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August 1, 2006

Urine TROU-ble! Day 5

The Numbers Guy talks about booze. The NYT talks about isotopes. Actually, so does the Numbers Guy. Both articles are genuinely informative: I feel like I know more tonight than I did this morning.

Things are looking worse for Floyd with the isotope results. We’ll know more Saturday. Were I an athlete under a doping cloud, I’d want my backup sample tested by a separate lab. Given the stakes, I’m surprised that’s not standard procedure.

Posted by Jim Henley @ 8:54 pm, Filed under: Main

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3 Responses to “Urine TROU-ble! Day 5”

  1. Comment by Andromeda
    August 2, 2006 @ 4:10 am

    I’m surprised that’s not standard procedure.

    You haven’t been following WADA very long, have you?

    (Sweet new preview feature, by the way.)

  2. Comment by Jim Henley
    August 2, 2006 @ 6:00 am

    Yes, the elves have been at work while I slept.

    As to WADA, yeah, I’ve heard there’s some skeeviness there.

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