Peter Bol

Bol's US-based lawyer, Paul Greene, delivered a letter to Sport Integrity Australia (SIA) last week insisting the governing body was "completely wrong" about ...

"Athletes all (the) time are told they have to come forward, and admit they have to come forward, and admit they did something wrong. They need to come forward and do the same." It was just a matter of time. People cannot be convicted under the World Anti-Doping Code system, or any system, on shadows and whispers; they have to have evidence. We all need to come forward and admit we're wrong. "'We're sorry' — say you're sorry. They have no evidence at all at this point as to any wrongdoing. I begged them not to announce it," Greene added. Speaking on Nine's Todayshow on Wednesday morning, Greene said the ASDTL investigators "just couldn't ... SIA's reasoning was Bol's B sample had produced an atypical finding, which is neither positive nor negative. "The lab failed to understand that Mr Bol's symmetric band indicated the presence of uEPO (natural EPO) only and not a mixed band that contained both natural EPO and synthetic EPO," Greene added. Greene said in his letter to SIA that the independent tests showed "an incorrect determination" by the Australian Sports Drug Test Laboratory (ASDTL) was caused by "inexperience and incompetence".

Independent testing has revealed Peter Bol never used the banned substance that saw the middle distance star provisionally banned last year, rocking the ...

I don’t think a single Australian track athlete has been done for EPO – to accuse me of that, and give me no proof, was just unfair.” They have absolutely no evidence at all at this point as to any wrongdoing. “I don’t want to fight, but I don’t want to go quietly either. I want them to acknowledge that. The people who analysed it had no idea who I was, and it shows in detail how [ASDTL] messed up. “They just need to say they messed this up, this was a mistake, we’re sorry.” We want to improve the whole sport. “I remember when I had to explain it to my family, and I was just kind of confused, and to see how upset they were, was just really unnecessary when that B Sample shouldn’t have been made public anyway. “This month I’m supposed to have an interview with Sport Integrity (Australia) and I still haven’t heard yet and the month is about to be over. Asked about how it felt to have his name dragged through the mud after the positive A-sample was leaked, Bol described it was a “rollercoaster”. “The fact is I don’t think this should have happened at all, to start with” “I wasn’t guilty, waiting for a miracle – I was innocent and waiting for it to be proved,” he said.

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They have absolutely no evidence at all at this point to any wrongdoing. “People cannot be convicted under the World Anti-Doping system or any system on just shadows and whispers. They have to have actual evidence, and there is none.” “Had so much support from my family, my team, my lawyer as well, my management company. “And the worst part of it now is why was it announced first of all, which never should have been and I begged them not to announce it. Speaking on Today, Bol said he was “glad” he took the extra steps necessary to prove his innocence, but believes the fact his investigation remains ongoing is “completely unfair.”

Australian runner Peter Bol says his drug-test saga should never have happened as his lawyer demands a doping agency drop a "sham" case against the track ...

"There was nothing on his phone. There is nothing on his computer. "Two, now they just ... A dual Olympian and a Commonwealth Games silver medallist in his pet event the 800m, Bol was bewildered why SIA said he had failed a drugs test and how the finding was leaked to the media. Bol was told on 10 January of a positive result to the banned drug erythropoietin, known as EPO, in his A sample from a test three months prior. - Bol was told in January of a positive result to the banned drug erythropoietin, known as EPO.

Lawyers for the Australian Olympic star have blasted Sport Integrity Australia in a letter alleging that Bol's sample which tested positive for EPO never ...

“We conclude that there is no scientific evidence provided by the laboratory which proves the presence of recombinant EPO in Bol’s urine,” they said. Bol has returned to training, but will not compete in the Australian Track and Field Championships, which begin in Brisbane on Monday. The initial positive test was reached using the SARS-Page method, and Professor Chen’s report is critical of the failure to undertake further testing. EPO is a naturally occurring hormone produced in the kidneys, but can be synthesised (sometimes referred to as rEPO) to aid performance and recovery in athletes. Both reports conclude, according to the letter, that “there is no evidence to show the presence of synthetic EPO in [Bol’s] urine”. The claims are based on two expert reports provided to SIA by Greene, from Professor David Chen at the University of British Columbia and four Norwegian researchers, Professor Jon Nissen-Meyer, Professor Erik Boye, Professor Bjarne Østerud and Tore Skotland.

Serious questions remain about the conduct and competence of the government agencies involved. Those questions must be answered.

