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New York Times, and a number of links to Tyler in the news.
Since it might require a username and password, not sure so I included the
article. See below at bottom for other links on Tyler. http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/22/sp...ycling.html?hp A Cycling Medalist Denies Evidence of Doping By SAMUEL ABT Published: September 22, 2004 Keystone, Steffen Schmidt/Associated Press Tyler Hamilton of the United States defending himself Tuesday against accusations of blood doping. PARIS, Sept. 21 - Tyler Hamilton, the American bicycle racer who won a gold medal in the individual time trial at the Olympics last month in Athens, is suspected of receiving illegal performance-enhancing blood transfusions for that event and for a major race in Spain. Hamilton strongly denied Tuesday that he had received blood transfusions, which can aid an athlete's performance because they increase the amount of oxygen-transporting red blood cells. The practice has been illegal in cycling since the late 1980's. "I am 100 percent innocent," Hamilton said Tuesday at a news conference held in Regensdorf, Switzerland, by his Phonak team. Hamilton added, according to The Associated Press, that he would "fight this until I don't have a euro left in my pocket." Follow-up tests, which are mandated to confirm the first findings, were started Tuesday and will be finished Wednesday, but it was not known when the results would be announced, Hamilton said. A spokesman for Phonak said that the sport's governing body, the International Cycling Union, or U.C.I., had told the team Monday that tests Aug. 19 at the Olympic Games and Sept. 11 at the Spanish Vuelta showed evidence of blood from another person. Both tests followed victories by Hamilton, 33, a rider ranked behind only Lance Armstrong in the United States. If the results are confirmed by second tests, he faces the loss of his Olympic medal and a possible two-year ban. "I worked hard for that gold medal and it isn't going anywhere," Hamilton said at the news conference. "I have always been an honest person. I am devastated to be here tonight." He added, "I have been accused of taking blood from another person, which anybody who knows me knows is completely impossible." He explained that he was afraid of acquiring AIDS from a blood transfusion and passing it on to his wife, Haven. According to a Spanish news agency, E.F.E., the cycling union notified the Phonak team doctor, Iñaki Arratibel, that Hamilton's blood revealed what it termed inconsistencies in screenings. Andy Rihs, chairman of the board of Phonak, said that he stood behind Hamilton and that he did not trust the blood test, which was introduced this year and used at the Tour de France, the Olympics and the Vuelta. The test is more sensitive than previous ones used to detect blood doping, said Dr. Don H. Catlin, director of the Olympic drug-testing lab at U.C.L.A., in a telephone interview Tuesday. The test, which was developed in Australia, can detect even smaller amounts of another person's blood cells in a sample. A person normally has only one type of red blood cell. "What you are trying to do is identify whether all the red cells in that sample are one type, or whether there could be a population of other red cells that don't belong there," said Catlin, who was in Athens performing drug tests. The director of Phonak's riders, Alvaro Pino, told Radio Marca in Spain on Tuesday: "I spoke with the rider and, knowing him as I do, I'm relatively calm. He told me, 'Be calm, because this will work out in my favor and I'm telling you that sincerely, because there's absolutely nothing in this.' " Hamilton, a quiet-spoken and polite person, captured many hearts during the Olympic time trial, a race against the clock, because he had a red dog tag affixed to the inside of his helmet. It had belonged to his beloved golden retriever, Tugboat, who died of cancer in July during the Tour de France. Hamilton, who was injured in an early crash in the Tour, withdrew from the race and began preparing for the Athens Games. After the Olympics, he competed this month in the three-week Vuelta and won its eighth stage, a time trial, on Sept. 11. But he withdrew late last week, blaming an upset stomach that had hindered him in the mountains. Blood doping, as the practice is called, first received publicity after some members of the successful United States cycling team admitted after the 1984 Olympics that they had received transfusions of blood previously removed and stored. Blood doping was not yet illegal. The use of transfusions has been virtually replaced by the use of the blood-boosting drug EPO, Catlin said. "It is much easier to take a shot and get more red cells," he said. But in the last couple of years, better tests for the use of EPO may have led some athletes to return to blood doping. "If that avenue is blocked, you could go back to the old style, like blood doping," Catlin said. He added that from what he had seen, athletes who used blood doping used blood from a relative or someone they knew well. Catlin also said that the average life span of red cells was 180 days. "Transfused blood does not last that long, but it lasts for a while," he said. If Hamilton's follow-up tests are positive and he is disqualified from the Olympics, the three riders who finished behind him would move up. The gold medal would go to Vyacheslav Ekimov of Russia, who won the event at