Posted on 09/13/2005 1:12:26 PM PDT by smoothsailing
Another factoid. The alleged sample was a "B" sample. According to WADA rules, if the "A" sample tests negative, the "B" sample is to be destroyed after a certain amount of time. I don't know what the specified time is, I need to check my references on drug control. Of course the half life of the substances in question come into play here.
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Saw a shirt a few years' ago at a Bears' game that said it all:
"F*ck the French."
If I understand you correctly,the EPO would be detectable only if recently added to the sample,or at least the suspicion of that would be reasonable.
A deliberately doctored sample?
Lance Armstrong's record setting seventh Tour de France victory, along with his entire Tour de France legacy, may be tarnished by what could turn out to be one of the greatest sports scandals of all time. Armstrong is being quizzed by French police after three banned substances were found in his South France hotel room while on
vacation after winning the 2005 Tour de France.
The three substances found were toothpaste, deodorant, and soap which
have been banned by French authorities for over 75 years.
Armstrong's girlfriend and American rocker Sheryl Crowe is quoted as saying:
"We use them every day in America, so we naturally
thought they'd be ok throughout Europe."
Along with these three banned substances, French authorities also physically searched Armstrong himself and found several other interesting items that they have never seen before,.....including a backbone
and testicles.
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