In the News: Jeanson left off Athens team

From the article:
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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.
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J. Spaceman

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"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?

"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