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"I think you could do blood testing up to 5 days prior to a fight with no physical detriment to a participant. Even 10 days would be OK. But as soon as you go to 14 days or longer, that's enough time to use EPO and build up your red blood cell count. At 24 days, there's all sorts of things that can be done with thyroid medication, fast-acting forms of insulin, EPO, testosterone."
Conte said it is "su****ious," the way Pacquiao, 31, has gained lean muscle mass while retaining and even seemingly improving his power and speed while bulking up from 106 pounds to 147. Pacquiao is not known to have ever failed a drug test.
"But it's difficult to make any kind of allegations against him because the drug tests he's had to take are worthless," said Conte, who pointed out that Marion Jones tested negative 160 consecutive times until she admitted to using PEDs, rather than risk more substantial jail time, while under oath and testifying before a grand jury. Jones subsequently was stripped of her five Olympic medals from 2000 by the International Olympic Committee.
But isn't the fact that Jones, McGwire and others were exposed, by whatever means, proof that a legitimate attempt is being made to purify the games people play?
"It's nothing more than propaganda," Conte said. "They want to be able to say, 'Hey, we test. We're trying.' "
Pac = PED user......seriously look at the size of that head......
An excerpt:
"I think you could do blood testing up to 5 days prior to a fight with no physical detriment to a participant. Even 10 days would be OK. But as soon as you go to 14 days or longer, that's enough time to use EPO and build up your red blood cell count. At 24 days, there's all sorts of things that can be done with thyroid medication, fast-acting forms of insulin, EPO, testosterone."
Conte said it is "su****ious," the way Pacquiao, 31, has gained lean muscle mass while retaining and even seemingly improving his power and speed while bulking up from 106 pounds to 147. Pacquiao is not known to have ever failed a drug test.
"But it's difficult to make any kind of allegations against him because the drug tests he's had to take are worthless," said Conte, who pointed out that Marion Jones tested negative 160 consecutive times until she admitted to using PEDs, rather than risk more substantial jail time, while under oath and testifying before a grand jury. Jones subsequently was stripped of her five Olympic medals from 2000 by the International Olympic Committee.
But isn't the fact that Jones, McGwire and others were exposed, by whatever means, proof that a legitimate attempt is being made to purify the games people play?
"It's nothing more than propaganda," Conte said. "They want to be able to say, 'Hey, we test. We're trying.' "
Pac = PED user......seriously look at the size of that head......
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