Peter Bol Perth 800 track runner EPO POS

This one looks pretty cut and dry - lots more positive across the globe this year. I wonder if tests are getting better or athletes getting lazy or complacent with COViD lack of testing.

I don't know any athlete that has had a failed A sample for EPO that has then returned a clean B sample, so yeah doesn't look good. I did have a look at his 800m progression over the years and it looks fairly linear and natural, no obvious jumps in performance like you would expect e.g Lamont Jacobs (100m runner) and Michelle Smith (swimmer). Both went from ranked 400th+ in the world to Olympic champion in 15 months. Bol dropped a "whole" 0.5s in 5 years for the 800m Not exactly bang for buck as far as PEDS go, especially considering the risk. Take a drug that will knock 0.5s off your time and risk losing your career, your livelihood, your reputation - everything. If he is doping, then he needs to get his $$ back from his dealer. 

Yeah. Apparently.

I was trying to get Peter to bite 😂😂😁

But you can't out fish a fisherman....lol 😜

Or running across the grass at Cairns

Come on 
we all know they needed a witches hat on that corner 
and it was 8 years 

😂😂😂

Gotta admit I needed to Google that. 

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guessing renovating houses as a career isn’t the best.  

How is an a sample positive and the b negative.

Someone farked up Big time.

The testing at whatever lab needs to be abandoned and then bol sue their arses off as this will stick with him for life.

This is really bad.

Its going to be lawyers at 90 paces. Australian has an interesting article claiming the results should never have been released. Apparently they didn't even provide Bol with evidence of the test.

So,up to this point i hadent commented on this subject as i had been fortunate to meet Peter on a number of occasions when he has been home here in perth

We both run on tuesday nights at the same track and Peter has a bunnch of the Langford Little athletics kids that he helps and runs with during his low season.

The few times we have talked led me to believe that the test was wrong simply by my impressions of him.....and sure i thaught Lance was just a 1 in a million athlete so what would i know.

But he just doesnt come across as anything but a nice guy.

So will mud stick...not in Perth it wont as he has had massive support here even through the media which is notoriouly fickle.The West Australian newspaper called it out as bullsh!t when it happened which is unusual.

I hope now he can get on with it and give the next few years a red hot go as he is pretty special to watch in real life when he is running.

For a bunch of Old Triathletes who are usually as cycnical as it gets he has made an impression on us.

I read this earlier:

The only reason the B sample was negative is he got lucky. It is really hard to test positive, even when you are taking it everyday.

Sounds like the EPO testing is as dodgy as RAT testing. IDK why they're inconsistent, but they are.

I'm a big Bol fan, he's done a lot for Australian Athletics, but I would say in all likelihood he has been doping. But as I said previously, I think because of the atypical findings with the B sample. he'll be cleared. Note he has the same manager as Bernard Lagat and Marion Jones. Who both had atypical findings with their A and B samples.

This is all not over yet