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I've put this here because it is about Essendon, but the bigger picture is the policing of drugs in sport.
'A stitch up': new twist in Essendon supplements saga reported
Australian Associated Press
Wed 16 Oct 2019 10.07 AEDT
Thirty-four Essendon players were administered with a banned drug in the AFL supplements scandal of 2016. Photograph: Michael Dodge/Getty Images
The drug administered to Essendon players that led to their suspension in 2016 was only listed as a banned substance several months after the injections were stopped, according to a Herald Sun report.
A total of 34 Bombers players were banned for 12 months after a Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled the players were injected several times with the banned substance Thymosin Beta-4.
But the drug was reportedly only deemed to be logged as prohibitive on 4 February, 2013 – months after the club had stopped injecting the players.
The Herald Sun obtained the information under Freedom of Information laws.
“An Asada official ran a check on the public site for “research” at 10.34am and no flag was generated for Thymosin Beta-4,” the newspaper report said.
“Another check on Thymosin Beta-4 just over two hours later at 12.59pm by an Asada staffer listed it as ‘banned in sport’.
“The status update came on the same day AFL boss Andrew Demetriou called Essendon chairman David Evans about a secret investigation into the club’s supplements program, prompting the Bombers to ‘self-report’ to Asada.”
Scientist Bob O’Dea said: “The evidence of a stitch-up is compelling”.
But former Asada chief Richard Ings refuted the Herald Sun’s claim it was a “stunning twist”.
“This was a matter of public record throughout these proceedings,” Ings added on Twitter.
Richard Ings@ringsau
https://twitter.com/ringsau/status/1184205019425325056
This is not a "stunning twist"
This was a matter of public record throughout these proceedings.
We have been through this thymosin versus TB4 question years ago.
It was argued at the hearings
TB-4 was banned before during and after CAS found it was used at EFC.
The players’ defence team did not know the timing of the logging of the ban when they were found guilty in January 2016, the publication added.
Questions have also been raised about the update’s timing, with suggestions it was an attempt by some staff to shore up evidence after the fact.
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'A stitch up': new twist in Essendon supplements saga reported
Australian Associated Press
Wed 16 Oct 2019 10.07 AEDT
Thirty-four Essendon players were administered with a banned drug in the AFL supplements scandal of 2016. Photograph: Michael Dodge/Getty Images
The drug administered to Essendon players that led to their suspension in 2016 was only listed as a banned substance several months after the injections were stopped, according to a Herald Sun report.
A total of 34 Bombers players were banned for 12 months after a Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled the players were injected several times with the banned substance Thymosin Beta-4.
But the drug was reportedly only deemed to be logged as prohibitive on 4 February, 2013 – months after the club had stopped injecting the players.
The Herald Sun obtained the information under Freedom of Information laws.
“An Asada official ran a check on the public site for “research” at 10.34am and no flag was generated for Thymosin Beta-4,” the newspaper report said.
“Another check on Thymosin Beta-4 just over two hours later at 12.59pm by an Asada staffer listed it as ‘banned in sport’.
“The status update came on the same day AFL boss Andrew Demetriou called Essendon chairman David Evans about a secret investigation into the club’s supplements program, prompting the Bombers to ‘self-report’ to Asada.”
Scientist Bob O’Dea said: “The evidence of a stitch-up is compelling”.
But former Asada chief Richard Ings refuted the Herald Sun’s claim it was a “stunning twist”.
“This was a matter of public record throughout these proceedings,” Ings added on Twitter.
Richard Ings@ringsau
https://twitter.com/ringsau/status/1184205019425325056
This is not a "stunning twist"
This was a matter of public record throughout these proceedings.
We have been through this thymosin versus TB4 question years ago.
It was argued at the hearings
TB-4 was banned before during and after CAS found it was used at EFC.
The players’ defence team did not know the timing of the logging of the ban when they were found guilty in January 2016, the publication added.
Questions have also been raised about the update’s timing, with suggestions it was an attempt by some staff to shore up evidence after the fact.
Sauce