the cruellest punishment possible. the result broke the child. failure and misery are more prevalent in sports than we care to acknowledge, but this was another level. this was torture on ice. the beijing games have been tagged with a seminal catastrophe and a legacy that cannot be expunged. they will forever be the olympics that tormented a 15 year old, invited a doping signature to a signature event and hoped to cover it all with extra sequins. mike barnicle, just disgusting. it is disgusting how they treated this young girl from the very beginning with three heart medications for obviously an extraordinarily gifted young athlete who is 15 years old. and then again, just being absolutely brutal, cold and chilling to this young girl after she lost. you know, joe, the key is and you just mentioned it, she is 15 years old.