Dave and Matt discuss doping again a couple of days after Zane Robertson's 8 year suspension was confirmed for testing positive for EPO. The two discuss Zane's interesting excuse, other interesting excuses provided by elite athletes upon returning positive tests and some interesting facts about the testing proceedures.
Show Notes:
Article on Zane’s Ban
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/kiwi-olympian-zane-robertson-suspended-eight-years-for-doping/LOQE4ZZU6JEXFND2LAZF6HVGNI/
Article on Peter Bol’s Team
https://wwos.nine.com.au/news/athletics-news-2023-peter-bol-bernard-lagat-drug-test-controversies-lead-to-james-templeton-raising-alarming-question/b1e8114d-ea33-48f4-be37-355d8b85657d?ocid=Social-WWOS
Articles on Testing for Synthetic EPO
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18583375/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6790592/
Article on WADA Testing Procedures
https://www.embopress.org/doi/full/10.15252/embr.202154431
WADA Document on EPO Testing
https://www.wada-ama.org/sites/default/files/2023-02/td2022epo_v1.0_final_eng.pdf
Podcast Episodes with Zane Post Announcement
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1PFFz2YqU73GPGu7kS4V8f?si=2DF7D815-3FF0-4040-9ECF-A354D2EAC307&utm_source=system-ua-share&nd=1
Interesting excuses
https://www.casino.org/blog/10-worst-doping-excuses-in-history/
https://www.vegasodds.com/worst-doping-excuses-in-sports/
https://runningmagazine.ca/the-scene/ridiculous-doping-excuses/
