As Track Atones, Some Athletes Seek More Than an Apology

Published by Christopher Clarey/nytimes.com on January 17th, 2016

There have been many doping scandals, too many, but if allegations about the demanding and extorting of bribes to cover up test results are true, track and field’s former leader Lamine Diack and his minions and relations took the category to a new level of low by corrupting from the top.

It is a big, particularly rank can of worms, and the Diack damage, along with the Russian federation’s suspension from the sport, raises the question of what might be done for athletes who have missed out on their rightful rewards.

Reallocating medals has become standard practice — depressing testimony to how often that sports event you just watched turns out to be a sham.

But what about a more radical approach: paying reparations to those who were cheated?