If it happens it will be because of lobbying from the USFSA, as Gracie would then get the bronze.
This is nonsense :hopelessness: She was aware of something for sure, but it is a "reasonable" thing not to go to the police and tell them that your boyfriend is doing "something strange"... That said, since this is illegal she should be punished, but in a reasonable way!!
Of course, but there is no evidence that she actually knew what Alex was really doing. We can imagine that she had noticed something (she has stated that herself), but he was her boyfriend after all, not just "another" athlete; given how shy Carolina is, the whole situation gets even more complicated... But after all the thing is that this proposal is just silly.What if he thought he was a serial murder...a crime is a crime...
What if he thought he was a serial murder...a crime is a crime...
I mean, okay she should be punished. But longer than the athlete who actually took the drug himself. what is this kind of logic??
There is no crime here but a violation of an Olympic rule. Nobody has been legally charged with a crime. Even when there is an alleged crime, spouses have the right not to testify against each other in some countries.
The situation in Italy is different again from Australia. In Italy the Disciplina della tutela sanitaria delle attivita’ sportive e della lotta contro il doping (Law number 376 of 2000) establishes three distinct types of criminal doping offences.
The first two offences concern both athletes and support personnel procuring, administering, consuming (or even encouraging the use of) WADC Prohibited Substances or Methods, with the aim of improving an athlete’s competitive performance or to modify the results of an anti-doping test. Imprisonment from three months to three years and a fine from €2,580 to €51,645 are the sanctions for these offences.
The third offence (arguably the most innovative) aims to tackle illegal suppliers who trade in WADC Prohibited Substances outside official distribution channels. Imprisonment from two to six years and a fine from €5,164 to €77,468 are the sanctions for this offence.
Of course, but there is no evidence that she actually knew what Alex was really doing. We can imagine that she had noticed something (she has stated that herself), but he was her boyfriend after all, not just "another" athlete; given how shy Carolina is, the whole situation gets even more complicated... But after all the thing is that this proposal is just silly.
Bet you wouldn´t feel like that if you were a sportman competing againts Carolina´s ex boyfriend.
And depending the country you are doping (because is change the results of the sport) is considered a crime.
I said the moment the allegations were made, if she knew the ethical thing to do was to come forward. I don´t wish for her to be stripped of her medals, but she must get a punishment according to the law and regulations of her country.
Carolina is not a victim here,she was not a silly little girl in love when this happened, she was a grown old woman, and she was not married to him, so the argument abour married doesn´t apply.
Edit.
There is a precedent of cases where people involve in doping in Italy has been sentenced to jail, under the "sporting fraud ". So there you have it, a crime was comited.
She confessed of knowing, she saw the drugs in her refrigerator...
The CONI case is based on input from a prosecutor in Bolzano investigating the Schwazer file, which has allegedly uncovered widespread doping within the Italian athletics federation.
Kostner also skipped a hearing at CONI in September before showing up a week later.
Schwazer failed an out-of-competition test before arriving in London and was removed from Italy's team before competing. He admitted using the blood-boosting hormone EPO, and said he was quitting the sport.
Schwazer also admitted to consulting with Lance Armstrong's banned sports doctor, Michele Ferrari.
Kostner has acknowledged accompanying Schwazer on a visit to Ferrari's office in 2010, although she maintains that she did not know he doped.
However, published reports of Kostner's testimony to Bolzano prosecutors showed she allegedly admitted lying to inspectors from the World Anti-Doping Agency who came to her home in Germany looking for Schwazer on July 29, 2012 — days before Schwazer flew to London for the Olympics.
According to Kostner's lawyer Giovanni Fontana, the skater told inspectors that Schwazer wasn't home because she wanted to respect his privacy, saying that on his WADA whereabouts form for that day he had listed that he would be available in Italy at a different time.