davies report wrote:
Runningart2004 wrote:
I am almost certain there are designer steroids still out there like the old "Clear".
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/TetrahydrogestrinoneAs long as your T:E ratio remains under the threshold there is no way to get caught.
Out of competition testing is really the thing that keeps the drugs in check.
Alan
Not quite true. They can run CIR tests on samples where the T:E ratio is below 4:1.
But is there a synthetic T with the correct ratios available ?
But they usually don't run CIR if the ratio is below 4:1 because of the cost (CIR costs 10 times more than the standard ratio test). If an athlete is flagged for a T/E ratio over 4:1 they can proceed with a case of doping without the CIR test They'll never know whether it was synthetic T, anabolic steroids, DHEA, etc. - so it goes down as a ban for the finding of "Anabolic Androgenic Steroids (AAS)."
There are some cases with high-profile athletes that CIR was used absent an abnormal ratio test:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2006-08-01-0608010347-story,amp.htmlhttps://www.velonews.com/news/the-test-that-caught-tom-danielson/