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Article: Pound Says Jones Case Should Proceed; Official Believes USADA Risks 'Big Credibility Loss' If It Waits
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- The Washington Post
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- June 16, 2004
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Saying the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency risked a "big credibility loss"
if it took no action against track superstar Marion Jones given the
media speculation surrounding its investigation, World Anti-Doping
Agency Chairman Dick Pound yesterday suggested the U.S. agency
consider bringing formal charges against her and letting an
arbitration panel decide whether she had committed a drug violation.
Pound, who acknowledged his agency had oversight over USADA but
said he did not want to interfere in the case, also said the scrutiny
on Jones threatened to become a "Tonya Harding-Nancy Kerrigan story" -
- referring to the media frenzy over Harding's role in an attack on
Kerrigan before the 1994 Winter ...