Rogge pumping up the tires of Lewis' steroid fuelled medal count speaks for itself as far as him being stuck in the old blind IOC ways from the 80's and early 90's. He wasn't in the IOC, but in Euro Olympic circles, so I am sure he new what was going on behind the scenes.
Recall too that was the era of host cities buying members, no doubt the USOC greased the wheels of the IOC back then too to look the other way for Lewis and the other US track athletes chemically induced performance.
Also in this day and age, Bolt's made more money then he knows what to do with, and will make even more from this. Do a couple seasons of Golden League to cash in on that, and the decide if there is a push for Rio 2 years after that. He owes Rogge nothing...track athletes have a short lifespan career wise.
Still gutted about that bronze lost. Even though Gord Miller (Don Whittman RIP) botched the call a bit, with so much focus on Bolt and not mentioning Canada got third until a good 30 seconds after the race, that was the most exciting track moment since 1996 for Canada IMO until the DQ.
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