From YAHOO NEWS-
May 2, 2007
LONDON (AP) -- The head of the World Anti-Doping Agency reiterated his full confidence Wednesday in the French laboratory that tested Floyd Landis' samples from the Tour de France.
WADA president Dick Pound defended the Chatenay-Malabry lab, which found that Landis recorded elevated levels of testosterone -- including synthetic versions of the substance -- when he won last year's Tour.
The American rider and his defense team repeatedly have attacked the credibility of the lab, contending it has committed numerous mistakes.
"It is an accredited laboratory by WADA," Pound said during a conference call. "That means it has met some very stringent quality-control requirements in the sense of being able to detect the presence of prohibited substances in samples.
"It's one of the leading laboratories in the world and has spearheaded some of the breakthroughs in tests for EPO and so forth. We have no reason to think that the work done in that lab, and frankly in any of our other labs, is sub-par. We have confidence in what it's done."
On other issues, Pound urged China to toughen anti-doping measures before the 2008 Beijing Olympics and said WADA will consider doubling the standard doping penalty from two to four years.
Landis' camp made new accusations against the French lab on Sunday, saying it had mishandled and erased computer files involving his tests.
French Anti-Doping Agency director Pierre Bordry said that even before Landis' latest criticism the agency had asked for a separate outside review of how the lab handled the case.
Landis has an arbitration hearing May 14 in California, where he is expected to question the practices of the French lab. If doping accusations are upheld, he faces a two-year ban from competition. He also would be the first rider in the 104-year history of the Tour to be stripped of the title. He already has agreed not to compete in this year's event while the case is pending.
Landis tested positive for elevated testosterone to epitestosterone levels after he won the 17th stage in a stunning comeback that put him in line to win the Tour...
In case anyone’s wondering, this guy heading up a governing / policing organization is like the Castro heading up a commission on human rights.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again- personally I think this guy’s just mad at the world, after all, if your name was Dick Pound wouldn’t you be?
Hee, hee- Dick Pound.
-Kirk
2 comments:
Robby- Mom wanted me to let you know that she will be calling you soon. I told her that she could just e-mail you...but I think she wanted to be in your blog. :) HI MOM!
ROBBIE,
I just wanted you to know that Carol Farner would be very proud of you. You are in our thoughts and prayers on your great journey across the land. It is so cool that you are doing this for charity, and your Mom. Your Mom is an Angel. I love you Aunt Mary. So Rob, stop whining,suck it up and Ride like Walter Payton played football, or else I'll track you down and yell at ya like Mickey, " Come on Ya Bum" Ride.
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