Doping scandal surrounding Peter Bol gives him 'no chance' of running well at Paris Olympics, coach says

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Peter Bol's lawyer says the Australian athlete's career hopes hang on his B sample result, but his coach says the doping accusations have already damaged his Paris Olympics medal chances.

Lagat competed for Kenya at the Sydney 2000 Olympics, winning a bronze medal in the men's 1,500m, before failing his drug test in 2003.

"There is a minor chance of that test being positive due to some sort of error in the lab, although this isn't very common," Mr Bellinger said.Griffith University sports scientist Phil Bellinger says athletes may inject EPO to boost red blood cell mass and improve endurance performance. Lance Armstrong is probably the most prominent athlete who has tested positive or admitted to using EPO in the past 20 years.

"If you do inject EPO in this microdose format, it is very hard to detect … it does require very precise testing," he said.Right now Bol's legal team only has a one-page summary sheet, but it has requested laboratory documents to begin building its case.

 

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Drug scandal or no, this guy almost brought home an Olympic bronze medal for Australia. Detractors complain about gangs, crime, welfare dependency and other social disfunction among African migrants, but Aussie legend Peter Bol makes it all worth it.

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