Tribe wrote:
The report names a few names. One of them was Rita Jeptoo who had a flag for a HCT of 39 and a Hgb of 16. It is conceivable that a normal person, especially someone living at altitude, could have values in that range. The biological passport looks at a range of values but these reports only include Hgb, hct and retic count. That's precisely why they should be used as screens only. Unless a test is definitive, I don't think it's right to drag a potentially innocent persons name through the mud.
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Three points:
1. There is something not right about the values you are giving for Jeptoo, the hematocrit is at the bottom of the normal range for an adult woman female and yet the hemoglobin is above the normal range. What was the reticulocyte count?
2. Jeptoo has since tested positive for EPO so using her as an example does not support your argument and instead strengthens the argument for releasing the names on the list.
3. The German journalist, Seppelt, who has uncovered this scandal, insists this list of 150 athletes is not a result of one blood test reading, in fact there are several readings for each athlete and they are not on the list because of a single screening test.