Australian 800m record-holder says he can challenge at world championships and Olympics after drug ban was lifted following ‘atypical’ finding on B sample
Ban on Australian 800m record-holder was lifted after ‘atypical’ findingPeter Bol says he has suffered permanent damage to his reputation after testing positive to EPO, but has vowed to push on and chase 800m gold at the Paris Olympics “to prove a lot of people wrong”.
“There’s always going to be speculations, there’s always going to be noise out there,” Bol told the Seven Network’s Spotlight program in an interview aired on Sunday evening.“But at the end of the day, whether I perform well, people are going to think you’re on the juice. “It’s our genetics; it’s who we are. We can get back in shape pretty fast it doesn’t mean we are cheating. It’s how we’re born.”
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