Australian athletics star Peter Bol’s legal team lay out approach after positive drug test

The lawyer for Australian Olympian Peter Bol has challenged the interpretation of lab information that noticed the Australian Athletics poster boy test positive to a efficiency enhancing drug.

Bol, who completed fourth within the 800 metres on the Tokyo Olympics, returned a positive consequence for EPO and is now going through now faces a nervous await the outcomes of his B pattern.

His American lawyer Paul Greene, who has expertise representing athletes from across the globe, says it was a margin name for the Aussie to have been given a positive consequence within the first place. 

The lawyer for Australian Olympian Peter Bol has challenged the interpretation of lab information that noticed the Australian Athletics poster boy test positive to a efficiency enhancing drug

Bol, who completed fourth within the 800 metres on the Tokyo Olympics, returned a positive consequence for EPO and is now going through now faces a nervous await the outcomes of his B pattern

‘EPO naturally happens in each one among us so it isn’t like artificial EPO has a unique chemical make-up than common EPO,’ stated Greene.

‘It is a density/gel test that seeks to measure the density of 1 versus one other however not everybody’s density EPO is similar so there may be not a transparent easy test in each case.

‘So typically you’re proper on the sting and it might seem from the preliminary report (with Bol) that they’d a single band and that may imply it was a really very shut name as to whether or not they have been going to report this.’

Bol’s American lawyer Paul Greene (pictured), who has expertise representing athletes from across the globe, says it was a margin name for the Aussie to have been given a positive consequence within the first place

Greene defined that related exams outcomes to Bol’s have up to now not been considered a transparent consequence.

He additionally stated that he is seen careers derailed by questionable EPO exams together with Norway’s walker Erik Tysse and Irish sprinter Steven Colvert.

‘It comes right down to interpretation of lab information,’ Greene stated. ‘One scientist can utterly have a unique view to the opposite.

‘I’ve seen careers destroyed with this stuff and it is extremely very harsh, you lose your life, you lose your livelihood.’

Bol has declared his innocence and hopes that his B-sample will come again damaging and clear his identify.

Greene defined that related exams outcomes to Bol’s (pictured) have up to now not been considered a transparent consequence

Bol has declared his innocence and hopes that his B-sample will come again damaging and clear his identify

 ‘It is critically vital to convey with the strongest conviction that I’m harmless and haven’t taken this substabce as I’m accused,’ he posted on Twitter.

‘I ask that everybody in Australia consider me and let the method play out.

‘When I discovered out final week that the A Sample from a urine test tackle 11 October had examined positive for artificial EPO I used to be in whole shock.

‘To be clear, I’ve NEVER in my life bought, researched, possessed, administered, or used artificial EPO or another Prohibited Substance.’

Bol famously completed simply wanting changing into Australia’s first ever medalist within the 800m on the Tokyo Olympics, ending fourth within the last.

Bol famously completed simply wanting changing into Australia’s first ever medalist within the 800m on the Tokyo Olympics, ending fourth within the last

The positive consequence has despatched shockwaves via the Australian Athletics neighborhood as Bol has been a narrative of inspiration and rising above adversity since his big show in Tokyo.

He turned a family identify when he surged to the entrance to guide all runners to victory within the semi-final earlier than narrowly lacking out on the bronze medal.

Bol has voluntarily handed over his cellphone and laptop computer to investigators whereas his coach Justin Rinaldi and agent James Templeton have additionally provided to give up their units.