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Date Posted: 5/07/13 11:03am
Author: TT
Author Host/IP: 203.3.70.26
Subject: Surely Essendon is screwed now. Surely.

The Bombers' defence grows more and more implausible by the day.

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http://m.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/drug-suspicions-over-essendon-grow-20130704-2pfa5.html

By Richard Baker, Jake Niall and John Silvester

Concerns that Essendon players were given a banned performance-enhancing drug have strengthened with the emergence of an invoice showing the club was billed for a "Thymosin peptide".
The invoice provides a paper trail between the club and the possible provision to players of Thymosin beta 4, a substance banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency since at least 2011 for its performance-enhancing effect and viewed more seriously than the failed anti-obesity drug AOD9604.
Fairfax Media understands that Essendon players have been unable to explain to anti-doping investigators whether the club's 2012 supplements program involved Thymosin beta 4, popular with body builders because it aids muscle recovery, or a benign version, known as Thymosin alpha, used to treat AIDS and cancer patients and deemed by WADA not to have any performance-enhancing effect.
It is understood that player testimony on the issue of Thymosin has been vague, with players unable to specify which type of the drug was taken.
Since Fairfax Media first approached Essendon in April about the possible use of Thymosin beta 4, the club has maintained its belief that only the WADA-safe Thymosin alpha was used.
However, sources with a knowledge of the progress of the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority investigation believe there is a strong circumstantial case mounting to suggest the "Thymosin peptide" referred to in the Essendon invoice was beta 4.

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... Essendon has maintained its belief only WADA-safe Thymosin alpha (an AIDS treatment) not Thymosin beta 4 (aids muscle recovery), was used. -- TT, 5/07/13 11:09am
- I particularly like David Evans'.. -- BBB, 5/07/13 2:19pm
  - Re: I particularly like David Evans'.. -- Bookmark this., 5/07/13 3:21pm
  - "Dean Rioli hadn't returned to the club, had he?" -- TT, 5/07/13 3:23pm
    - Re: And who cops it ? -- John the Don, 5/07/13 7:59pm
      - I reckon the supporters and a lot of the players have the right to feel agrieved. (NT) -- TT, 5/07/13 9:54pm
  - James Hird -- Reggi, 6/07/13 7:29pm

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