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Usada didn't even mention a single time the word dehydration in their "explanation"
How do you explain this?
1) What exactly was Mayweather’s “physical condition”?
2) What was the medical justification that led to the decision that an onsite IV was the appropriate treatment?
3) Who made the determination that the IV was medically necessary? A doping control officer can’t make that determination.
4) Who called the paramedic?
5) Which medical service did the paramedic come from?
6) Where is the full paramedic report of the incident?
7) Did USADA independently analyze the solution that was administered to Mayweather by IV? Or did it take the word of Mayweather’s camp that it was saline and vitamins?
8) Who “approved” the IV procedure on site?
9) What was the medical justification and supporting data that led to USADA granting a retroactive the****utic use exemption for an otherwise prohibited IV procedure?
10) Who at USADA made the decision to grant Mayweather a retroactive the****utic use exemption eighteen days after the fight?
11) If the procedure was “approved on site,” why did Mayweather need to apply for and receive a the****utic use exemption almost three weeks later?
12) USADA reported to the Nevada State Athletic Commission that the last blood sample it took from Mayweather prior to the fight was on April 21. Shouldn’t USADA have taken samples on May 1, immediately prior to and after administration of the IV?
13) On how many previous occasions has Mayweather received an IV infusion after the weigh-in for one of his fights?
14) If such infusions did in fact occur, was he given a the****utic use exemption in each instance?
15) And at the risk of sounding simplistic: If Mayweather was dehydrated, why didn't he simply drink several glasses of water after the weigh-in to remedy the problem?
The answer to the last question is that, as earlier noted, the available evidence strongly suggests that Mayweather was not dehydrated. And certainly not dehydrated enough to need an IV infusion equal to roughly 16 percent of his total blood volume.
How do you explain this?
1) What exactly was Mayweather’s “physical condition”?
2) What was the medical justification that led to the decision that an onsite IV was the appropriate treatment?
3) Who made the determination that the IV was medically necessary? A doping control officer can’t make that determination.
4) Who called the paramedic?
5) Which medical service did the paramedic come from?
6) Where is the full paramedic report of the incident?
7) Did USADA independently analyze the solution that was administered to Mayweather by IV? Or did it take the word of Mayweather’s camp that it was saline and vitamins?
8) Who “approved” the IV procedure on site?
9) What was the medical justification and supporting data that led to USADA granting a retroactive the****utic use exemption for an otherwise prohibited IV procedure?
10) Who at USADA made the decision to grant Mayweather a retroactive the****utic use exemption eighteen days after the fight?
11) If the procedure was “approved on site,” why did Mayweather need to apply for and receive a the****utic use exemption almost three weeks later?
12) USADA reported to the Nevada State Athletic Commission that the last blood sample it took from Mayweather prior to the fight was on April 21. Shouldn’t USADA have taken samples on May 1, immediately prior to and after administration of the IV?
13) On how many previous occasions has Mayweather received an IV infusion after the weigh-in for one of his fights?
14) If such infusions did in fact occur, was he given a the****utic use exemption in each instance?
15) And at the risk of sounding simplistic: If Mayweather was dehydrated, why didn't he simply drink several glasses of water after the weigh-in to remedy the problem?
The answer to the last question is that, as earlier noted, the available evidence strongly suggests that Mayweather was not dehydrated. And certainly not dehydrated enough to need an IV infusion equal to roughly 16 percent of his total blood volume.
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