Olympic Tests Have Never Detected HGH in an Athlete ? ? ?

Source: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/321178-olympic-tests-have-never-detected-hgh-in-an-athlete-usada-backs-urine The only problem is that these random blood tests have never—yes that's right—never found Human Growth Hormone in any Olympic athlete that has ever been tested. Mayweather's camp has somehow wrangled the alliance of Travis Tygart, CEO of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, to try and spin this whole charade of events in their favor. Tygart has told Yahoo Sports! that Pacquiao's resistance to submit to the blood tests "would provide a huge loophole for a cheater to step through and get away with cheating.” Please explain yourself Mr. Tygart, how can a test that's never caught anybody possibly provide a "loophole" for a cheater to step through? USADA announced last year that they were funding a company that has developed a test to detect HGH in urine. And Pacquiao, as everyone knows, has agreed to submit to as many random urine tests as the Mayweather camp would like. Tygart even told USA Today last year that the developers, Ceres Nanosciences, "have developed an outstanding technology. And we're looking forward to helping them develop it further so it can have a practical use in anti-doping efforts." Yesterday, Ceres Nanosciences launched the first release of that new technology, NanotrapTM ESP Particles. These particles are designed to improve complex biofluid sample processing allowing for the detection of low-abundance proteins that would not otherwise be detected and also uses existing medical equipment. What this means, simply, is that HGH use is now detectable through testing of urine samples and the breakthrough technology is officially ready to "Rock-and-Roll."

Comments (4)

Bee_Keepz

What about EPO's?????? This is from Dr. Catlin. Question: 2) I've heard a lot about using both a blood and urine test to detect EPO use. Doesn't an athlete have to test positive for EPO on both the blood and urine test to be considered a doper? No. Blood testing has received a lot of attention because it is a new concept in the drug testing world. There is a blood test for EPO use, but it is only an indirect test that can be used as a screening measure to save money by determining whether the urine EPO test needs to be conducted. All the blood test does is tell the testers that the athlete has an unusual blood profile that warrants further investigation. The abnormal profile could be caused by the use of EPO, some other blood boosting drug, or just be explained by the athlete being a genetic freak or living at altitude. The testers then perform the urine EPO test to determine whether artificial EPO is the cause of the abnormality. The blood test does not have to be done in order for the athlete to test positive for EPO. http://www.letsrun.com/2003/epoqa.php

16y ago

rocky_balboa23

Source: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/321178-olympic-tests-have-never-detected-hgh-in-an-athlete-usada-backs-urine already posted an article for this one. But ur post is welcome..Floydnuthuggers come on read this..looks like there is a USADA-GBP Mayweather conspiracy

16y ago

TriPHP

What about EPO's?????? I've read an article that EPOs are best detected with urine testing.

16y ago

burlyman

What about EPO's?????? EPO is detectable in urine samples. From The Daily Telegraph. Thomas Dekker ruled out of Tour de France after positive EPO test By Telegraph staff Published: 4:46PM BST 01 Jul 2009 The sample was originally taken on Dec 24, 2007, but Silence said that new procedures introduced since then allowed for further tests which revealed a positive reading for EPO. Dekker, who was scheduled to help two-time Tour de France runner-up Cadel Evans of Australia in the hillier stages of this year's race, now faces suspension from his team and a likely ban from the sport. Silence said on their internet site that Dekker fell victim to the vigilance of the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA), who had called for further testing of a sample taken, randomly, from him on Christmas Eve two years ago. In the meantime the 24 year-old has been pulled out of the Tour de France, due to start on Saturday. "He found out on Wednesday morning that fresh analysis, carried out in May at the behest of WADA, on urine samples from a random doping control had turned up positive for EPO," the team said in a statement. "The first tests had turned up negative but the samples were kept for retroactive testing so that newer forms of EPO could be detected with the latest detection methods." Retroactive tests appear to be possible as well, so any samples Manny provides could be retroactively tested a few years down the line as newer testing protocols are developed.

16y ago