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Any amount of Clenbuterol is doping, says WADA
'This is just the dopers adjusting or mis-adjusting to the testing'
Alberto Contador's lawyers will need to re-think their Tour de France doping defence. A WADA official reminded them that an athlete with any amount of the drug Clenbuterol is considered positive.
"Just because it's small doesn't mean it's not doping," WADA's Christiane Ayotte told the New York Times. "This is just the dopers adjusting or mis-adjusting to the testing."
Ayotte runs the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) lab outside of Montreal. She commented on the recent cases of athletes testing positive for small amounts of Clenbuterol. The drug helps breathing and weight loss.
Recent cases:
- China's Fuyu Li: 50-100 picograms
- Italy's Alessandro Colò: 200 picograms
- Spain's Alberto Contador: 50 picograms
- Germany's Dimitrij Ovtcharov: 75 picograms
- Mexico's Saul "Canelo" Alvarez: 600-800 piocgrams
Cyclists Li and Colò both received suspensions from their federations. Germany acquitted table tennis player Ovtcharov, but WADA has since appealed the decision. All of the athletes argued that the Clenbuterol came from eating contaminated beef.
The WADA lists Clenbuterol as a banned substance regardless of how it was ingested. Contador maintains his innocence and claims that the beef that his Astana team bought in Irún, Spain, caused the positive result.
Link: http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/66...says-WADA.aspx
Here is Canelo, 2 failed tests in 3 days:
0.6-0.8 nanogram = 600-800 picograms
It is alarming how the media tries to fool the public by calling it "Just traces" and alot of people just fall for it. All the previously mentioned athletes had much less Clenbuterol in their samples and yet got suspended, you have to wonder how much meat Canelo must have eaten to have 12-14 times the amount of Clenbuterol in his system?
In an article from GQ 18 months ago Canelo claimed that he wouldnt eat any red meat during training camp:
The Real-Life Diet of Canelo Álvarez, Who Can't Eat Much
Still, boxing has one huge piece of prep work that’s easy to forget about: staying in your weight class. Weight is everything in boxing, and maintaining that number is a slog. “I eat bread only once a week,” says Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez via a translator, “or maybe a serving of rice. But no more than once a week.”
Breakfast
Egg whites with ham and orange juice
Lunch
Chicken with carrots, squash, broccoli and cauliflower
Snacks
Apples, cucumbers, grapes, jicama
Dinner
Protein shake with no carbs
read more: https://www.gq.com/story/canelo-alvarez-real-life-diet
'This is just the dopers adjusting or mis-adjusting to the testing'
Alberto Contador's lawyers will need to re-think their Tour de France doping defence. A WADA official reminded them that an athlete with any amount of the drug Clenbuterol is considered positive.
"Just because it's small doesn't mean it's not doping," WADA's Christiane Ayotte told the New York Times. "This is just the dopers adjusting or mis-adjusting to the testing."
Ayotte runs the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) lab outside of Montreal. She commented on the recent cases of athletes testing positive for small amounts of Clenbuterol. The drug helps breathing and weight loss.
Recent cases:
- China's Fuyu Li: 50-100 picograms
- Italy's Alessandro Colò: 200 picograms
- Spain's Alberto Contador: 50 picograms
- Germany's Dimitrij Ovtcharov: 75 picograms
- Mexico's Saul "Canelo" Alvarez: 600-800 piocgrams
Cyclists Li and Colò both received suspensions from their federations. Germany acquitted table tennis player Ovtcharov, but WADA has since appealed the decision. All of the athletes argued that the Clenbuterol came from eating contaminated beef.
The WADA lists Clenbuterol as a banned substance regardless of how it was ingested. Contador maintains his innocence and claims that the beef that his Astana team bought in Irún, Spain, caused the positive result.
Link: http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/66...says-WADA.aspx
Here is Canelo, 2 failed tests in 3 days:
0.6-0.8 nanogram = 600-800 picograms
It is alarming how the media tries to fool the public by calling it "Just traces" and alot of people just fall for it. All the previously mentioned athletes had much less Clenbuterol in their samples and yet got suspended, you have to wonder how much meat Canelo must have eaten to have 12-14 times the amount of Clenbuterol in his system?
In an article from GQ 18 months ago Canelo claimed that he wouldnt eat any red meat during training camp:
The Real-Life Diet of Canelo Álvarez, Who Can't Eat Much
Still, boxing has one huge piece of prep work that’s easy to forget about: staying in your weight class. Weight is everything in boxing, and maintaining that number is a slog. “I eat bread only once a week,” says Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez via a translator, “or maybe a serving of rice. But no more than once a week.”
Breakfast
Egg whites with ham and orange juice
Lunch
Chicken with carrots, squash, broccoli and cauliflower
Snacks
Apples, cucumbers, grapes, jicama
Dinner
Protein shake with no carbs
read more: https://www.gq.com/story/canelo-alvarez-real-life-diet
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