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Jason Spaceman
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She don't lie, she don't lie, she don't lie. . . .cocaine.
From the article:
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Canadian wheelchair athlete Jeff Adams has had his suspension for failing an
event drug test overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Adams, who has competed in three Olympics and five Paralymics on the track,
was banned from competition last year after testing positive for cocaine at
the 2006 wheelchair marathon championships in Ottawa.
It was that two-year suspension, due to be lifted just a month before this
summer's Beijing Games, that was overturned by the arbitration court.
At a news conference last June 12, Adams said the positive test was the
result of a contaminated catheter, used after an incident at a Toronto
nightclub on May 21, 2006, seven days before the Ottawa race.
The arbitration court, in Lausanne, Switzerland, agreed.
In a 27-page decision, the court (headed by Houston lawyer Mark Baker, with
Prof. Edward Ratushny of Ottawa and Toronto lawyer Graeme Mew), upheld five
of six points in the appeal.
They found in favour of Adams in all important respects, ruling no doping
violation had occurred, the ineligibility period of two years was
eliminated and that the athlete is eligible to receive direct financial
support from the Canadian government.
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Read it at http://www.cbc.ca/sports/amateur/story/2008/05/19/adams-test.html
J. Spaceman
From the article:
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Canadian wheelchair athlete Jeff Adams has had his suspension for failing an
event drug test overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Adams, who has competed in three Olympics and five Paralymics on the track,
was banned from competition last year after testing positive for cocaine at
the 2006 wheelchair marathon championships in Ottawa.
It was that two-year suspension, due to be lifted just a month before this
summer's Beijing Games, that was overturned by the arbitration court.
At a news conference last June 12, Adams said the positive test was the
result of a contaminated catheter, used after an incident at a Toronto
nightclub on May 21, 2006, seven days before the Ottawa race.
The arbitration court, in Lausanne, Switzerland, agreed.
In a 27-page decision, the court (headed by Houston lawyer Mark Baker, with
Prof. Edward Ratushny of Ottawa and Toronto lawyer Graeme Mew), upheld five
of six points in the appeal.
They found in favour of Adams in all important respects, ruling no doping
violation had occurred, the ineligibility period of two years was
eliminated and that the athlete is eligible to receive direct financial
support from the Canadian government.
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Read it at http://www.cbc.ca/sports/amateur/story/2008/05/19/adams-test.html
J. Spaceman