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Date Posted: 11:50:37 09/23/04 Thu
Author: Per
Author Host/IP: 0xc2ef15c5.bynxx5.adsl-dhcp.tele.dk / 194.239.21.197
Subject: B-sample OL not negative but inconclusive!
In reply to: 42 's message, "Phonak's Statement does not say Olympic B *is* negative" on 09:42:08 09/23/04 Thu

From www.cyclingnews.com

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced that Tyler Hamilton's "B sample" taken during the Olympic Games in Athens has been considered as "non-conclusive because of lack of enough intact red blood cells". This means that although his A sample was positive, the IOC will not be pursuing sanctions against the American, and that he will keep his gold medal that he won during the time trial. However, according to his Phonak team, both Hamilton's A and B samples have come back positive from the Vuelta a Espaņa, which means that it's highly likely that a disciplinary process will be started against him by the UCI.

"The fact that the analysis of the B sample was not conclusive does not challenge the accuracy of the analysis of the A sample; the method used during the Olympic Games in Athens was authorized by the World Anti-Doping Agency after validation by the international scientific community in accordance with an established set of criteria

The whole story at:

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2004/sep04/sep23news4

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