a critique of drug testing

[bironi]

Yes, it is complicated and unfair.

http://www.multi-science.co.uk/sports_science_1-1.pdf

Byron

[geezohwiz]

Byron,
Thanks for the link...this is what should be reported in the media. Alas, only salacious innuendo sells...no room for the truth!

I've contended for years that the only reason WADA exists is to sustain its own existence through finding positive test results however they can, whether ethical or not. I would suspect that if one were to be able to re-test all of the athletes that WADA has indicted over the last 7 years using proven, scientific, and unbiased medical information and processes, far more than half of the results would be "false positives" resulting from WADA's ineptitude. This is a particularly revealing finding from page 10 the report regarding WADA's mishandling of specimens and what can happen, especially in light of Floyd's situation:

"Former British middle-distance runner Diane Mohdal's sample was left in ambient conditions of 28 degrees Celsisu for two days, her normal T:ET ratio changing from 3:1 to 42:1 and resulting in a positive test"

The entire sport is fugged up. The media have no idea of the corruptness or cronyism within cycling's governing bodies. They hold WADA and the UCI up as the moral police of the sport, yet those organization are more at fault in this entire sport's public disdain than any rider or team.

WADA as the world governing body on anti-doping? Who's minding the store?