Greek officials investigate Hamilton case [velonews.com] - Triathlon Week

Triweek Newsbot · 12-20-2004, 10:43 PM

DECEMBER 20 - Greek prosecutors have opened investigations into how an Athens laboratory blunder allowed Olympic time-trial champion Tyler Hamilton to escape a charge of alleged blood doping. The American tested positive for a blood transfusion in Athens in August after winning the Olympic time-trial gold medal. However, he was able to keep his gold medal because the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said the result of a follow-up sample was "non-conclusive" because the sample had been destroyed by being deep-frozen. Prosecutors said they wanted to determine if the deep freezing was deliberate, negligent or the result of a poorly crafted set o...

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