Martina Fights; Thorpedo Cleared

by Rant November 7, 2007

Almost every time I write one of these articles, I have an idea of what subject or subjects I want to cover. Just as often as not, something happens before my fingers hit the keyboard that winds up shooting a hole in my plans. Today, I was going to take a further look into more […]

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T-Mobile: Sunk By Sinkewitz?

by Rant November 5, 2007

Word on the street (at least according to Agence France Presse) is that T-Mobile, the German telecommunications company, may be about to ditch T-Mobile, the professional cycling team. And if they do, the ongoing saga of Patrick Sinkewitz may have a great deal to do with the demise of the long-standing sponsorship arrangement. More to […]

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Towards A Fair Fight?

by Rant November 4, 2007

Starting Tuesday, a case that may have a major impact on how doping cases are adjudicated (at least in Europe, and perhaps beyond) will begin in Liege, Belgium. It is, perhaps, the first time that an athlete has sued in a civil court over the right of the World Anti-Doping Agency and a sport’s governing […]

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Martina Hingis Retires From Tennis

by Rant November 1, 2007

Martina Hingis shocked the tennis (and sports) world today by retiring from the sport, rather than spending years fighting doping allegations. Hingis apparently tested positive for cocaine on June 29th at Wimbledon, but did not learn of the initial result until September, with an analysis of her B sample confirming the result a few weeks […]

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Standard? What Standard?

by Rant October 30, 2007

Last night I did a bit more research into cortisone/glucocorticosteroids testing methods, courtesy of a European correspondent who emailed me a link to the proceedings from the 2005 Cologne anti-doping conference. In a long list of articles, I found three that reference various methods used to detect the presence of glucocorticosteroids at different WADA-accredited labs. […]

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Was It Something Else?

by Rant October 28, 2007

Ever since the Floyd Landis scandal broke in July 2006, I’ve been puzzled and bothered by what seems to be an odd inconsistency in the story. As followers of the Landis saga know, France’s anti-doping lab reported that Landis tested positive for the use of synthetic testosterone on Stage 17 of the Tour de France […]

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