Sand Dunes wrote:
Stopcecil! wrote:
It's just typical Letsrun trolls popping in to set people off. They have no insight into elite athletics nor any actual evidence to support their claims. All they do is look at fast times and proclaim, "EPO!!!"
Well in this case Bernard Lagat tested positive for pro. This isn't speculation but a fact that he is a cheat.
Nope. This is posted on this site:
http://www.letsrun.com/2003/lagatfull.docThe B-sample was negative, and the A-sample wasn't even really positive:
From the conclusions of the document:
11. Summary
A) All experts present agreed that the urine of Mr. Bernard Lagat did not contain any recombinant erythropoietin (rhEpo) and he therefore had not committed Epo-doping.
B) While the test of Mr. Lagat´s B-sample did not reveal any reactive components in positions taken as indication of a positive test, 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.