I am always pleased when cheats get caught, but that’s not to say that I’m never disappointed by drug busts. The latest news about LaShawn Merritt is particularly gutting, because of all the current leading sprinters, his profile didn’t seem to fit that of a doper. Merritt was a talented junior (winning the ’04 World Juniors, setting a world junior indoor best of 44.93 and clocking 44.66 outdoors at the age of 18), had progressed steadily ...
