
medals in the 1500m and 400m Freestyle events in Montreal. I personally
witnessed the horror of the victims of doping on both sides of the podium
and the emotional trauma inflicted on many women who participated in those
games. I was also victimized by the trauma of the 1980 US-led Olympic
boycott and can therefore understand the long-term effects that such trauma
can cause an athlete who has dedicated herself to the pursuit of excellence
on the Olympic stage only to be cheated by forces beyond her control. FINA's
acknowledgement of this sad epoch of state-sponsored doping by the DDR
would go a long way in bringing justice and recognition to those athletes
who were victims of doping.
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【在 d**y 的大作中提到】
: 第五和第六条最重要
: Dear FINA Board Members:
: In December of 2013, Swimming World Magazine made the decision to strip its
: World and European Swimmer of the Year titles awarded to any East German (
: DDR) female swimmer dating back to 1973. The magazine is revisiting how it
: might reallocate those awards.
: The decision to strip those titles generated many comments and discussions
: within the swimming community worldwide. Almost everyone agreed that the
: systematic doping of athletes by the East German government affected the
: Olympics medal standings.
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发帖数: 19210 | 3 state sponsored doping影响最大，victims最多。
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【在 d**y 的大作中提到】
: 第五和第六条最重要
: Dear FINA Board Members:
: In December of 2013, Swimming World Magazine made the decision to strip its
: World and European Swimmer of the Year titles awarded to any East German (
: DDR) female swimmer dating back to 1973. The magazine is revisiting how it
: might reallocate those awards.
: The decision to strip those titles generated many comments and discussions
: within the swimming community worldwide. Almost everyone agreed that the
: systematic doping of athletes by the East German government affected the
: Olympics medal standings.
| d**y
发帖数: 18174 | 4 也就是说，前世界纪录保持者的态度可以解读为吃药没什么，只要不是政府行为
【在 i*********5 的大作中提到】
: state sponsored doping影响最大，victims最多。
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