Sports Integrity Australia and the federal sports minister have refused to comment on independent test results that cleared the runner of using EPO.
Serious questions remain about the conduct and competence of the government agencies involved. Those questions must be answered.
Peter Bol’s legal team claims “inexperience and incompetence at the Australian Sports Drug Testing Laboratory led to an incorrect determination”.
The AFL’s three-strikes policy,with a suspension kicking in after the second strike,prioritises rehabilitation. Bailey Smith and Jack Ginnivan each received two-game bans for conduct unbecoming. Essentially,they were punished for being caught.
Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Michelle Payne says a Racing Victoria charge over a horse she trained that returned a positive drug sample is “a learning curve” which has taught her to allow extra time after any veterinary treatment.
Peter Bol believes whatever he does now – run fast or slow – it will only reinforce prejudice in some people’s minds,so doubters be damned.
People get too hung up on this B-sample stuff;a “use” charge could be established just on analysis of one of the samples.
The Bulldogs recruit will have to provide a series of negative samples to have his contract rubber-stamped,as he steps up his return to rugby league.
The fallout from the Knights’ toilet cubicle incident continues after the RLPA threatened to stop the game’s governing body from drug testing players.
All clubs concede the issue is complex,with clear answers on the AFL’s controversial illicit drugs policy difficult to develop.
The two coaches at the centre of the “darkest day in Australian sport” want a second chance. Do they deserve it?