It says to me that you can work as hard as you want – this is a land of opportunity – but it’s hard to get justice if you don’t have the resources or team around you.” Trying to communicate to my Mum what I was getting done for was the saddest moment. If you can do that, you can be pretty happy.” “You can be so angry but now is not the time,” he says. Bol and his family came to this country after escaping war-torn Sudan when he was four years old. Both SIA and Athletics Australia deny they were the source of the leak. “SIA is the results management authority under the WADA rules,” Greene said on Tuesday. You could have spent that time and money on trying to improve your systems. “Then, three weeks later, the news comes out and I’m done for the same thing. I want to be smart about things.” One of those experts, Dr David Chen from the University of British Columbia, argues the Australian Sports Drug Testing Laboratory (ASDTL) incorrectly analysed the sample. “I only started proper training a week and a half ago.

Australian runner Peter Bol has urged Sports Integrity Australia to "do better" after two independent laboratories found his samples showed no signs of ...

I am a good athlete, I train and I put in the work." They need to come forward and do the same.” “In fact all the time athletes are told they have to come forward and admit they did something wrong. Bol will have to miss the Australian Track and Field Championships in Brisbane next week but is looking forward to returning in May for the Diamond League in Morocco. The letter slams the body for its “mishandling”, how Bol was “mistreated” and called for the ongoing investigation into the runner to be closed immediately. Peter Bol's lawyer has lashed out at Sports Integrity Australia and the "incompetence and inexperience" at the Australian Sports Drug Testing Laboratory which led to the champion runner's reputation being tarnished by an "incorrect" drug sample.

Australian Olympian Peter Bol wants the drug investigation into him dropped after two independent laboratories found his samples never contained the banned ...

Sport Integrity Australia and the government laboratory accused of botching Peter Bol's anti-doping sample are staying silent as pressure builds.

Chen concluded “the reported finding of [a positive result] was improper and did not meet the criteria required by the WADA TD”. A prominent Australian sports lawyer, who requested anonymity to speak frankly about the saga, called the situation a “farce”. “It will impact the Sydney lab, and any of the other Wada-accredited labs doing EPO testing. “They have nothing to ask him – zero,” the agent continued. “They have nothing to investigate.” “It would not be appropriate to comment on an operational matter of Sport Integrity Australia.”

Sports Integrity Australia and the federal sports minister have refused to comment on independent test results that cleared the runner of using EPO.

I just think it was unfair. ‘Do I think it was racist? “Do I think it was racist? “I couldn’t Google to see what I was getting done for,” he said. “I begged them not to announce it, but now that they are obviously wrong they are refusing to drop this sham investigation. Greene continued his attack on the EPO testing process, which is considered by many to be too subjective. A second analysis, from Dr David Chen at the University of British Columbia, was more damning of SIA’s findings. I couldn’t research anything because I felt like I was getting framed.” “I was worried they were going to see what I was looking up. It was incompetence. “One of AA’s wellbeing support workers called and said, ‘We just wanted to know that you don’t feel that way?’” Bol told the Herald. “I basically said, ‘This is the time you choose to help me?

Bol's lawyer Paul Greene is demanding Sport Integrity Australia (SIA) drop a “sham” case and admit there's no evidence against the middle-distance runner. WATCH ...

“I do not expect that they will admit this, they’re going to continue to circle the wagons in this sham investigation and not admit they were wrong when it’s obvious they were.” “This is a subjective interpretation of gel blots on a piece of paper, the same way they do DNA analysis, and their interpretation of the gel blots was just plain wrong. “We didn’t retest the urine, we looked at the same data they looked at, this all comes down to data and blots on a gel page, that’s what this comes down to,” he said. “They just simply were wrong in their conclusion that the A sample was positive, it should have been negative.” “Coming forward and admitting they were wrong would be a great start, let’s start with that, and then we can decide what happens after they do that - but they’re not going to do that. “There is no evidence here, they have a duty to come forward and admit they were wrong, and so far they have not done that.” “These were inexperienced lab people, they just made a mistake - there’s multiple factors I laid out in the letter explaining why they made a mistake. “In the simplest terms possible, they made a mistake, they messed it up, the lab got it wrong, sport integrity Australia got it wrong in the results management process - it never should have been leaked,” Greene said. “(I) never used any performance substances, never used any drugs - I am just a good athlete, I train and I put in the work.” “Our experts came forward, they looked at the same lab packets and said there was no evidence of synthetic EPO. “I mean, there’s no investigation, there’s no evidence and in the world of anti-doping just like every other judicial system, you have to actually be found to have committed something wrong by actual evidence. Bol’s lawyer Paul Greene is demanding Sport Integrity Australia (SIA) drop a “sham” case and admit there’s no evidence against the middle-distance runner.

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Dr Catherine Ordway, a former employee of the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) who now lectures in sports integrity, told Today the case is more ...

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Perth track star Peter Bol has revealed he felt he was being 'framed' in the wake of startling allegations he was a drug cheat.

I couldn’t research anything because I felt like I was getting framed.” “It was incompetence. You can make a better judgment after you find that out.