>>They suspended her based on the newspaper report saying it was a positive test.
So you changed from 'The IAAF never banned Yegorova for a positive test.They had a temporary ban to give them time to verify the newspaper story which had said it was a positive test. 'I got it.
>>Then they checked the test and found it was not positive so they reinstated her.
Where did you get that information?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/in_depth/2001/world_athletics/our_man_at_edmonton/1481240.stm
Yegorova tested positive for banned performance-enhancing hormone EPO at the Golden League meeting in Paris last month and was initially banned by athletics' governing body, the IAAF. But she was reinstated on Saturday on a technicality when it was revealed that French doping authorities had failed to carry out a blood test to back up the results of her urine sample, as IAAF regulations state.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/in_depth/2001/world_athletics/1474020.stm
>>The world indoor 3000m champion had been suspended by the International Amateur Athletics Federation (IAAF) when she tested positive for the endurance-boosting drug EPO. The IAAF has dismissed the case because of a legal blunder. Yegorova was suspended after she tested positive at the Golden League meeting in Paris last month. "For rule and legal reasons the IAAF has no choice but to lift the ban on the athlete," said Arne Ljunqvist, head of the IAAF anti-doping commission.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/hi/english/in_depth/2001/world_athletics/newsid_1469000/1469931.stm
>>But International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) spokesman Giorgio Reineri said on Thursday: "She is suspended from the championships."The IAAF has decided to suspend the Russian despite not having completed a second test of the athlete's urine. However, it has the power to suspend an athlete after the first test if it proves positive, as Yegorova's did.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/in_depth/2001/world_athletics/our_man_at_edmonton/1474992.stm
Dutch-based Hermens told BBC Sport on Sunday: "We accept the technicality - that's part of the sport. But she [Yegorova] has cheated. It's proven. "The EPO test has been used by cycling, it's been verified by the UCI (International Cycling Union) but not by the IAAF and International Olympic Committee."
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/athletics/news/2001/08/12/notebook_ap/
Among those who passed drug tests Saturday was 5,000-meter gold medalist Olga Yegorova of Russia. She was the subject of much criticism from competitors after she was allowed to compete even though a urine sample taken last week in Paris was positive for the endurance-enhancer EPO. She was allowed to compete because no blood test was done, as is required by the IAAF.
http://www.theage.com.au/sport/2001/08/11/FFX1APRU6QC.html
"Last week, we were really embarrassed because on a technicality we had to let her (Yegorova) go, but we thought it morally impossible to let her compete, so we tested her again," Gyulai said.