HardLoper wrote:
If his intent was not to deny that he cheated or failed a test, he wouldn't have tweeted. No other interpretation of his tweet makes any sense.
Once again, "A or B sample" aren't different tests.
Then why not tweet clearly?
Second, of course they're separate tests, but not separate violations. Look here:
http://www.usatf.org/about/legal/antidoping/usadaprotocol.aspb. Upon receipt of a positive laboratory A report or a report indicating an elevated testosterone/epitestosterone ratio or epitestosterone concentration, USADA will promptly notify the USOC, the applicable NGB and athlete at the address on the Doping Control Notification/Signature Form and shall advise the athlete of the date on which the laboratory will conduct the B sample analysis. The athlete may attend the B sample analysis accompanied by a representative at his or her own expense. Prior to the B sample opening, USADA shall provide to the athlete the A sample laboratory documentation set forth on Annex B. A sample shall not be considered positive until after the B sample analysis confirms the A sample analysis.
c. Upon receipt of the laboratory's B sample report, USADA shall promptly notify the USOC, the applicable NGB and the athlete. USADA shall then provide to the athlete the B sample documentation package set forth on Annex C. The laboratory shall not be required to produce any documentation in addition to Annexes B and C unless ordered to do so by an arbitrator(s) during adjudication, in which case it shall be produced at the athlete's expense.