Lab Tests Should Not Be Only Way to Convict Drug Cheats; Tim Montgomery's Hearing Heralds a New Era in Fight Against Doping, Finds Natasha Woods
Sunday Herald › November 02, 2004
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THE world's fastest man has never failed a drugs test and, publicly at least, has always denied taking illegal substances. Yet tom-orrow, Tim Montgomery was supposed to face his accusers in court. That hearing was postponed last night but when it comes it will be, without question, a significant moment in the fight against doping.
That is because the case brought by the US Anti-Doping Agency against the world 100m record holder and fellow track star Chryste Gaines does not cite any positive tests against either athlete. It cannot because there have never been any.See the full content of this document
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Lab Tests Should Not Be Only Way to Convict Drug Cheats; Tim Montgomery's Hearing Heralds a New Era in Fight Against Doping, Finds Natasha Woods
Instead the three-man Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) panel, sitting in San Francisco, will listen to both sides make their arguments over the next week and then decide whether there is enough evidence to prove a "non-analytical positive".
No lon...See the full content of this document
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