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In reply to the discussion: Doping agency claims 'overwhelming' proof of cheating by cyclist Armstrong [View all]BlueMTexpat
(15,365 posts)13. Well, the problem is that the tests that were administered to Armstrong
at the time did not test positive. The teammates that have provided the most damaging testimony against Armstrong did test positive at the time.
There is a lot of controversy whether after the fact "sworn testimony" which was seen by many here in Europe (I live in Switzerland) and even some in the US to have been coerced should trump actual and contemporaneous test results that were performed under controlled conditions that were the same for all players.
Which should it be? I'm not advocating either way.
But it's not quite as black and white as the US doping agency would like to make it seem.
There is a lot of controversy whether after the fact "sworn testimony" which was seen by many here in Europe (I live in Switzerland) and even some in the US to have been coerced should trump actual and contemporaneous test results that were performed under controlled conditions that were the same for all players.
Which should it be? I'm not advocating either way.
But it's not quite as black and white as the US doping agency would like to make it seem.
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Doping agency claims 'overwhelming' proof of cheating by cyclist Armstrong [View all]
IDemo
Oct 2012
OP
Again another "rehashed scandal of doping in sports" occurring as diversion during political
glinda
Oct 2012
#17
Just ask your doctor, if you don't mind strokes, heart attack, seizures and risk of fatality
just1voice
Oct 2012
#74
Once Armstrong agreed to accept all sanctions I figured something like this would come out.
groundloop
Oct 2012
#10
I guess the hundreds of pages of evidence will explain how he beat the system..
snooper2
Oct 2012
#22
I don't think they were somehow able to persuade 23 people to commit perjury.
Nye Bevan
Oct 2012
#55