Olympic hero Peter Bol has been CLEARED of taking performance enhancing drugs after B sample tested negative: ‘This last month has been a nightmare’
- Peter Bol has been cleared of taking drugs
- The Aussie runner was suspended last month
- The B sample didn’t confirm initial test
Tokyo Olympics fan favourite Peter Bol has been cleared of taking performance-enhancing drugs, ending a ‘nightmare’ for the star runner.
The 28-year-old was provisionally suspended last month after a drug test returned a positive result for erythropoietin (EPO), but the B sample did not confirm the initial result and he is now free to return to the sport.
Bol, who won the hearts of Australians with a lionhearted performance for fourth at the Tokyo Olympics, always maintained his innocence, declaring the testing process ‘flawed’.
In almost every case an A sample tests positive, the B sample returning the same result is almost a fait accompli; but Bol in this case has been thoroughly vindicated.
Peter Bol, pictured after winning silver at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, has been cleared of taking performance-enhancing drugs
‘I was just informed that my B sample did not confirm my A sample,’ Bol said in a statement released on his Twitter on Tuesday.
‘My provisional suspension has been lifted by Sport Integrity Australia. The relief I am feeling is hard to describe.
‘I appreciate the support I have received from my family, my team and from so many people from Australia and around the world. The last month has been nothing less than a nightmare.’
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