loipl wrote:
Let me say something about drug testing, its not as clean cut as everyone thinks. Yes there is more testing in Europe and the United States, yes there is less in Jamaica and Africa, and yes athletes can use havens to escape too and not be tested.
However Bolt being in Europe and not competing does not mean he isn't avoiding drug testers, he still is. Most drug testing takes place during the season and most of it near the big meets in Asia, Europe, and the U.S. So WADA is not going to send a drug tester to hunt down Bolt when that drug tester and his resources could be testing 20 other athletes.
Do you have any evidence to back the claim that there are more test in Europe than in America?
This is impossible to know and last time I checked the USADA release the number of tests done on any athletes. There is not such thing as an European anti-doping agency. In Europe the standard is NOT the same in every countries.In Britain for example, they release the names of positive athletes but if I want to know how many times Dwain Chambers has been OOC tested by UKAD, I can't (forgive me if I'm wrong), If I want to check for Tyson Gay, however I can enter his name on the USADA database. And Apparently Britain is held in high standard in what's concerning anti-doping...
BTW, the German doctor who looks after Bolt is well known.
He is the current doctor of Bayern Munich (and the German soccer national team), one of Europe most powerful soccer club.
Last I read, Bolt and company are being tested five times a week in season, in Jamaica.