Calle said that she had had headaches before the race, and took some paracetamol and some "neosaldina", which according to her doctor did not contain any banned substances. "We think that one of these products transformed itself in my body, and this resulted in the positive test," she said, adding that she will now undergo a series of tests at the Bogota anti-doping laboratory to try to show her innocence.
Not actually such a new defense. Remember when Tammy Thomas argued that her positive was due to conversion of a "morning after" contraceptive? The arguments are specious from a biochemical point of view. I suspect that the plan is more to cause confusion among those not familiar with biochemistry. An argument that there was contamination of the product with a banned agent might be more reasonable. Neosaldina is a product sold to treat migraine so it is actually quite believable that it might contain a banned stimulant, either intentionally and off label or as a contaminant. Paracetamol is, for Americans, acetaminophen or Tylenol. Certainly not metabolized to a banned stimulant and probably less likely to be contaminated.
Mike Murray
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Bodily transformation. From CyclingNews:
Calle said that she had had headaches before the race, and took some paracetamol and some "neosaldina", which according to her doctor did not contain any banned substances. "We think that one of these products transformed itself in my body, and this resulted in the positive test,"
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said, adding that she will now undergo a series of tests at the Bogota anti-doping laboratory to try to show her innocence.
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>"Mike Murray" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:V4mZc.218473$8_6.179521@attbi_s04... > > >>Not actually such a new defense. Remember when Tammy Thomas argued that >>her >>positive was due to conversion of a "morning after" contraceptive? > > >I wasn't aware of that. Of course, that raises another interesting >question. > >
I'll say it:
Who was the lucky guy?
Crit Pro
But I thought Crit Pro had no balls ...
Well, you don't need balls to do that. Of course, not having any does make the morning after pill a rather moot point, doesn't it?
-- tanx, Howard
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>"Mike Murray" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:V4mZc.218473$8_6.179521@attbi_s04... > > >>Not actually such a new defense. Remember when Tammy Thomas argued
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>>her >>positive was due to conversion of a "morning after" contraceptive? > > >I wasn't aware of that. Of course, that raises another interesting >question. > >