I really wish these guys would get their acts together and make it a policy that never is an A sample positive until the B sample confirms. No matter what, they have clouded Lagat's reputation unnecessarily. He is one of the nicest guys and more proud to wear the red white and blue than any one I have ever seen.
I asked Bernard directly about this once and he said to me:
"Chet, I have no idea what happened. I may have accidentally taken a swig out of an Ethiopian or Morroccan team water bottle thinking it was mine....other than that I don't have a clue."
the fake eddy H wrote:
I realize that he was not suspended due to the negative "B" sample, but I'm still unclear as to how the situation unfolded. I guess I just don't understand how someone who is clean can test positive in even one of his samples. Anyone with knowledge on the testing process care to explain?
Basically the test was compromised by improper handling of the sample, it was transported in a car during a heat wave (28 hrs at ~40ºC) which is no way to handle biological samples (when shipped via UPS for example they're in a polystyrene insulated container on dry-ice). The samples were shown to have unusual enzymic activity and there was no consistency between the results of the tests (no surprise, "The results also revealed that, without any doubt, there was obvious enzyme activity in this urine sample which had also altered the controls, rhEpo and Nesp"). Rereading of the A sample results showed that it wasn't positive either! From the report: "the original A-sample showed bands in this region which, however, were not fully identical with those of the reference recombinant Epo and might well be due to glycoprotein modifications."
In summary, bad lab results due to bad sample transport protocol, the results of both tests were meaningless. Hopefully it resulted in samples being handled and shipped properly but I have my doubts!
Chicano wrote:
the fake eddy H wrote:I realize that he was not suspended due to the negative "B" sample, but I'm still unclear as to how the situation unfolded. I guess I just don't understand how someone who is clean can test positive in even one of his samples. Anyone with knowledge on the testing process care to explain?
Lagat seems like a class act. The testing situation from a few years ago still strikes me as slightly suspicious.
And what YOU think means what exactly?
I will tell you...
1)JACK
and
2)SHIT.
The little racist asshole Chicano always gets pissed when you bash non-white athletes.
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