Sunday, July 30, 2006

So, uh... yeah. Floyd?

As we all know, Mr Landis has failed a wildly inaccurate testosterone test. The testing organization has been quoted in the past that it should no longer be run due to it's interpretation issues. In past years, you were "out of range" if the ratio was 100 to 1, and now it's down to 4 to 1.
From Velonews "Anabolic steroids, of which testosterone is the granddaddy, can have a central nervous system effect," he said. "But anabolic steroids largely work by increasing the capacity for training and increasing the bulk and tolerance of muscles. That isn't going to happen in a few hours." Floyd has been tested many times, and this steroid is not something that you take for a an immediate issue.
His first TV interview on Larry King Live came across as a little weak. The next day he made his innocence statement much more vigorously. If he has cheated, it hurts the sport for all of us. I cannot believe he'd do something so dumb as this. In any case, he should be considered innocent until proven guilty.

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