Swimming's international governing body FINA has cleared Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe of doping allegations. FINA's conclusions were that the levels of alleged drugs occurred naturally in his body and there is no need to investigate further.
This is an investigation that should have never happened. I wonder who blew the non-existant dope whistle on him. The actual dope in this case is the person or persons who accused Ian in the first place.
When situations like this come up, my first thought was "who did you tick off?" Someone doesn't normally go to one of the sport governing bodies unless 1: you have solid proof (which the person(s) involved in the Thorpe case didn't have or 2: something else (unrelated to swimming) is going on here i.e. someone trying to shake you down for money, for example.
Ian has every right to protect his good name and reputation. I hope he does. Maybe that will make some other nutcase think twice about going after an athlete (or any celebrity for that matter) with unfounded allegations, in order to destroy their careers or worse, their international reputations.
