Michelle Collins Re-Instated

[EPelle]

"All I want to do now is return to the sport I love," Collins said in a statement released by the Valparaiso Sports Law Clinic, which represented her. "I look forward to competing again."

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/m ... index.html

[Jon]

Interesting - she was represented by the same people who represented LaTasha Jenkins.

[Matt]

Is someone having a laugh? I can't believe this.

[EPelle]

Is someone having a laugh? I can't believe this.

"We are pleased that the IAAF gave full consideration to her case and in our mind made an appropriate decision, based on her willingness to provide truthful cooperation and assistance."

Tygart and the Valparaiso Law Clinic said Collins is believed to be the first person reinstated by the IAAF after providing information about other athletes and coaches and speaking to children about the harm performance-enhancing drugs can cause.

[Powell]

At 37 and after 5 years out of the sport, she can ingest what she wants and she still isn't going to be much of a factor.

[EPelle]

Agreed. I believe the moral victory for her was being re-instated a year early, and, this after an initial eight-year ban.

[26mi235]

And maybe playing along might actually help, even if it is primarily a 'moral' victory?