Forrest Child wrote:
In fact, it is very popular among women, because it has mild androgenic effect and strong anabolic effect. Women athletes are using fractions of therapeutic recommended doses, and it is administered intramuscular, possibly also subcutaneously (with lower effect and shorter half life - depending whether it is decanoate, or phenylpropionate). Absorption via ingestion is minuscule (it is NOT 17-alkylated anabolic steroid, thus it is excreted in different form of metabolite when ingested) and she would have to eat huge quantity of infested meat to have 2,5x the limit, not to mention that the test is dialed for metabolites produced by the body after the injection.
Plus, any AAS can be masked in the body by the knowledgeable "trainer" (either bona fide pharmacist/physician, or self proclaimed like Salazar). I am not talking about diuretics that were used in the 80s, but much more advanced protocols. Unfortunately for cheating athletes, it is not 100% waterproof, and human bodies react differently to different environments, and stimuli. that's how she got popped. Get over it, she has clearly cheated for years, just like other US athletes that got off without punishment.
This is all correct.
One possibility is that she had some build up of the drug in her fat stores.
She could have released it while getting significantly leaner in a training block.