the 2000 Games; the silver would go to Bobby Julich of the United States; and the bronze would go to Michael Rogers of Australia, who was the 2003 world champion in the time trial after David Millar of Britain was disqualified after testing positive for doping. Three athletes lost their gold medals because of doping during the Athens Games. Hamilton became the leader of the Phonak team this year, after he finished fourth in the 2003 Tour de France despite a broken right collarbone he sustained in a crash on the first day of the race. He is known for persevering through pain. In his nine Tours, he has finished stages despite dehydration, stomach problems and reactions to medicine. He finished second in the 2002 Giro d'Italia and 15th in that year's Tour de France despite a broken shoulder; he said the pain so severe that he kept grinding his teeth and needed nearly a dozen caps from his dentist afterward. In the latest listing of riders by the cycling union, issued late last month, Hamilton ranked 23rd in the world. Some other articles... http://www.usatoday.com/sports/cycli...hamilton_x.htm http://msn.foxsports.com/story/3028216 http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/news/story?id=1885736 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,133047,00.html http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp..._investigation |
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Sierraman wrote:
Since it might require a username and password, not sure so I included the article. See below at bottom for other links on Tyler. http://www.bugmenot.com |
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"Kyle Legate" wrote in message ... Sierraman wrote: Since it might require a username and password, not sure so I included the article. See below at bottom for other links on Tyler. http://www.bugmenot.com Dummy, it's not for you, it's for the krill. |
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Sierraman wrote:
"Kyle Legate" wrote in message ... Sierraman wrote: Since it might require a username and password, not sure so I included the article. See below at bottom for other links on Tyler. http://www.bugmenot.com Dummy, it's not for you, it's for the krill. the "krill"? Steve -- Mark & Steven Bornfeld DDS http://www.dentaltwins.com Brooklyn, NY 718-258-5001 |
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"Mark & Steven Bornfeld DDS" wrote in message ... Sierraman wrote: "Kyle Legate" wrote in message ... Sierraman wrote: Since it might require a username and password, not sure so I included the article. See below at bottom for other links on Tyler. http://www.bugmenot.com Dummy, it's not for you, it's for the krill. the "krill"? Steve The collection of small marine crustaceans of the order Euphausiacea that are the principal food of baleen whales. |
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"Sierraman" wrote: "Mark & Steven Bornfeld DDS" wrote in message ... Sierraman wrote: "Kyle Legate" wrote in message ... Sierraman wrote: Since it might require a username and password, not sure so I included the article. See below at bottom for other links on Tyler. http://www.bugmenot.com Dummy, it's not for you, it's for the krill. the "krill"? Steve The collection of small marine crustaceans of the order Euphausiacea that are the principal food of baleen whales. Indeed. http://groups.google.com/groups?q=%2...n%22&hl=en& l r=&ie=UTF-8&group=rec.bicycles.racing&selm=YOURhoward-EB6252.00291509092004% 40netnews.comcast.net&rnum=1 -- tanx, Howard A billion + 2 followups... remove YOUR SHOES to reply, ok? |
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On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 06:29:48 GMT, Howard Kveck wrote:
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=%2...n%22&hl=en& l r=&ie=UTF-8&group=rec.bicycles.racing&selm=YOURhoward-EB6252.00291509092004% 40netnews.comcast.net&rnum=1 If your news reader wraps long links, try cutting it down to the minimum: include only the selm=messageid part after the question mark. |
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Ewoud Dronkert wrote: On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 06:29:48 GMT, Howard Kveck wrote: http://groups.google.com/groups?q=%2...n%22&hl=en& l r=&ie=UTF-8&group=rec.bicycles.racing&selm=YOURhoward-EB6252.00291509092004% 40netnews.comcast.net&rnum=1 If your news reader wraps long links, try cutting it down to the minimum: include only the selm=messageid part after the question mark. This is all your fault for reading the thread. If you hadn't, he could have put the link inside marks. |
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On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 22:35:43 +1200, Stewart Fleming wrote:
This is all your fault I blame cyclingforummoronsdotcom. |
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Sierraman wrote: "Mark & Steven Bornfeld DDS" wrote in message ... Sierraman wrote: "Kyle Legate" wrote in message ... Sierraman wrote: Since it might require a username and password, not sure so I included the article. See below at bottom for other links on Tyler. http://www.bugmenot.com Dummy, it's not for you, it's for the krill. the "krill"? Steve The collection of small marine crustaceans of the order Euphausiacea that are the principal food of baleen whales. I know what krill are...that begs the question--how many krill read the NY Times? Steve |
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