Last night text messages were flying around Paris faster than [censored]'s troops made it to Paris. LNDD opened it's doors three hours earlier than usual as people tried to make it look like Lance's old samples had been stored properly...:p
British rugby league player's positive a landmark in anti-doping
Almost 12 years after [censored] Voet was caught with a car full of performance enhancing drugs at the Belgian border heading to the Tour de France, anti-doping authorities have successfully banned an athlete for one of the drugs found in Voet's possession: human growth hormone (hGH).
In a landmark case, UK Anti-Doping announced that rugby league player Terry Newton has accepted a two-year suspension after testing positive for hGH in an out-of-competition control carried out on November 24, 2009 . This is the first time an athlete has been sanctioned for hGH use.
HGH has long been used by athletes to help in recovery and to aide in muscle growth. It has been on the World anti-doping Agency's (WADA) list of banned substances but tests for the hormone have proven difficult because it is produced by the human body naturally, and the drug does not remain in the system for long.
New Test For Human Growth Hormone Nabs First Athlete | Cyclingnews.com