“I literally thought it was a joke at first, and then he said, ‘I’m on speakerphone and the drug testers are here’.” 7NEWS
I guess must be a mistake because I’m 100 per cent certain of my innocence. I’m not sure whether it’s the test or what’s going on, but I’ve never used it, not in my innocence, and the truth will come out eventually.
“As soon as they said you had to inject into yourself, I knew it’s just a terrible mistake.” Bol said. “Or I think I said something like... it’s either a set-up or it’s a big mistake because there is no way I’d ever even consider cheating in this sport.His coach also strongly denies any involvement or knowledge of taking EPO.
He blitzed the semi-final and then put in a Herculean effort in the final, just missing out on the bronze medal.“The only thing I regret is the last 100 tightening up a little bit. Other than that, came here to win. That’s what I did. I tried to win.Bol’s journey to Australian folklore has been well documented, having been born in Sudan, emigrated to Egypt as a child, before eventually gaining humanitarian status thorough the UNHCR and settling in Perth, Australia.
“And that’s when I just picked up my basketball, picked up my bike, because I think physical activity is important for mental health and so I had to keep that up. It just didn’t have to be running. And I just stopped after a week and I said, ‘I’m not running, because I’m not running to be the best in the world anymore. I’m running to clear my name’.”
“To put it in perspective, I think one week, I had four tests. In the space of 24 hours, I had three. I think it was at 6am, 10pm and that’s 6am the next day.” “Athletes got onto it because they realised that if you can increase the number of red blood cells in your body, you can increase the amount of oxygen going around which is fantastic” said Dr Catherine Ordway, sport integrity research lead at the University of Canberra.
But it remains that EPO is a subjective analysis by the lab directors. It’s not like a pregnancy test; you are or you’re not. “I mean, listen, I tested positive for EPO in October during my off season. What performances am I trying to chase? A park run in Perth? Come on.
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