In the News: Jeanson left off Athens team

Dave H

"Sierraman" <riposa@sti.net> wrote in message
news:seidnRGQRvgPnW7dRVn-jg@sti.net...
>
> "Jason Spaceman" <notreally@jspaceman.homelinux.org> wrote
> in message news:2lg8djFc0uguU1@uni-berlin.de...
> > From the article:
> > ----------------------------
> > Cyclist's been dogged by controversy
> >
> > Her place to be filled by Manon Jutras
> >
> > RANDY STARKMAN SPORTS REPORTER
> >
> > Cyclist Genevieve Jeanson, dogged by doping suspicions
> > and controversy
all
> season,
> > has been left off the Canadian Olympic team headed for
> > Athens.
> >
> > A former double world junior champion once considered
> > the future bright
> light of
> > Canadian cycling, the 22-year-old from Lachine, Que.,
> > was the only rider
> with a
> > World Cup victory this season, but she had performed
> > poorly otherwise
and
> was likely
> > hurt by the perception she's not a team player.
> >
> > Jeanson was rejected for the third and final spot on the
> > women's road
race
> team in
> > favour of Manon Jutras of Drummondville, Que., who also
> > struggled this
> season but
> > looked strong in finishing second behind Lyne Bessette
> > of Knowlton,
Que.,
> at the
> > recent national championships in Kamloops, B.C.
> >
> > Ironically, Jutras was helped along at the nationals by
> > Bessette, who
> desperately
> > wanted to keep Jeanson off the team.
> >
> > The two are hated rivals. They feuded at the 2000 Sydney
> > Olympics, where
> Bessette
> > blamed Jeanson for messing up her chances by leading a
> > chase group
against
> her when
> > she was in front during the race. Bessette also gloated
> > when Jeanson was
> pulled from
> > the world championships in Hamilton last year after
> > failing a blood
test.
> > -----------------------------
> >
> > Read it at http://tinyurl.com/4mney
> >
> >
> >
> > J. Spaceman
>
> That's a shame. Like I said, What's going on with Jeanson?

Uhhh Duh.. Dave